Event 42 - $2,500 Mixed Event Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-21-2009 19:56 UTC-12

A Few Counts

Shamus

Of some the bigger stacks around the room:

Steve Billirakis -- 52,000
Tuan Le -- 49,500
Eric Crain -- 35,500
Thang Luu -- 34,000
J.C. Tran -- 27,000
Amnon Filippi -- 26,400
John Juanda -- 26,000
Gavin Smith -- 24,000
Layne Flack -- 23,000
Andy Black -- 23,000
Chris Amaral -- 22,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-21-2009 19:37 UTC-12

Break Time

Shamus

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

06-21-2009 19:25 UTC-12

I'll Take It, Baby

Shamus

No-Limit Hold'em

Four players limped in, including David Sklansky (under the gun), Marcel Luske (hijack), and Scott Nguyen (button). The small blind completed and big blind checked, and so six players were in when the flop came {3-Diamonds}

. All checked to Nguyen who bet 750. And all folded.

Nguyen is at 14,000, Sklansky has 12,500, and Luske is at 10,500.

06-21-2009 19:17 UTC-12

Down and Dirty

Shamus

Stud/8

Bryan Micon and Andy Bloch traded the lead back and forth during a recent Stud/8 hand. Micon was the one raising and betting out on third and fourth streets, while Bloch was betting and getting called on fifth and sixth.

Micon (X)(X) {6-Diamonds}

(X)
Bloch (X)(X) {8-Clubs}

(X)

Both checked seventh street. Micon squeezed his last card. "Ah, so dirty... I missed." He turned over his down cards -- {3-Clubs}

-- he'd missed his low, and paired his ten.

"That is dirty," said Bloch as he mucked. Tens were all Micon needed. "So dirty that you scoop the whole pot," added J.C. Tran.

Micon is at 14,000, while Bloch slips to 6,000.

Tags: Andy Bloch Bryan Micon

06-21-2009 19:10 UTC-12

Chippies

Shamus

A few counts here during Level 6:

Tuan Le -- 43,000
Steve Billirakis -- 40,000
Sam Grizzle -- 25,000
Gavin Smith -- 22,000
Jon Turner -- 20,000
J.C. Tran -- 20,000
Daniel Negreanu -- 20,000
Jason Potter -- 19,000
Allie Prescott -- 19,000
Justin Bonomo -- 18,000
Jennifer Harman -- 18,000
Nick Frangos -- 18,000
Gavin Griffin -- 18,000
Jason Somerville -- 18,000
Jean-Robert Bellande -- 17,000
Todd Brunson -- 17,000
Dustin Sitar -- 17,000
David "Chino" Rheem -- 16,000
Amnon Filippi -- 15,500

06-21-2009 19:00 UTC-12

Hellmuth Hangs On

Shamus

Down to less than 2,000 chips, Phil Hellmuth managed to more than triple up in an Omaha/8 hand when his {A-Spades}

managed to make for himself a wheel on a board of {K-Hearts}

. Hellmuth is now at 6,600.

06-21-2009 18:53 UTC-12

Cunningham Cut Down

Shamus

No-Limit Hold'em

A player in late position raised to 475, Allen Cunningham reraised from the cutoff to 1,625, his opponent reraised all in, and Cunningham called with his last chips -- about 6,000 total.

Cunningham showed {A-Hearts}

and his opponent {A-Diamonds}

. The board came {Q-Spades}

, and Cunningham is out.

Tags: Allen Cunningham

06-21-2009 18:48 UTC-12

Spades for Shaniac

Shamus

Stud

"Okay, last one then we go to hi/lo," said the dealer as she dealt the last hand of the Stud (high only) round.

Sabyl Cohen brought it in with the {3-Diamonds}

, a player with the {6-Clubs}

showing raised, Annie Duke (who had an ace up) folded, another player with a {K-Spades}

showing called, as did Shane Schleger with the {9-Clubs}

.

By the end, it would just be Schleger and the player with the king. Schleger's opponent would pair his king on fifth street, yet Schleger kept betting into him to the end as he drew (X)(X) {9-Clubs}

(X). "I'll pay you off," said Schleger's opponent as he called on the end, and Schleger turned over his down cards -- {4-Clubs}