Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

06-28-2009 12:00 UTC-12

Smith Coolered Out of the Tournament

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Just before the break, Gavin Smith was dealt pocket kings. That might have worked out better for Smith if an opponent hadn't been dealt pocket aces on the same hand. Smith got his last 4,000 chips into the middle preflop and couldn't suck out the miracle on a board of {J-Diamonds}

. He's out.

Tags: Gavin Smith

06-28-2009 12:04 UTC-12

Nines Abound; Morgan Out

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We walked up to Jordan Morgan's table -- just in time to see him bust out. Morgan was all in preflop for his last 1,700 and called by the big blind.

"I only looked at one," Morgan said. "A nine."

The big blind responded by opening {9-Clubs}

to the amusement of the table. Morgan showed {9-Spades}

. He played the board, {2-Clubs}

. His opponent played the pair in his hand, knocking Morgan out.

Tags: Jordan Morgan

06-28-2009 12:22 UTC-12

Young Guns

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One table towards the front of the blue section that has drawn our attention a few times today is that of Tony Dunst, Sam Chartier and Michael Tureniec -- three young guns of poker. Dunst seems to be getting the best of it so far with 19,000 in his stack. Tureniec is on 10,000 while Chartier is struggling with 5,300.

Just a few tables over Antonio Esfandiari has magicked away another player. Neil Channing is no longer at the table.

06-28-2009 12:25 UTC-12

Setback for Convey

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We always try to keep a close eye on poker media who play in WSOP events. It helps when they are right by our media table. Marc Convey raised from the small blind to 600 and was called by the big blind. A series of raises on a flop of {A-Spades}

got Convey's opponent all in for 6,100. Convey showed down {A-Clubs}

, a pair of aces and was trailing his opponent's {A-Diamonds}

, two pair. The board bricked out {7-Clubs}

and

to halve Convey's stack. He's now on 7,000.

Tags: Marc Convey

06-28-2009 12:29 UTC-12

Tran Reduces the Field by One

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We saw J.C. Tran sliding chips into the pot to call a player's all-in bet on the turn of a {10-Diamonds}

board. All Tran had was a pair of aces, {A-Clubs}

, with no significant draw to speak of. But all Tran's opponent had was a pair of kings, {K-Clubs}

, also no significant draw to speak of. The river blanked {J-Diamonds}

, giving Tran a stack that measures 14,000.

Tags: JC Tran

06-28-2009 12:34 UTC-12

Hellmuth Firing on All Cylinders

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Phil Hellmuth showed up late today (as is his custom) but that hasn't stopped him from practically doubling his starting stack. With 8,000 chips in the pot on the river of a {K-Hearts}

board, Hellmuth bet 4,000. His opponent called, with what we'll never know. Hellmuth showed a flopped Broadway straight, {A-Hearts}

, which was enough to win the hand.

Hellmuth, once again without any baseball cap or sunglasses, is up to 17,500 in chips.

06-28-2009 12:56 UTC-12

Still Here!

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We're still here. We've been making one last scour of the room, turning up hats and hoddies and sunglasses looking for faces we might not have seen yet. We didn't find too many more that haven't been mentioned; it's safe to assume that everyone who's playing has taken their seats by now.

Sorry, Victor Ramdin fans. It looks like your man is not in our tournament. Can we offer you Johnny Lodden instead?

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-28-2009 13:05 UTC-12

More Chips for Tran

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With the flop showing {K-Spades}

, J.C. Tran's lone opponent opened for 2,220. Tran had a total of 6,125 chips in this stack, all of which went into the middle with a reraise. Tran's opponent called and showed {Q-Clubs}

; Tran opened a much better pocket pair, {A-Diamonds}

. The board bricked out {5-Clubs}

and

.

Tran once again has chips. Right now the total is 15,000.

Tags: J.C. Tran