Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,846,570
Entries
2,818
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
That's a Wrap
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2,818 players scattered themselves around the Amazon, Brasilia and Miranda rooms this afternoon in pursuit of nearly $675,000 in first-place prize money, a gold bracelet, and a spot in WSOP history. Only 384 of them will return at 2PM to continue their quests.
Leading the pack on our return tomorrow will be Jon Christensen with 159,800. Zsombor Gall and Henry Meratan will be chasing close behind. Also lurking are a few well known players like Carlos Mortensen, Theo Tran, and Hevad Khan.
The action picks up at 2PM, so be sure to join us when we shuffle up and deal again.
Four More
A Nice Flop for a Blind's Hand
On a flop of
, Hartman took a long time to act before finally over-betting the pot for 10,000. Kling let out a soft "Wow" when the chips hit the felt, and she took a few seconds before finally mucking her hand.Hartman turned over
for the straight flush draw, prompting another player at the table to ask, "So, when did you like your hand?"
Rahme Doubles
held up against an opponent's 
.The board ran out
to see Rahme double through to 43,000 and change.
Perched On Top
Jon Christensen - 145,100
Zsombor Gall - 110,200
Henry Meratan - 107,500
Jorge 'Twin_Caracas' Arias - 92,000
Jason Hodges - 88,000
Jody Howe - 81,800
Brandon Wong - 75,600
Ben Palmer 75,000
Men Talks His Way to a Win
The big blind opted to just call, and we saw a flop of
. Action checked to Nguyen, who made a "friendly bet" of 3,500. Again, the big blind didn't know what to do."If you show me your hand, I'll show you mine," Nguyen said.
"I think I want to keep you in," the big blind said.
"You want to keep me in? Please call."
The big blind continued to tank before finally folding and showing ace-jack. Nguyen, true to his word, showed ace-six and took the pot.
Chip Counts Heading Into Last level
Sanford Lee - 55,000
Jim Pechec - 51,000
Jack Powell - 50,000
Nancy Todd Tyner - 41,000
Vivek Rajkumar - 33,000
Lily Bui - 32,000
Richard En - 31,000
Carlos Mortensen - 30,000
Jason Gray - 29,000
Wendeen Eolis - 28,000
Richard Lee - 26,000
Hevad Khan - 24,000
Dean Hamrick - 23,000
Lauren Kling - 21,000
Anthony Harb - 18,000
Van Nguyen - 14,000
Men Nguyen - 11,000
Wooka Kim - 8,000
Last Level
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100