2009 World Series of Poker

Event 41 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$348,728
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
280
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

The Dragon Makes Day 2

Pham advances
Pham advances
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, David Pham check-called the all-in push from his opponent.

Pham: {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Opponent: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

Pham would evade the board pairing or a diamond dropping when the river peeled the {Q-Spades} to see him eliminate his opponent and advance to Day 2.

Tags: David Pham

Radoja Advances

William Blanda pushed his last few thousand into the pot holding {J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and was called by Mark Radoja and his {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {2-Spades}{8-Spades}{K-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Blanda headed tot the rail as Radoja advances to the next round.

Tags: Mark Radoja

Teltscher Through to Next Round

Teltscher advances
Teltscher advances
Catching the action on the turn of {8-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, Mark Teltscher led out for 10,000 before his opponent pushed all in.

Teltscher called and stated, "please let the best hand hold up one time!"

Teltscher: {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{3-Spades}

The river would fall the {Q-Clubs} and Teltscher would advance to day two.

Tags: Mark Teltscher

Winner on Table 17

Close to advancing but fell at the last.
Close to advancing but fell at the last.
Bill Edler's dominating position at his table disappeared and he has just lost his heads up battle to Cort Kilber-Melby.

All the chips went in on the turn with the board showing {A-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {6-Spades} {3-Diamonds}. Edler tabled {7-Clubs} {9-Clubs} to Kilber-Melby's {7-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}.

The river {5-Clubs} made both of them straights, but Kilber-Melby's stretched to the eight, crowning him victorious.

Makhija Advances

Another table has been won, with Amit Makhija taking down the heads up battle that see-sawed for over 60 minutes.

Now only twelve matches remain, with only two of them on dinner break and all but three heads up.

Tags: Amit Makhija

ElkY Eliminated

ElkY hits the road
ElkY hits the road
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier has just been eliminated from the tournament when his {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} were cracked on the river by {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

Grospellier called the all in shove preflop for his tournament life, and when the board ran out {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} Grospellier stormed from the table and out the door.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Winner on Table 21

[Removed:197] made little work of his heads-up match to win his table. His opponent made his move with {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts}, but Nasr was going anywhere with {A-Hearts} {J-Spades}.

The board ran {9-Hearts} {8-Spades} {3-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {8-Spades} to hand us another winner.