Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-29-2009 13:41 UTC-12

Grinder Loses a Few

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Five players saw a limped flop of {A-Spades}

and checked around the table. A player in middle position then bet 1,000 when the {8-Diamonds}

hit the turn. Mizrachi called and everyone else folded.

Both remaining players then checked the {3-Clubs}

on the river, and Mizrachi mucked when his opponent showed {Q-Hearts}

for two pair.

06-29-2009 13:37 UTC-12

Geller Hangs On

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Maya Gellar raised to 1,100 from the button and called by a player who had limped from middle position.

When her opponent checked a flop of {Q-Spades}

, Gellar pushed her remaining 2,600 into the middle. That was enough to win her the pot, which helped increase her small stack to 4,800.

06-29-2009 13:37 UTC-12

Kostritsyn Culls Another

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Catching the action on the river with the board reading {8-Diamonds}

and already a sizeable pot swelling, Alexander Kostritsyn was faced with a 3,925 all in.

Kostritsyn sat in the tank for over two minutes before eventually making the call to see his opponent table {8-Spades}

for two-pair.

However it would be Kostritsyn's {5-Clubs}

for a turned set to see him scoop the pot and climb to 22,300 in chips.

06-29-2009 13:26 UTC-12

Haxton Halted

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With a raise to 600 and a call before him, Isaac Haxton pushed all in from the button for a further 3,500.

The original raiser called as the player in the middle folded to see the cards tabled.

Haxton: {J-Spades}

Opponent:

The board ran out {8-Hearts}

and Haxton hit the rail.

06-29-2009 13:17 UTC-12

Prizepool Announced

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The 2,818 entrants that took to the felt today saw a prizepool of $3,846,570 created with the top 297 players hitting the money with the final table being paid out as follows.

1 - $673,276
2 - $418,122
3 - $276,029
4 - $195,213
5 - $147,131
6 - $117,358
7 - $98,933
8 - $87,855
9 - $81,970

06-29-2009 13:10 UTC-12

Quick Counts

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Making our way through the Miranda room, we saw that both Layne Flack and Alexandre Gomes are sitting on comfortable stacks.

Flack has approximately 17,000 to play with while Gomes isn't too far behind, sitting with about 13,000.

06-29-2009 13:08 UTC-12

Masaaki Kagawa Eliminated

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Masaaki Kagawa moved all in from early position for his last 3,225 and got one caller.

Kagawa: {A-Clubs}

Opponent:

Both players hit top pair on the flop of {2-Spades}

, but Kagawa couldn't improve as the board finished {4-Clubs}

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Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-29-2009 12:48 UTC-12

Little Found

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Jonathan Little was presumed to have been eliminated from the tourney, but alas he has been found.

Little sits with 10,800 in chips while Issac Haxton (2,700) and Eugene Todd (4,300) have both been moved to the main tournament area.

Currently it seems as though Theo Tran is leading the charge with an amassed 43,500 in chips.

06-29-2009 12:34 UTC-12

Morgan Looks for a Better Spot

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After raising to 500 from under-the-gun, Jordan Morgan got called in late position and reraised all in to 4,800 from the big blind.

Morgan and the late position caller both quickly mucked their hands and moved on. Morgan has about 6,800 remaining in his stack.