"I think it's like, the number of chips divided by the number of players. But I might be wrong."
(For the curious, the current average stack is 36,351.)
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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"I think it's like, the number of chips divided by the number of players. But I might be wrong."
(For the curious, the current average stack is 36,351.)
.Peter Rho led out for 8,000 from middle position and Chris DeMaci made the call from the cutoff. Rho checked when the river brought the
and DeMaci over-bet the pot, pushing 45,000 into the middle. Rho didn't bite and laid down his hand.The table broke at the end of the hand, and DeMaci racked up 80,000 in chips before moving to his new seat.
The flop came
. After a check from early position, Alexander bet 6,000. His opponent then moved all in for 26,500. After tanking for several minutes, Alexander made the call.Early Position:
Alexander:
The board ran out
giving Jason Alexander runner-runner full house to overtake his opponent's flopped flush.Alexander takes out his opponent and moves to 84,500.
and called by 
. The player with ace-queen emerged victorious by hitting running aces on the turn and river. Dicken is out.At the other side of the room, Bryan Colin creseted the 100,000-chip mark by raising to 900 preflop, then moving all in when a short stack reraised to 3,000. The short stack called all in for about 12,000 with
. Colin had the tens, . They held on an eight-high board.
. The opponent's chips were all in with a big draw 
; Cajelais was in there with top set, 
. The turn filled one of Cajelais' opponent's draws. The river did not pair the board to make a better hand for Cajelais.Cajelais is down to 37,000.
Well, some of them at least. There are still 50-big-blind races and massive over-shoves here and there throughout the room. But for the most part, the players seem content to try and ride their current stacks into Day 2. We'll have to wait and see if we get one of those late flurries of activity to finish up the day.
Recently Michael Gracz was involved in a classic race with his
against an opponent's .Gracz called heads, but flipped tails when the board ran out
to see Gracz double his opponent to over 50,000 as he slipped to a still healthy 45,800 in chips.
, Steve Paul-Ambrose called an opponent's all-in on a 
flop and found himself up against 
. Paul-Ambrose couldn't improve on the turn or the river and saw over 21,000 of his hard-earned chips shipped across the table. He was left with 15,000.
. Action was on Phi Nguyen, and he checked before his opponent bet 3,200. Nguyen called, and the turn card came the 
. Both players checked it around this time, and the river was the . Nguyen passed again, and his opponent elected to fire 5,000 at the pot. After just a little bit of debate with himself, Nguyen called. His opponent turned over ace-queen for the airball, and Nguyen's pocket jacks were plenty good enough to win him the pot.He's up to 73,000 now.
