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Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Total Entries
928
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 928
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Mark Seif and Allen Cunningham are at the same table in the Brasilia. Also at the same table there are David "the Dragon" Pham, Darrell Dicken, Gavin Smith, Kirill Gerasimov, and Jack Schanbacher.
, Deeb checked, his opponent bet, Deeb check-raised, and his opponent called. The river brought the 
, and Deeb pushed all in and got the call.Deeb showed
for the nut flush, and his opponent turned over K-Q before heading to the rail. Deeb is up over 30,000.
Among those taking seats are Matt Hawrilenko, Jason Mercier, Florian Langmann, Victor Ramdin, Shawn Buchanan, Jason Potter, Ryan Nathan, Tony Cousineau, Daniel Makowsky, and Chad Batista.
. Chan had 
, but his opponent had 
. The river was the 
, and Chan was in dire straits.Soon after, it folded to Phil Laak in the small blind who raised, Chan reraised all in, and Laak called. Laak showed
, while Chan tabled 
. The flop was 
and turn , and Chan was still safe. But the 
river gave Laak the flush and Chan hits the rail early.
We're one less now, though, as Rob Eckstut is an early elimination. With the board showing
, Eckstut called with the last of his chips holding K-Q, but his opponent had 
for the flush.
Scotty Nguyen is also here, baby. So is Bill Edler, Daniel Alaei, Dutch Boyd, Jamie Gold, Lee Watkinson, Erik Lindgren, Brandon Cantu, David "Chino" Rheem, Dario Minieri, and Justin Bonomo.
Last year's champion in this event is here, too -- Joe Commisso. In fact, he appears to be wearing a similar turquoise shirt to the one he had on when winning his bracelet last year.
The number of players registered as the first hands are being dealt has already moved past 650, and they're saying over 100 more are presently in line and soon to be seated.
Players are starting with 15,000 chips, distributed as eight green (25) chips, eight dark blue (100) chips, two light blue (500) chips, eight yellow (1000) chips, and one orange (5000) chip.
