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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Chop Chop for Tran

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Theo Tran and one opponent saw a limped flop of {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{A-Spades}. Tran check-raised his opponent's 500 bet to 1,200, and got the call.

Tran then led for 1,500 when the {K-Hearts} fell on the turn, and check-called for 2,000 when the {6-Diamonds} landed on the river. At the end of the hand, Tran showed {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs} while his opponent held {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Bracelet Winners Meet

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Anthony Harb after taking down Event 11
Anthony Harb after taking down Event 11
With 49 bracelets already being handed out at this year's World Series of Poker, it is no surprise to find two champions lining up against each other on the felt.

As tables continue to break at a rapid rate, J.C. Tran has been moved to a table that houses Anthony Harb.

With Tran taking down Event 30 and Harb Event 11 it seems these two may battle it out as Tran sits with the visible chip lead at 49,000 while Harb is still healthy at 14,700.

Hamrick Off to Early Start

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Dean Hamrick in action
Dean Hamrick in action
Dean Hamrick has started the level off by sending an opponent to the rail.

Hamrick called the all in out of the big blind with {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} to be in a race with his opponent's {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} to see his opponent head out the door while Hamrick climbed to 12,600 in chips.

JC Tran Eliminated

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Tran sent packing
Tran sent packing
Our PokerNews reporter walked over to see how the JC Tran and Anthony Harb battle was playing out, and noticed that Tran's seat was empty.

Speaking to Harb he informed us that Tran held {J-?}{J-?} to Sanford Lee's {A-?}{A-?}, and when the flop fell down ten-high Tran found all his chips in the middle.

The board bricked out and Lee soared to around 60,000 and sits on top of our leaderboard as we tick under 750 players remaining

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Chip Counts At Dinner

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Chip Leader JC Tran
Chip Leader JC Tran
JC Tran - 51,000
Theo Tran - 42,400
Hevad Khan - 41,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 33,000
Richard Lee - 29,000
Raymond Rahme - 18,200
Amit Makhija - 17,000
Peter Rho - 15,800
Jonathan Little - 13,000
Men Nguyen - 12,400
Van Nguyen - 12,100
Liv Boeree - 11,400
Teddy Monroe - 11,200
Corwin Cole - 9,100
Lauren Kling - 8,600
Cody Slaubaugh - 7,600
Lily Bui - 7,100
Wooka Kim - 6,200
Jim Pechec - 5,200
Mandy Baker - 4,200
Jason Riesenberg - 4,100

Bad Turn, Good River for Ephremsen

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Paul Ephremensen and his opponent were all in preflop.

Ephremesen: {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Opponent: {Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

A flop of {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{4-Hearts} was good for both players, but the {10-Diamonds} on the turn was a bad card for Ephremsen. It didn't matter though, as the {K-Diamonds} fell on the river, pairing the board and giving Ephremsem a full house.

He now has a solid stack worth 14,000.

Smurfit Eliminated

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After getting short stacked earlier in the level, Alan Smurfit's chair was empty when we passed by a little later.

Nearby, Marco Traniello is sitting on a small stack of 8,000 while Joe Morneau is sitting with more than 33,000.
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