2009 World Series of Poker

Event 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠k♥
Prize
$771,106
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$5,410,800
Entries
6,012
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Event 4: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1a

MarcC
MarcC
This is where the 2009 WSOP starts for most people. You only get dealt two cards, you don't have to be a casino employee and you certainly don't have to pay $40,000 to play.

It's a new event on the schedule this year with a reduced buy in of $1,000. Harrah's realizes times are financially tough for a lot people right now, so this event is seen as a way to keep as many people involved in this year's series as possible.

A lot of people want to be involved too as the daily cap of 3,000 for Day 1a has already been reached. Join us back here at 12pm local time to follow the action.

Cattle Coming In

MarcC
MarcC
Players
Players
The doors have opened and the mass of players are filing into one of the four different rooms allocated for the start of the day's play. This one's going to be big ladies and gentlemen.

Tags: Players

Slight Delay

[user76023]
[user76023]
With 3,000 players all waiting to sit down, it was never likely to start at exactly 12pm. We're just waiting to hear an announcement of "Shuffle up and deal!"

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante: 0

Everyman Event

MarcC
MarcC
Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein
This is an event for the everyman. It seems almost every man is here too so it's hard to spot notables right now.

Two players on tables next to each other happen to know each other quite well. It's father and son combo Barry Greenstein and Joe Sebok.

The former just took down an early pot after raising a limper. The limper called the raise but check-folded the flop to The Bear.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Not Worried About Them Flopping Sets...

[user76023]
[user76023]
Already we have had a cry of "Two seats open, table 208!"

This is Vanessa Rousso's table, although she was not involved in the action. Three players had got their whole stacks in preflop with {A-Spades} {A-Clubs}, {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} and {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} respectively. The lady holding the aces looked upset at the {7-Spades} {4-Spades} {5-Spades} {9-Hearts} {Q-Spades} until she realized she had made the nut-flush over the top of the King-high flush.

Two players down, five thousand, nine hundred and ninety eight to go...

Oops...

[user76023]
[user76023]
On table 282 in the Miranda room, they found one blue card in a deck and so the floor had to come and kill the hand and replace the cards. One player flips over (a now dead) A-K suited, not something you want to happen with the relative short starting stacks.

No One Said it was Going to be Pretty

MarcC
MarcC
I've just seen a player crippled after setting an opponent all in on the turn with a board showing two queens and two clubs.

The player called and flipped over {K-Clubs} {5-Clubs} to the aggressor's {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}. A third club fell on the river to complete the flush and give the lady a double-up.

Her opponent didn't seemed too impressed; but one person who did seem happy was Ivan Demidov's girlfriend, Liya Gerasimova, who's seat is in position over the lady in question.
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