Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-23-2009 16:37 UTC-12

David Baker Eliminated

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David Baker was all in on a board of {10-Clubs}

with

against the {Q-Clubs}

of Mike Sowers. The river failed to bring a miracle and Baker is eliminated.

Mike Sowers - 80,000

06-23-2009 16:28 UTC-12

Fish Food

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Darryll Fish and Vivek Rajkumar were heads up in a raised pot. Each player put about 16,000 into the pot before a flop of {A-Clubs}

. On that flop, Fish put out a bet of 24,600. Rajkumar made the call, and the turn card fell the {10-Spades}

. Fish checked this time, and Vivek made his move, shoving all 46,000 of his remaining chips into the middle. After just a quick trip to the think tank, Fish made the call to put Rajkumar at risk.

Showdown
Fish: {A-Spades}

Rajkumar:

Rajkumar was behind, but he had plenty of live outs. Any king, queen, or eight was a help card, but the river would provide no salvation. The blank {4-Clubs}

peeled off the deck, locking up a gigantic pot for Fish. Failing to catch any help, Vivek Rajkumar has been sent to the rail.

Fish, on the other hand, is quite healthy now, possibly leading the field with 195,000.

Tags: Darryll Fish Vivek Rajkumar

06-23-2009 16:24 UTC-12

Chris Bell Eliminated

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Chris Bell has been eliminated from the tournament after running into the pocket queens of his opponent.

Tags: Chris Bell

06-23-2009 16:02 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Players return from the dinner break to level 7 with increased blinds of 500-1,000.

Shuffle up and deal!

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-23-2009 14:26 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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As level six comes to an end, player take a 90-minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at 9:00pm PST.

06-23-2009 14:23 UTC-12

Rousso vs. Theo Tran

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Theo Tran raised to 2,200 from the button and Vanessa Rousso called from the big blind. The flop came {7-Clubs}

. Rousso checked and Tran made a continuation bet of 2,600. Rousso then made a large check raise to 10,000.

Theo thought for a full minute before giving up the hand.

06-23-2009 14:21 UTC-12

Multi-Tabling

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Ville Wahlbeck and John Juanda have just made recent exits from our event. Fortunately, they have somewhere else to be. Both men are still in the $2,500 Razz event which is approaching the money bubble over in the Brasilia Room. Also still standing over there is Chris Ferguson, now the only player still left in both Event #44 and #45.

06-23-2009 14:03 UTC-12

Negreanu All In and Trailing

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In a big three-way pot, a flop of {2-Hearts}

brought a check from Daniel Negreanu in the big blind. Bill Edler was next to act, and he made a bet of 3,500. Adam Junglen called in late postion, and Negreanu elected to raise it up to 9,000. Edler surrendered his cards, but Junglen moved all in after some consideration. Negreanu slid his last 22,000 chips forward, putting his own tournament in jeopardy.

Showdown
Negreanu: {J-Hearts}

Junglen:

Negreanu stood up, and he didn't seem too disappointed by his impending fate. The $2,500 Omaha/8 tournament is running in the other room, and Negreanu has been in a hurry to get back to his stack over there. Junglen reminded Kid Poker, "We can split."

The turn was a blank, the {4-Clubs}

, but the river was much more useful. The {2-Spades}

was the last card off, and it made both players the same deuces full of jacks. They chop up a little of Edler's money, and Negreanu will stay put in his seat for now.

Tags: Adam Junglen Bill Edler Daniel Negreanu

06-23-2009 13:57 UTC-12

Kathy Liebert Doubles

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On a board of {K-Clubs}

Kathy Liebert checked and Bill Chen checked behind. The river brought the {2-Spades}

and Liebert checked again. Chen bet enough to put her all-in and after a moment she made the call for her last 12,300.

Chen showed an underpair to the board with pocket fours. Liebert showed off her nice call by flipping over {A-Hearts}

to take down the pot.

Liebert - 45,000
Chen - 40,000

Tags: Bill Chen Kathy Liebert