Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
928
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1 Concludes
When the night was done, just 160 players remained, with Rui Cao bagging what appears to be the biggest stack at the end of the night -- a gaudy 354,900.
Chip counts for all of the remaining players will be posted overnight. Check back in the morning for those, and come back at 2 p.m. Vegas time tomorrow for the restart of Event No. 56.
Ferguson Felted
Ferguson showed pocket nines and Boyd pocket jacks. The flop came A-J-J -- quads for Boyd, and the end of the road for Ferguson. Boyd ends with about 100,000 after that one.
Set Over Set
The turn was a trey, and Helppi quickly bet 30,000. Peters raised all in for 96,600, and Helppi, who had him covered, made the call.
Helppi showed pocket fours for a flopped set, but Peters had pocket sevens for a better flopped set. The river was a jack, and Peters is up to 250,000. Helppi, meanwhile, tumbles to 58,000.
Phil Finds Chips at Night's End
, and his opponent showed 
.The board came
, and Hellmuth has chipped back up to 85,000.
Four to Go
Bonomo Busts One
, a player in the cutoff bet 8,000, Justin Bonomo raised to 40,000, and Bonomo's opponent called with the last of his chips. Bonomo showed
for the straight, better than his opponent's 
. Another hits the rail, and Bonomo is at 135,000.
The Hellmuth Chronicles
Last level, he took a hit in a hand which began with him raising preflop and getting called by a player from the blinds. The flop came
, his opponent checked, he made a big overbet of 25,000 -- just a 100 more than his opponent's stack -- and his opponent quickly called, showing 
. Hellmuth had a lot of outs with his , but the turn was the 
and the river the . The Poker Brat was down to 45,000 after that one.He'd slip down below 30,000, then get some back in a hand in which he limped from the button, then called the small blind's raise to 3,700. The flop came
, the small blind bet 6,500, and Hellmuth called. The turn was the 
and both checked. The river was the 
. The SB checked, Hellmuth bet 5,000, and his opponent called. Hellmuth showed 
, and his opponent mucked. He was back up to 40,000.Recently Hellmuth was involved again in a three-way hand in which the flop had come
, the big blind checked, Hellmuth bet 7,000, the button folded, then the big blind reraised all in. Hellmuth folded, and now he's down to 21,500.
The Levy Doesn't Break
holding a pair with 
, but having to sweat a ton of outs as his opponent had 
.But the turn was the
and the river the 
, and Levy survives with 33,000.
The Hits Keep On Coming for Rui Cao
. The big blind checked, Cao bet 5,600, and both folded. Said one of his opponents, "You hit again didn't you?"Cao showed the
as he dragged the pot. "What can I do?" he shrugged. Cao is up to 290,000 now.