2009 World Series of Poker
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
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Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Right now, 606 players are still with chips.
Ramdin Resists
Ramdin eyed his opponent's stack. "How much?" he asked. His opponent spread out his chips for counting -- 13,150. Ramdin studied a while longer, then let it go.
Ramdin is at about 30,000 at the moment.
Bluff Backfires, Dario Done
Minieri then without hesitation shoved all in for what appeared about 20,000 more -- the chips scattered and were difficult to count -- and Matthews, who had Minieri covered, snap-called.
Matthews showed . Minieri, it turned out, was bluffing all the way with . The board came , and Minieri is out.
Matthews is up to 90,000.
Chips for Elezra
The river brought the . Elezra bet 6,000 this time, and this time his opponent folded. Elezra is up to 53,000 now.
Naalden Shoots Down Rockets
The flop came . The player under the gun led with a bet of 1,900, Naalden raised to 6,000, and the button reraised all in for just a little more than 6,000. The UTG player folded, and Naalden called the small reraise.
Naalden showed for the flush draw, but his opponent had gotten sneaky with and now had a set of aces. The turn was the , changing nothing. But the river was the , giving Naalden the flush and eliminating his opponent.
Naalden is currently sitting at about 40,000.
Wahlbeck Gets Off H.O.R.S.E., Quickly Hops Back On
With microphone still attached (from playing at the TV table), Wahlbeck quickly proceeded to lose all of his chips here, and so back he goes to the main feature table.