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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
Alaei Takes One
. The player in the small blind checked, Neil Channing bet 2,150, Daniel Alaei called from the button, and the third player folded. The turn was the 
, and both checked. The river brought the
. Channing checked, and Alaei tossed out a bet of 4,400. Channing let it go.Both Channing and Alaei are right about 50,000 at the moment.
Tran Loses One
, J.C. Tran checked, his opponent bet 3,000 (about two-thirds pot), and Tran called. The river brought the 
. Tran again checked, and this time his opponent fired 5,100. Tran took just a few seconds to make the call.Tran's opponent showed
, and Tran patted the table to signal that it was good. Tran is at 44,000 right now.
Hellmuth Waits for Better Spot
Recently came a hand in which three players limped, including Phil Hellmuth from the cutoff, then the player on the button pushed all in for about 16,000. All folded back to Hellmuth who asked the dealer to count out his opponent's chips. Hellmuth considered for a half-minute, then folded his
face up.Hellmuth is at about 40,000 at the moment.
Check Before You Check, Sirous-ly
. Jamshidi laughed and told his opponent he hadn't even checked his cards yet. The small blind made a continuation bet, and after looking at his hand Jamshidi quickly called. The turn was the
. The small blind checked, Jamshidi fired 2,000, and his opponent folded.Afterwards, Jamshidi told the dealer he hadn't intended to check, but his preflop gesture had been interpreted as such. That the hand worked out probably made Jamshidi less interested in pursuing the point. He's now about about 52,000.
Talk About Playing Position (Not Cards)
Scotty Nguyen raised to 1,600 from the cutoff, and the player on the button reraised to 4,100. Nguyen made the call, then, before the flop was dealt, the player on the button asked the dealer if he could be dealt his second card.
That's right. He'd only been dealt one card. And he'd reraised Nguyen nonetheless!
The dealer dealt him his second card, then burned one and dealt the T-3-2 flop. Nguyen, who only had about 6,000 or so behind, instantly shoved all in, and his opponent folded.
"What if he shows one card and beats me?" said Nguyen afterwards, considering the possibility of his having folded to his opponent's preflop reraise. "Would be the most embarrassing moment in the last 27 years," he added.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Caesar Never Saw It Coming, Either
At the end of the previous level came a hand in which the button raised to 1,600 and Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind.
The flop came
. Hellmuth bet 1,500, the button raised to 4,500, Hellmuth reraised to 8,000, his opponent made it 18,000, and Hellmuth finally let it go.His opponent turned over
as he dragged the pot. The usual hilarity ensued.Hellmuth is now at 23,000.
Aces for Allen
while Cunningham had 
.The board came
, and another player is out. Cunningham is now up to 49,000.
Eight Helps Eastgate
Eastgate turned over
and his opponent . The flop was good to the reigning champ: 
. The turn was the and the river 
, and Eastgate doubles to 21,000.