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Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Total Entries
854
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 854
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By the end of the night, only roughly 153 of them had survived. Several players were fighting for the overnight chip lead, but it seemed that Tim Horan, with about 150,000 chips, may have edged out Anthony Spinella's 145,000 by eliminating a player on one of the last hands of the night. Horan's pocket kings held against the all-in player's ace-king to give Horan the boost to the top.
Still in the hunt is a name that we've heard bandied about a lot at this 2009 WSOP: Jeffrey Lisandro. Lisandro's count was about 114,000 chips. He was joined by Blake Cahail at 125,000 and several other six figure stacks.
Play resumed at 2pm tomorrow as the tournament tries to play down to the final 9. PokerNews will have all the action. See you then!
Liu:
Mizrachi:
Opponent:
Liu looked good on a
flop and even better on the 
turn. But this is a game with five community cards, not four, and it was the fifth that changed things around. The 
hit the river to give Mizrachi a pair of kings. He dragged the whole pot to climb to 40,000. Liu is down to 90,000, and the third player is out.
had fallen to an opponent's 
on a board of 
X [we missed the last board card]. As the stacks were counted down, it was clear that Mayrinck's opponent had her covered.Uttering a sentiment that thousands of poker players before her have felt, Mayrinck said "I feel like such a failure," before retiring to the rail.
. He was up against 
, but paired his king on a flop of 
and never looked back. With two more blanks on the board, Esfandiari took down the pot to eliminate an opponent and increase his chip count to 70,000.
Andy Black will not be among those 81. He just exited the Amazon Room via a back door -- but not before stopping to tell Noah Schwartz his bad beat story that we reported below.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Andy Black knows. He opened preflop for 2,200, then watched as the next player to act made it 6,000 to go and the next player after that moved all in for 27,600. Black moved his whole stack of 42,000 in, isolating the all-in player.
"I think I'm in trouble," said the player as he opened
. Black showed 
and had to be pleased with a dry flop of 
. The all-in player was already out of his chair as the came down, but paused briefly when he realized he had life."One jack one time?" he asked. The table groaned on Black's behalf when the river fell
to make a Broadway straight for the all in player.Black was stoic in defeat. He paid off the required chips and then offered a quiet and terse, "Well done." Black's stack is at 14,000.
As we approached her table she was all in for 20,600 (with about 20,000 in the pot). The board read
. Her lone opponent folded and she now moves above the 40,000 mark.
