And now they're on the table.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
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And now they're on the table.
A couple more new faces following the break are Howard Lederer, Tony G, Freddy Deeb and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.
board. His opponent folded in the river letting Ivey rake in a big pot this early in a tournament.
. Dwan rolled over 
for a set for the best hand as Haxton left the table.A few minutes later Dwan was in a battle of the blinds with Billy "The Croc" Argyros. Dwan checked and then called the 800 bet by Argyros on a
flop. The 
on the turn was checked through and the 
landed on the river.Dwan fired 1,650 before Argyros made it 4,500 to go. Dwan took his time, as he usually does, and eyed his opponent.
"Well you've come this far!?!?" quipped Argyros, to which Dwan responded by tossing out calling chips.
"Two pair," said Argyros, but Dwan flipped
for a full house to rake in yet another nice pot.Dwan is up to 30,000 with his two rebuy chips still in tact, while Argyros may need to use one of his shortly as he's down to 3,500.
against 
when all the money went in on flop of 
. His opponent's set improved to a straight as the winning hand and all 'The Mouth' could show was top two pair.
They saw a flop of
and the action checked through to Richey who tossed out 1,500. The big blind folded with Ashby making the call.The turn brought a repeat
and Ashby checked to Richey who fired again for 3,700. Ashby made the call.The river was the
and Ashby checked to Richey who moved all in for his last 7,725, sending Ashby into the tank. He eventually mustered up a call but Richey showed 
for trip kings for the best hand as Ashby mucked.Richey gets himself to 27,000 but has no rebuys left, as Ashby is back to 24,000 with two rebuys.
Sandra Naujoks limped and Berry Johnston made it 1,200 to play. Roland De Wolfe called on the button and Jason Mercier called from the small blind. Naujoks passed and the remaining three players saw a
flop.The board was checked to De Wolfe who fired a bet on to see Jason Mercier check-raise pot behind him. Johnston folded and De Wolfe quickly called all in with
and Mercier flipped 
.The turn was the
which meant De Wolfe could now win with a king, a six or a club while Mercier could win with an offsuit nine, ten or ace.The river was a ten, but it was the
completing the backdoor flush for De Wolfe in this battle of Omaha bracelet winners as he doubled through.
and plenty of chips already in the pot, Sam Farha was facing a 10,000-chip decision from his opponent.After several minutes of thought he tossed out a call and his opponent tabled
for a queen-high flush.Farha flashed
-X-X and mucked. He's now almost down to the felt and will now be forced to use his two rebuy chips.
Scotty Nguyen tossed out 2,500 to call the bet from his opponent and see the hit the turn. Nguyen's opponent bet out 5,500 with Nguyen moving all in for just 100 more. His opponent called with 
for two pair and straight draw, but Nguyen tabled 
for the straight.The river landed the
and Nguyen takes it down. "Good hand baby!" chirped Van Marcus as Nguyen moved up to 16,000 chips.
