2009 World Series of Poker

Event 51 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Carsten Joh
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$664,426
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,796,065
Entries
2,781
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Level 3 Players Sightings

Even into level 3, more new players are still being sighted in this 2,800 person field. Recent sightings include:

- Jesse Rios
- David Levi
- Mike Watson
- Bryan Micon
- Adam Junglen
- Jason Mercier

Recent Eliminations

Players that have already been eliminated from today's tournament:

- Noah Boeken
- J.C. Tran
- Theo Tran
- Jeff Williams
- Nick Frangos
- Blair Hinkle

Seif Continues to Chip Up

Mark Seif opens the pot for a raise from under the gun to 400 and Filipe Pacheco of PokerNews calls from middle position.

The flop comes {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs} with both players checking. The turn brings the {2-Spades} and Seif check-calls an 525 bet from Pacheco.

The {K-Spades} falls on the river and Mark Seif leads out for 1,500. Pacheco tanks for a few minutes before shaking his head and giving up the hand..

Mark Seif continues to chip up and is currently at 23,500.

Tags: Mark Seif

Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul Eliminated

A player in the high-jack seat raised to 425 and the button made the call. Down to his last 1,400, Kevin Saul pushed all in from the big blind. The original player folded his hand and the button called with pocket eights. Saul showed {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}.

The flop came {J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, giving Saul the lead with a pair of jacks.

The turn was a blank in the the {Q-Diamonds}, however, the river brought one of the two remaining eights in the deck, eliminating Saul from the tournament.

Tags: Kevin Saul

Binger up to 14,000 Early

Michael Binger
Michael Binger
Michael Binger raises from the button to 350 and the big blind makes the call. The flop comes {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} and after a check from the big blind, Binger makes a continuation bet of 500. His opponent calls.

The turn is the {5-Diamonds} and after a check in the dark from the big blind, Binger fires another bet. The big blind folds and Binger takes it down.

Michael Binger - 14,000

Tags: Michael Binger

Marc Convey Eliminated

Marc Convey opens the pot from early position to 425 and gets three callers.

The flop comes {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {2-?} and Convey leads out for 1,050. Two players call.

The turn brings the {Q-Hearts} and Convey checks. An opponent bet out, the other player in the pot got out of the way, and Convey check raises all in. His opponent makes the call.

Convey: {A-Hearts} {9-Hearts}
Opponent: {5-?} {5-?}

Marc Convey is drawing dead on the river against his opponent's full house and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Marc Convey

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Prizepool Information

The prizepool has been announced for Event 51. Here's a quick run down of the numbers:

Players: 2,781
Prizepool: $3,796,065
Players Paid: 297
1st Place: $664,426
9th Place: $80,984
297th Place: $2,733

For a full rundown of the payouts, please check the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab on the right hand side. All places will be posted shortly.

1,000 Players Lighter

The tournament has already dusted off almost 1,000 players in the first three and a half levels. Approximately 1,830 players remain with an average chip stack of 6,800.