Event 41 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-21-2009 12:38 UTC-12

Some Table Situations

Bill Edler is big chip leader on his table with three left and in the same boat is JC Tran.

Davidi Kitai has a small lead over Laurence Houghton and one other player.

Scott Seiver is three handed, but short on chips.

It's pretty close between Juha Helppi, Blair Hinkle and two other players at their table.

Phil Ivey and Daniel Makowsky are heads up after Vivek Rajkumar was just eliminated.

John Monnette is heads-up with a slight advantage.

06-21-2009 12:32 UTC-12

No More Grinding

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Michael Mizrachi is out. He got all in on a {8-Spades}

flop with

but ran into an opponent's {3-Diamonds}

.

06-21-2009 12:30 UTC-12

Winner on Table 18

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Lex Veldhuis has won his table. The final hand he played was {K-Clubs}

that was good on a {2-Spades}

board.

We'll see you tomorrow, Lex.

06-21-2009 12:28 UTC-12

Bad News For Isaacs

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Both Isaac Baron and Isaac Haxton have fallen by the way side.

06-21-2009 12:28 UTC-12

Phillips Dusted

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Although he knocked out an opponent and made the table three-handed when his {8-Clubs}

outdrew a pair of queens, Dennis Phillips is now on the rail.

On the flop of {7-Hearts}

, Dennis Phillips pushed all his chips into the middle holding {A-Hearts}

to be up against an opponent's {J-Hearts}

.

The board bricked out and Phillips hit the rail. Phil Hellmuth is now in a heads up battle.

Tags: Dennis Phillips

06-21-2009 12:27 UTC-12

Hinkle Helppi Juha

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Juha Helppi just doubled to 24,000 after his {A-Spades}

held up against Hinkle's {J-Clubs}

. The board ran out {A-Clubs}

.

06-21-2009 12:22 UTC-12

Some More Chip Updates

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Ivan Demidov -- 35,000
Michael Mizrachi -- 11,000
Laurence Houghton -- 24,000
Marco Traniello -- 77,000
Isaac Baron -- 300!
Davidi Kitai -- 35,000
Bill Edler -- 80,000
Isaac Haxton -- 20,000
Alexander Kostritsyn -- 29,000
Blair Hinkle -- 72,000
Juha Helppi -- 13,000
Phil Ivey -- 54,000
Daniel Makowsky -- 65,000

06-21-2009 12:20 UTC-12

Notable Counts And Situations

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Heads Up
Mark Teltscher - 58,000

Three-Handed
Scott Montgomery - 68,000
Warwick Mirzikinian - 14,500
David Phan - 91,000
Neil Channing - 33,000

Four-Handed
Jen Harman - 71,400
Hevad Khan - 55,500
Bertrand Grospellier - 26,000

Still In Contention
Barney Boatman - 45,000
Dennis Phillips - 11,500
Phil Hellmuth - 25,600
Jared Hamby - 31,000

Recently Busted
Chris Ferguson
Terrence Chan

06-21-2009 12:11 UTC-12

Cunningham Culled

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Following an open to 1,500 and two callers, Allen Cunningham moved all in from the small blind for 5,500.

The original raiser made the call and the remaining players mucked.

Cunningham: {K-Hearts}