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

06-21-2009 12:28 UTC-12

Bad News For Isaacs

MarcC

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

06-21-2009 12:30 UTC-12

Winner on Table 18

MarcC

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 12:32 UTC-12

No More Grinding

MarcC

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 12:38 UTC-12

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 12:45 UTC-12

Another Two Proceed

[user80015]

Jean Gaspard has made it through to round two along with Lars Hougaard.

Gaspard most recently took down the WSOP Circuit Event in New Orleans for a tidy $211,722 score.

As for Hougaard, he hails out of Copenhagen, Denmark and has already notched one cash this series.

Tags: Jean Gaspard Lars Hougaard

06-21-2009 12:50 UTC-12

Demidov Takes Control

MarcC

Ivan Demidov has nearly half the chips in play at his table after he caught a lovely river card to double up. All in preflop with {8-Clubs}

versus

, he thought it was all over when the flop came {A-Diamonds}

. But after the turn {5-Hearts}

changed nothing, a miracle {8-Diamonds}

fell on the river.

06-21-2009 12:52 UTC-12

H -ought-on

MarcC

Davidi Kitai has taken care of Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton. The last of Houghton's chips went in on the river with pocket queens. Kitai tabled pocket fours though that had made a set on the flop.

06-21-2009 12:56 UTC-12