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

06-21-2009 16:21 UTC-12

King Cassidy

Shamus

Pot-Limit Omaha

We came upon this one on the river, with the board showing {8-Clubs}

. The chips were being shipped to Joe Cassidy, who was showing {K-Hearts}

for quads, and James Van Alstyne was mucking what had to have been a nice hand before that river.

Cassidy moved up to 16,500 on the strength of that hand, while Van Alstyne fell to 4,800.

Tags: James Van Alstyne Joe Cassidy

06-21-2009 16:18 UTC-12

Pot-Limit Omaha

A player in middle position opened with a raise to 250, and three players called, including Sorel Mizzi (middle position), Matt Hawrilenko (button), and "Johnny World" Hennigan (big blind). The flop came {6-Clubs}

, and when Hennigan led with a bet of 800, all of the others folded.

None of those three are on top of the world at the moment, as Hennigan has 5,000, Hawrilenko 4,000, and Mizzi has slipped further down to 2,900.

Tags: John Hennigan

06-21-2009 16:14 UTC-12

Chino Chipping Up

Shamus

David "Chino" Rheem just scooped a nice Stud/8 pot versus Greg Mueller with a pair of sixes and a 7-6 low.

Rheem is up to 14,500, while Mueller has 7,200.

Tags: David Rheem Greg Mueller

06-21-2009 16:11 UTC-12

What Can Brown Do for You?

Shamus

No-Limit Hold'em

Make my life difficult, says Sorel Mizzi.

Mizzi raised to 300 (3x the big blind) from early position, and it folded back around to Chad Brown who called from the BB. The flop came {Q-Diamonds}

. Brown checked, Mizzi bet 525, and Brown called. Both then checked the {2-Clubs}

turn card.

The river brought the {A-Spades}

, and a 1,100-chip bet from Brown. Mizzi folded, now down to 7,300. Brown has 14,000.

06-21-2009 16:07 UTC-12

Hellmuth Is Here, Too

Shamus

Just took his seat, behind his stack of 5,600.

06-21-2009 16:03 UTC-12

Kravchenko Doubles through Stockinger

Shamus

No-Limit Hold'em

Alex Kravchenko got the remainder of his stack in on a flop of {Q-Diamonds}

, holding

against Sigi Stockinger's {10-Diamonds}

.

The turn was the {4-Spades}

and the river the {10-Clubs}

, and Kravchenko doubled back up to 11,000. Stockinger slips down to 5,000.

06-21-2009 15:55 UTC-12

Field Mostly Still Intact

Shamus

Rep Porter has followed Phil Ivey to the rail as an early elimination.

There haven't been that many eliminations as of yet -- it appears we currently have 376 of our original field of 412 still with chips. (Official numbers on entrants and prize pool coming soon.)

However, most of the tables have now made it back around to no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha where lots of chips can move very quickly -- which can mean players move quickly out the door, too.

06-21-2009 15:45 UTC-12

Rasmussen Over Woodward

Shamus

Omaha/8

Matt Woodward raised from under the gun, then Thayer Rasmussen, sitting to his left, reraised. It folded back around to Woodward who made the call. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

. Woodward checked, Rasmussen bet, and Woodward called. The turn was the {2-Clubs}

, and again Woodward check-called Rasmussen's bet.

The river was the {10-Spades}

. Once again Woodward checked, Rasmussen bet, and Woodward called. Woodward showed {A-Diamonds}

-- aces and tens for the high, and no low. Rasmussen turned over {A-Spades}

-- a set of aces, and no low either. Rasmussen took the whole pot, and he's up to 14,000. Woodward, meanwhile, has 2,800, though insists he's still "holding strong."

Tags: Matt Woodward Thayer Rasmussen

Level: 4

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-21-2009 15:32 UTC-12

Who's Hot, Who's Not (Part III)

Shamus

Another pass, this from the middle of Level 3:

Jason Potter -- 15,000
Brock Parker -- 15,000
Sabyl Cohen -- 15,000
Robert Williamson III -- 13,000
Michael Binger -- 12,000
Nikolay Evdakov -- 11,000
David "Chino" Rheem -- 11,000

Andy Black -- 9,200
Jon Turner -- 9,100
Alexander Kostritsyn -- 8,900
Mel Judah -- 8,900
David Singer -- 8,800
Isaac Haxton -- 8,800
Allen Cunningham -- 8,000
Jerrod Ankenman -- 8,000
Mike Matusow -- 7,900

Scott Seiver -- 7,500
Shane Schleger -- 7,000
Erick Lindgren -- 6,800
Mickey Appleman -- 6,800
Hoyt Corkins -- 6,600
Toto Leonidas -- 6,500
Joe Tehan -- 6,100
Shawn Sheikhan -- 5,900
Bill Chen -- 5,800
Jeff Madsen -- 5,500

Victor Ramdin -- 4,200
Dan Heimiller -- 4,100
Carlos Mortensen -- 4,000
Daniel Alaei -- 4,000
Allen Jaffrey -- 3,800
Michael Mizrachi -- 2,900