2009 World Series of Poker

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

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Carsten Joh
Winning Hand
6♦6♣
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
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The Rich Get Richer

[user111541]
[user111541]
Tournament chip leader, Thomas "Titantom32" Braband, opens the pot for a raise on the button for 1,250. The small blind three bet to 4,300, but undeterred Braband made it 9,750 to go

His opponent folds his hand and Braband took it down.

Thomas "Titantom32" Braband now has over 80,000.

Tags: Thomas Braband

Mark Seif Eliminated

[user111541]
[user111541]
Mark Seif
Mark Seif
A short stacked Mark Seif moved all in from early position for his remaining 1,400 and is called by the button.

Mark Seif: {A-Spades}{5-Hearts}
Button: {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{2-Hearts} giving the button a pair of queens and the pot, eliminating Seif from the tournament.

Tags: Mark Seif

Shawn Rice Eliminated

[user111541]
[user111541]
A short stacked Shawn Rice moves all in from early position for about 3,000. A player behind reraises makes the call and action folds around.

Rice says "I only looked at one" and turns over the {A-Spades} followed by the {5-Clubs} . His opponent shows {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} .

The board comes {9-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {10-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} eliminating Rice from the tournament.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Dinner Break

[user111541]
[user111541]
As level 6 comes to an end, play pauses for a 90-minute dinner break.

The chip leader at the break appears to be Thomas 'Titantom32' Braband with 78,000. Andrew Pantling is the second highest stack we've spotted with 49,900.

1,030 players remain with an average stack of 12,150.

Play will resume at 8:30pm PST.

Seif Down to 4,000

[user111541]
[user111541]
Mark Seif was off to a great start in this tournament, chipping up to over 20,000 in the first few levels. However, his luck has not been great lately, dropping all the way down to 4,000.

Tags: Mark Seif

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