2009 World Series of Poker

Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♥j♣
Prize
$673,276
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,846,570
Entries
2,818
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Khan Takes Another Hit

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Hevad Khan's stack is shrinking. In the last hand, he called a 2,500 raise preflop, as did the big blind.

A flop of {A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} brought a check from the big blind, a bet of 3,000, and a call from Khan. When the big blind check-raised to 12,000, the original raiser folded and Khan didn't act immediately.

"I may have to go with this," he said before finally mucking his hand. His opponent flashed ace-queen for top two before scooping the pot. Khan is down to about 15,000.

Jonathan Little Eliminated

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Gary Tang check-called Jonathan Little's 3,500 bet on a board of {7-Spades}{A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, and then check-raised Little all in after the {J-Clubs} fell on the river.

Little called and Tang showed {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} for the nut house. Little mucked and headed to the rail.

Kostritsyn KO'D

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KO'D to the rail
KO'D to the rail
With a raise to 1,600 before him, Alexander Kostritsyn made the call before an opponent upped the action to 8,000.

The original raiser called before Kostritsyn moved all in for over 26,000. The reraiser called and the original raiser folded.

Kostritsyn: {A-?}{K-?}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} to see a suck, re-suck scenario with Kostritsyn falling on the wrong side and consequently having to head to the rail.

Tyner Gets Tough

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On a flop of {K-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Spades}, Nancy Todd Tyner check-raised her opponent's 3,500 bet to 7,500.

When her opponent mucked two black jacks face up, Tyner just grinned and scooped up the chips.

Stecker Stacked

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With the action folding round to the short-stacked Mike Stecker in the cutoff, he pushed his last 7,100 into the middle.

The button player made the call, and the blinds passed to see the cards tabled.

Stecker: {6-Hearts}{7-Spades}
Opponent: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} to see Stecker head to the rail.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Chip Counts At Final Break

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Chip Leader Carlos Mortensen
Chip Leader Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen - 54,700
Sanford Lee - 48,000
Theo Tran - 47,300
Nancy Todd Tyner - 39,800
Richard En - 39,000
Wendeen Eolis - 37,100
Vivek Rajkumar - 35,500
Jack Powell - 33,000
Jim Pechec - 31,000
Richard Lee - 30,000
Hevad Khan - 29,500
Alexander Kostritsyn - 28,900
Lily Bui - 21,000
Jason Gray - 19,800
Dean Hamrick - 19,500
Jason Mercier - 16,500
Van Nguyen - 16,100
Men Nguyen - 15,600
Teddy Monroe - 12,100
Wooka Kim - 8,900
Jonathan Little - 8,100
Anthony Harb - 6,800
Catherine Calhoun - 3,800

More Dough for Morneau

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Joe Morneau check-called for 2,500 on a board of {Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}. He and his opponent then both checked the {7-Diamonds} on the turn, and Morneau bet 3,500 on the {8-Spades} on the river. He got the call and showed {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for aces up. His opponent mucked.
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