Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-26-2009 10:29 UTC-12

Jani's Boat Floats

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Jani Sointula (X)(X) {7-Hearts}

(X)
Eli Elezra (X)(X) {J-Clubs}

Alex Kostritsyn (X)(X) {K-Hearts}

(X)

We picked the hand up on fourth street, Kostritsyn leading out with the high board and both Jani Sointula and Eli Elezra calling. Kostritsyn bet again on fifth street, Sointula raised, Elezra folded, Kostritsyn reraised and Sointula called. Sixth street brought another bet from Kostritsyn, a raise from Sointula, and a call from Kostritsyn. The Russian led again on the rive and this time Sointula flat-called.

Sointula showed {J-Hearts}

for a full house and Kostritsyn mucked.

06-26-2009 10:32 UTC-12

Anyone for a Massage?

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The massage team hard at work during an earlier WSOP event...

One of the more interesting side bets put forward by a young member of media row was the line of number of masseuse staff working at the same table at any time during this event. With eight seats and a lineup full of high rollers who enjoy a nice relaxing massage, it was a rather amusing proposition.

The most I’ve personally witnessed this year at the WSOP has been four during the $10,000 Limit World Championship, so when the eager reporter offered a line of 5.5, I took the unders. However, our attention has been grabbed by table 70 as Daniel Negreanu has just accepted a massage to bring the total number of masseuse staff currently working on this table to five. Hopefully, Patrik Antonius has arrived nice and fresh and won’t be requiring a massage any time soon!

06-26-2009 10:41 UTC-12

Bonomo Takes One From Billirakis

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Bonomo: (X-X) {5-Clubs}

(X)
Billirakis: (X-X) {K-Spades}

(X)

Steve Billirakis completed with Justin Bonomo making the call after bringing in. Billirakis fired fourth street, before raising Bonomo's bet on fifth. The players slowed down and checked sixth and seventh.

Bonomo: {5-Clubs}

(

)
Billirakis: {K-Spades}

(X-X-X)

Bonomo tabled jacks and threes which was good enough to take down the pot as Billirakis mucked. Bonomo is back to 140,000.

Tags: Justin Bonomo Steve Billirakis

06-26-2009 10:45 UTC-12

For Those with Over/Under Bets...

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Our current number of registered players is up to 86 with 46 minutes remaining in the second level.

06-26-2009 10:54 UTC-12

Antonius Sets on Sixth

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Bryan Colin (X)(X) {Q-Diamonds}

(X)
Patrik Antonius (X)(X) {4-Hearts}

(X)

Patrik Antonius completed on third street, Bryan Colin made it two bets and Antonius called. Colin led out on fourth and fifth, Antonius calling in both spots. On sixth, Colin led out, Antonius raised and Colin called. Colin then checked dark on the river and called Antonius' bet.

Antonius turned over {9-Diamonds}

, having made a set of nines on sixth street. Colin mucked and Antonius took it down.

06-26-2009 11:08 UTC-12

Seidel One of the Heavyweights

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Taking a look around the room, it's interesting to see that every table contains bracelet winners, with the tables of Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan amongst the heaviest thanks to the ten bracelets that they each hold.

Another heavy table Erik Seidel's, as his eight bracelets are supported by the bracelets of Freddy Deeb and Steve Sung.

We recently caught Seidel in a hand where he fired bets on every street during Hold'em on a board of {5-Spades}

and showed down {K-Clubs}

for a set to collect the pot. He's at around 135,000 chips.

Tags: Erik Seidel

06-26-2009 11:13 UTC-12

John Hanson Scoops 'Em Up

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Omaha-8

Joe Cassidy raised from the cutoff and John Hanson called from the big blind. The flop came down {7-Spades}

and Hanson check-raised Cassidy's bet. Cassidy called and they went to the turn which fell the {8-Diamonds}

. Hanson bet and Cassidy called. The river was the {5-Diamonds}

and Cassidy called one more bet from Hanson.

Hanson showed {A-Diamonds}

for the nut flush and a 7-5-4-3-A low to scoop.

06-26-2009 11:16 UTC-12

Welcome Back Mr. Kaplan

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It looks like a new table is currently forming after the late arrival of Gabe Kaplan and Hasan Habib. Players have been pulled from other tables to rebalance and some of the lucky movers to the new table included John Juanda, Dan Shak and Jason Gray.

We're currently at 89 registrations, with a few big names yet to arrive. We might just get to the 100-player mark.

06-26-2009 11:21 UTC-12

Eli Gets Quartered

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Omaha-8

On a flop of {A-Clubs}

, Alex Kostritsyn led out from the small blind and Eli Elezra called from middle position. The {8-Hearts}

came on the turn and Kostritsyn led out again. Elezra raised and Kostritsyn called. Kostritsyn led again on the {5-Hearts}

river and Elezra called.

Kostritsyn showed {A-Hearts}

while Elezra turned over {Q-Spades}

. Kostritsyn took the high with a set of aces while they split the low, each having 8-5-3-2-A.

06-26-2009 11:28 UTC-12

Smith Boosted by Kaplan

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Hold'em

Gabe Kaplan raised from UTG and Justin Smith called from the big blind. The flop came down {10-Hearts}

. Smith checked over to Kaplan, who bet. Smith came back with a raise, Kaplan reraised and Smith called. Smith checked again when the turn came the {3-Clubs}

, Kaplan bet, Smith raised and Kaplan called. Smith then bet the {4-Hearts}

on the river and Kaplan called.

Smith showed {A-Spades}

. Kaplan flashed his {Q-Hearts}

as Smith collected the pot.