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Batista had
, and his opponent 
. The board came 
, and Batista is out.
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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Batista had
, and his opponent . The board came , and Batista is out.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
against an opponent who held 
. Good thing Veldhuis had 
.That's a pretty good spot. According to the PokerNews Poker Odds Calculator, Veldhuis is a 99.8% favorite there when the chips went in the middle.
It could get better, though. The turn was the
.Veldhuis has 120,000 now.
When we get to the last level of the evening, we'll try to report on all of the bigger stacks we see as play winds down.
versus 
after the community cards came 
.Benefield has 48,000.
to Davis' 
.The board came
, and another one bites the dust. Davis now has 145,000.
Laak had
and his opponent . The flop was 
, but the turn brought the , giving Laak a pair. The river was the , and Laak survives with about 55,000."Don't blog that!" he cried with a big grin as he scooped the chips. "Okay, okay, okay! Blog it! What the hell... let the world know what a donkey I am!"
Just halfway through Level 9, and we've lost 50 more players since the last break. 226 remain. We'll very likely lose more than 50 more before night's end, which will make 80,000 a less than average-sized stack.
Ferguson showed
and his opponent 
. The flop came , giving Ferguson the lead. The turn was the and Ferguson was still ahead. But the river brought the , and Ferguson dropped a small one. He's still at 137,000, though.
