Event 51 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-27-2009 15:32 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Players return from the dinner break to level 7 with blinds of 200-400 and a 50 chip ante.

06-27-2009 15:47 UTC-12

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}

.

The board comes {9-Hearts}

eliminating Rice from the tournament.

06-27-2009 15:50 UTC-12

Mark Seif Eliminated

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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}

Button:

The board ran out {7-Clubs}

giving the button a pair of queens and the pot, eliminating Seif from the tournament.

Tags: Mark Seif

06-27-2009 15:52 UTC-12

Shaun Deeb Out

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Shaun Deeb, who at one point earlier today had over 20,000, has been eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Shaun Deeb

06-27-2009 15:57 UTC-12

John Katkin Going Strong

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Tournament Blogger for PokerNews.com, John Katkin, has just been moved to the Amazon Room. John is the last member of team PokerNews still in the event, sitting on a healthy stack of 21,000.

Tags: John Katkin

06-27-2009 16:01 UTC-12

The Rich Get Richer

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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

06-27-2009 16:23 UTC-12

The Art of the Overbet

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Jonathan Aguiar raises the pot from middle position for 1,025 and a player in the big blind called.

The flop comes {10-Spades}

and the big blind promptly announces "all in". With 15,000 behind, it is a hefty overbet into the 2,300 pot.

Aguiar, who has the bet covered, says "Too much" as he slides his cards into the muck.

06-27-2009 16:32 UTC-12

Short Stacked Player Doubles through Wasicka

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Before the flop a short stacked player is all in against Paul Wasicka. The short stack only has {Q-Hearts}

agasinst the {J-Diamonds}

of Wasicka.

The board comes {9-Hearts}

pairing the queen of Wasicka's opponent.

Wasicka still remains well over average with 25,000.

Tags: Paul Wasicka

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

06-27-2009 16:39 UTC-12

John Katkin Eliminated

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John Katkin calls the all in of an opponent on a queen high flop with two hearts. Katkin's read was dead on, as his opponent showed a naked flush draw against his pocket jacks.

However, sometimes the best reads can go awry, as his opponent hit his flush.

Left extremely short, Katkin came over the top of a raise on the next hand with {A-?}

only to run into pocket jacks. Ace-nine never improved and Katkin makes his exit from the tournament.

Tags: John Katkin