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
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$1,003,163
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
928
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Hearts for Helppi

Juha Helppi raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and got a call from the player in the small blind. The flop came {8-Hearts}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Both players checked. The turn was the {K-Hearts}. The SB checked, Helppi bet 5,000, and his opponent called.

The river was the {J-Clubs}. This time the player in the small blind bet 12,000, and Helppi raised to 40,000. His opponent thought a moment, then called.

Helppi showed {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for the nut flush, and his opponent mucked. He's now up to 150,000.

Tags: Juha Helppi

More Hit Rail, Deeb Chips Up

Mimi Tran, Peter Eastgate, and Kathy Liebert have all busted. So has Daniel Alaei, after building a decent-sized stack early on.

In Alaei's bustout hand, Shaun Deeb raised to 2,400 from middle position, a player called from the button, Alaei reraised all in for 23,000 from the big blind, Deeb called, and the third player got out of the way.

Alaei showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and Deeb {K-Spades}{J-Clubs}. The board came {J-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, and Deeb took it with his jacks. Deeb is now up to 72,000.

Tags: Daniel AlaeiShaun Deeb

Todd Runs Kings Into Aces, Bro

Justin Bonomo raised to 2,600 from under the gun, the player on the button reraised to 6,200, and Eugene Todd reraised all in for 23,000 from the big blind. Bonomo folded, but the other player made the call.

Todd had {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}, but his opponent held {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}. The board came {J-Spades}{3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, and Todd hits the rail. Bonomo, meanwhile, is up over 70,000.

Tags: Eugene Todd

Who Wants to Be Average?

Ending the night with a small stacks really bugs some players
Ending the night with a small stacks really bugs some players
"I tell you what if I don't have like 80K with half a level to go, I am just gonna ship it..."

So said a player to his friends as he reentered the Amazon Room for the last two levels of the night.

With 276 players remaining at present, the average stack is a little over 50,000. If we were to lose exactly one hundred players by night's end, 80,000 would be just slightly above an average stack.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Yevgeniv, Jesus Cross A Hundred Grand

Yevgeniy Timoshenko was recently moved to a new table, and is now sitting to the right of Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. He was recently involved in a couple of big hands, the second with Ferguson.

The first we caught up with on the turn with the board showing {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. The player under the gun checked, Timoshenko bet 8,900, and after a long think the opponent called. The river was the {3-Spades}. Again a check, a Timoshenko bet -- 16,300 this time -- a long tank, and a call. Timoshenko showed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for the nuts, and his opponent mucked.

That hand carried Timoshenko up to 120,000. On the next hand, he raised to 2,050 from late position and Ferguson called behind him. The flop was {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades}. Timoshenko bet 2,700, and Ferguson called. The turn was the {8-Spades}, and both checked. The river was the {10-Clubs}. Timoshenko bet 4,200, Ferguson raised to 14,000, and Timosehnko folded.

After that one, Timoshenko has 110,000. Meanwhile, Ferguson has chipped all of the way up to 127,000.

Tags: Chris FergusonYevgeniy Timoshenko

Tran Leaves the Station

We caught this hand on the flop with 6,000 already in the middle. The community cards were {Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, the player in the big blind checked, J.C. Tran bet 2,300, the BB check-raised to 18,000, and Tran called with the rest of his stack.

Tran showed {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}, but his opponent held {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for the flopped set. The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and the river the {7-Spades}, and Tran is out.

Tags: J.C. Tran