2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Masa Kagawa Eliminated

You'll see plenty of these situations on Day 1 of the Main Event and unfortunately, Masa Kagawa found himself on the bad end of the ol' aces vs. kings confrontation vs. Jason Risenberg. The board ran out {J-Spades} {8-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds}, Risenberg's pocket rockets holding up to send Kagawa to the rail.

They Can't All Be Winners

Keven Stammen encountered his first stumbling block of the day. He called a preflop raise to 700 that was also called by one of the blinds. Stammen was the only player to call the 1,400-chip continuation bet on a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {9-Diamonds}. When the turn came {J-Spades} and Stammen's opponent checked, Stammen fired a bet of 2,600. He was called. Both players checked down the {5-Clubs} river. Stammen's opponent showed {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} for the winner.

Straight Flush No Good for Danzer

Str8 Flush vs Royal
Str8 Flush vs Royal
We caught this hand as the chips were being counted on the river.

Patrik Danzer held {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} on a board of {5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. Unfortunately for him, that wasn't good enough to win as his opponent, Christian Jeppsson held {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for the royal.

Danzer still has his starting stack of 30,000 while Jeppsson has 50,000.

Tags: Str8 Flush vs Royal

Pieter de Korver Eliminated

Pieter de Korver opened the pot for a 600 raise. The button and both blinds called.

The four players saw a flop of {K-Hearts} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts}. After the blinds checked to de Korver, he moved all in for 4,525. The button and small blind folded and Domen Pinterich called immediately from the big blind.

Domen Pinterich: {2-Diamonds} {2-Spades}
Pieter de Korver: {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}

The board filled out {K-Hearts} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {3-Spades} allowing Pinterich's set of deuces to hold, eliminating de Korver from the Main Event.

Domen Pinterich - 63,500

Tags: Domen PinterichPieter de Korver

Riffle Riffle Box Riffle

Discussion at Andy Bloch's table has turned to the shuffle process in use at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Before each hand, the dealer riffles twice, boxes, riffles one more time and cuts.

Bloch's contention is that the shuffle is too simple and that any dealer with a little bit of training would be able to put out the same individual card on the flop every time. Most players at the table felt that although it might not be practical for the WSOP to use shuffling machines at every table, the machines should definitely be in play once a WSOP tournament gets down to a manageable number of runners.

Mizzi Runs Into Aces

Sorel Mizzi opened for 600 and got two callers before the button put on the squeeze and reraised to 3,000. Mizzi thought for a moment before four-betting to 10,500, an amount that would set the button all in. The reraise chased away the two callers, but the button snap-called, revealing {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} to Mizzi's {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}.

No miracle for Mizzi as the board ran out {Q-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {2-Spades} {K-Clubs} {4-Spades}. He's down to 16,200 in chips.

Welcome Back, Kaplan

Gabe Kaplan has just shown up to Table 151 in the green section followed by a team of cameramen and sound guys. He took his seat in the middle of an orbit and had to wait until the big blind hit him to play a hand. There wasn't anything happening for about five minutes, but the camera crew still had their lenses trained on Kaplan. "I'm so good they let me play with no chips," he joked.

Once he was presented with his stack of chips, the actor-turned-pro wasted no time getting his feet wet. On a flop of {Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}, Lana Maier and Kaplan checked, and the third player in the hand bet 1,600 from late position. Maier check-raised to 4,000, Kaplan overcalled, and the original bettor ducked out.

The turn card came the {3-Diamonds}. Maier checked this time, and Kaplan made a bet of 7,000 as the TV cameras crowded in closer. Maier tanked for a good while before thinking better of it and mucking her hand.

Tags: Gabe Kaplan

Two Outs Enough for Van Nguyen

We came to Van Nguyen's table with the board already showing {4-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {A-Spades}. It appeared that Nguyen bet 1,500 and was called by her one opponent. The river was the {Q-Diamonds} and brought another bet of 2,500 from Nguyen.

"Unbelievable," her opponent said as he debated a call. He finally tossed in a matching 2,500. Nguyen showed down trip quens, {K-Spades} {Q-Hearts}.

"What a suckout," Nguyen's opponent complained. He flashed {A-Hearts} {8-Clubs} for aces and eights, and mucked.

Cajelais Cracks Rockets to Double

Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
We imagine all of the chips went in on the {2-Clubs} {7-Spades} {5-Spades} flop or the {10-Clubs} turn in a hand between Erik Cajelais and one opponent. We say that because the opponent had {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} and because Cajelais won the hand with a set of fives, {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}. Whenever it went in, it eventually all went out to Cajelais to increase his count to 70,000.

Tags: Erik Cajelais

Tony G in Reverse

Tony G.
Tony G.
Tony G played two hands against the same opponent and came out on the wrong end each time.

In the first hand, Tony bet 1,000 from the big blind on a board of {6-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}. When his opponent raised to 3,000, Tony mucked ace-king face up. His opponent showed king-queen and took the chips.

A few hands later, Tony bet 1,000 on a flop of {K-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Spades} and his opponent min-raised. Tony then check-called for 5,000 when his opponent bet the {6-Clubs} on the turn, and an additional 10,000 after his opponent bet the {10-Clubs} on the river.

When his opponent showed {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}, Tony mucked. His stack now stands at 52,500.
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