Event 50 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-26-2009 13:43 UTC-12

Dao Downs Young

Shamus

An early elimination here. A short-stacked Jason Young exchanged raises with Stephanie Dao until Young was all in before the flop with {A-Clubs}

versus' Dao's {K-Spades}

. The board came {5-Hearts}

, and Dao took the pot.

Young is out, and Dao has 6,300 -- just ahead of Eric Froehlich for the current lead at the table.

Tags: Jason Young Stephanie Dao

06-26-2009 13:40 UTC-12

Boatman Beat

Shamus

Three players saw a flop of {10-Hearts}

. Barny Boatman bet, Dennis Phillips called, and the third player dropped out. The turn was the {9-Spades}

. Boatman bet, and again Phillips called.

The river was the {7-Hearts}

. This time Boatman checked, Phillips bet, and Boatman called. Phillips showed {A-Hearts}

, and Boatman mucked.

Phillips has 4,100, and Boatman 3,600.

Tags: Barney Boatman Dennis Phillips

06-26-2009 13:35 UTC-12

Five Bets One Too Many for Naalden

Shamus

Marcus Naalden raised from late position, then Todd "DanDruff" Witteles reraised from the small blind. The BB folded, and Naalden called.

The flop came {8-Spades}

. Witteles bet, and Naalden called. The turn was the {J-Diamonds}

. Witteles again bet, Naalden raised, Witteles three-bet, Naalden four-bet, and when Witteles capped it, Naalden decided to let it go.

Witteles comes back to 3,200 on that one, while Naalden slips to 5,000.

Tags: Marcus Naalden Todd Witteles

06-26-2009 13:31 UTC-12

The Power of Position

Shamus

A player in the hijack seat raised, and Jimmy Fricke three-bet from the button. It folded back around and Fricke's opponent called.

The flop came {8-Spades}

. The hijack checked, Fricke promptly bet, and his opponent called. The turn was the {4-Hearts}

. Again, check-bet-call.

The river was the {A-Hearts}

. Fricke again bet when checked to, and this time his opponent folded. Fricke is at about 4,800. Sitting next to him, Shaun Deeb has about 5,200. Across the table, Allen Cunningham and Alan Goehring both are close to their starting stacks of 4,500. Erik Haakenson has a small lead at the table with about 5,400.

Tags: Jimmy Fricke

06-26-2009 13:19 UTC-12

Saved by the River

Shamus

After some preflop action, four players, including Marco Traniello (big blind) and Stefan Rapp (under the gun) saw a flop come {2-Hearts}

. Traniello bet, Rapp raised, the player in the cutoff called, and Traniello called as well. The turn was the {8-Hearts}

. Traniello again bet, Rapp again raised, this time the third player dropped out, and Traniello called.

The river was the {K-Hearts}

. Traniello checked, and Rapp paused a beat before checking behind. Traniello turned over {Q-Hearts}

for a rivered queen-high flush. Rapp had {9-Hearts}

-- he'd flopped a set, then also made a lesser flush on the end.

That hand actually brings both players right back to their starting stacks of 4,500.

Tags: Marco Traniello Stefan Rapp

Level: 2

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-26-2009 13:13 UTC-12

Family Pot

Shamus

Five players limped -- including Michael Schwartz, Dan Heimiller, J.J. Liu, and Spencer Lawrence -- and Richard Brodie checked from the big blind. The flop came {6-Diamonds}

. It checked to Lawrence who bet, and only Schwartz called.

The turn was the {6-Hearts}

, and both players checked. The river was the {10-Diamonds}

. Schwartz checked, Lawrence bet, and Schwartz thought a moment before calling. Lawrence turned over {6-Clubs}

for sixes full, and Schwartz mucked. Both are still not far from their starting stacks, with Lawrence at 4,900 and Schwartz at 4,400.

06-26-2009 13:02 UTC-12

Queens Good for Ramdin

Shamus

Victor Ramdin raised from early position, a player behind him three-bet, and both the small blind and Ramdin called.

The flop came {4-Hearts}

. The SB checked, Ramdin bet, the player behind him raised, the SB folded, and Ramdin called. Both checked the {A-Hearts}

turn.

The river was the {A-Clubs}

. Ramdin bet and was called, Ramdin turned over {Q-Spades}

, and his opponent mucked. Ramdin is at 5,400.

06-26-2009 12:55 UTC-12

Gavin Gathering Chips

Shamus

Gavin Smith, Tony Cousineau, and Nam Le are seated at the same table, and here in the first level it appears that each has been blind raising if first to act. Seems to be working best for Smith at the moment, who is already up to 7,000 in the early going.

Tags: Gavin Smith Nam Le Tony Cousineau

06-26-2009 12:46 UTC-12

And a Few More

Shamus

Gavin Smith, Maya Gellar, Lisa Parsons, Bryan Devonshire, Gavin Griffin, Brock Parker, J.J. Liu, J.C. Tran, Rep Porter, Men Nguyen, Blair Rodman, Tony Cousineau, Greg Mueller, Terrance Chan, Adam Junglen, Nicky Frangos, and Stewart Scott.