Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-03-2009 08:52 UTC-12

Tony G. is on a Roll

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We caught this hand after Tony G called his opponent's all in bet on a flop of {4-Clubs}

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All In: {Q-Diamonds}

Tony G.:

When the board finished {7-Spades}

, Tony's set stood up and his opponent was eliminated. Tony now has 61,000.

07-03-2009 08:52 UTC-12

There's simply no excuse for missing this player on the first scan of the room. Somehow, it took us more than 90 minutes to spot Mila Kunis, but she is indeed seated at Table 36 in the blue section. Kunis is perhaps best known for her work as Jackie on "That 70s Show," and as the voice of Meg Griffin on "Family Guy." You may also know her face from a whole slew of movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Max Payne.

You can believe us when we say we'll be keeping an eye on her today.

Tags: Mila Kunis

07-03-2009 08:51 UTC-12

Viva Italia!

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Claudio Rinaldi opened for 250 from early position, the button reraised to 800 and Rinaldi made the call. Rinaldi check-called the button's 1,200 bet on the {Q-Clubs}

flop. The turn was the {2-Hearts}

and Rinaldi check-called another 2,400. When the river fell the {J-Clubs}

, however, he led out for 3,800 and the button mucked his hand.

Rinaldi is up to 36,000.

07-03-2009 08:47 UTC-12

Late Arrival

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Men "The Master" Nguyen slipped into his seat late in Level 1. Nguyen blamed his tardiness on a business meeting.

07-03-2009 08:47 UTC-12

Danzer Off His Game

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George Danzer is really struggling to get it together today.

We just caught a pot on the end between him and one other player at the table. The board showed {K-Spades}

, and his opponent put in one last bet. After a long soak in the tank, Danzer made the call. His opponent showed down {Q-Spades}

, and Danzer tabled {K-Clubs}

and uttered a quiet, "Ship it."

Errr, your opponent has a flush, Mr. Danzer. That drops him down to about 7,000 now.

Tags: George Danzer

07-03-2009 08:42 UTC-12

Set Over Set No Good for Yang

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Jerry Yang would have won this hand a couple of years ago.

Yang raised to 600 from early position and got reraised to 6,600. Action folded back around to Yang who reraised again, making it 20,600 to play. His opponent moved all in and Yang called.

Yang: {K-Clubs}

Opponent:

Both players connected as the flop came {A-Hearts}

, but things didn't improve for Yang after that, as the board ran out {Q-Diamonds}

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Yang shipped most of his stack across the felt as he muttered, "There's been so much bad luck for me this year." He still has 14,000 left to play with.

Tags: Jerry Yang

07-03-2009 08:41 UTC-12

Andy Black Takes Another Hit

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There were 1,500 chips in the pot, the board reading {6-Clubs}

as Andy Black and Vitaly Lunkin went to the turn. It was the {7-Spades}

and Lunkin fired out 600. Black called. The river was the {9-Clubs}

and Lunkin checked to Black, who bet 1,500. Lunkin raised to 4,000 and Black made the call.

Lunkin showed {Q-Clubs}

for a queen-high flush and Black mucked. Lunkin increased his stack to 36,000 while Black sustained another early hit, his stack down to 17,500.

07-03-2009 08:39 UTC-12

Trips For Baxter

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Catching the action on the flop of {Q-Diamonds}

, Billy Baxter led out for a bet of 600 and found a caller.

The turn was the {K-Spades}

and Baxter fired again, this time for 1,600, which prompted a fold from his opponent. Baxter tabled his {A-Spades}

to rake in the pot and move to just over 33,000 in chips.

With seven bracelets to his name, Baxter will be looking to add another here to break the drought since 2002 when he took down the $1,500 Razz event.

07-03-2009 08:39 UTC-12

Sowers' Opponent Lies

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The board showed {K-Hearts}

in a pot contested between Mike Sowers and one player. Sowers' opponent checked, then min-raised to 6,500 after Sowers bet 3,250. Sowers called.

The river fell {6-Hearts}

. Again Sowers' opponent checked, remarking that he did not intend to call a bet larger than 6,000 chips. Sowers made no response other than to bet 6,100. His opponent tanked and called with {Q-Spades}

, a pair of jacks. They were good; Sowers mucked and dropped to 13,400.

Tags: Mike Sowers

07-03-2009 08:38 UTC-12

Tony G. Out Kicks His Opponent

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We caught this hand heading to the river with 9,750 already in the pot and a board of {K-Diamonds}

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When the {J-Hearts}

fell on the river, the player in the small blind bet 6,000 and Tony G. went into the tank for a couple of minutes from the big blind. He finally made the call and showed {K-Spades}

, out kicking his opponent who held {K-Hearts}

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The hand boosted the G back into the black, giving him a stack worth 38,800.