Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Break it Down
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Fellows Falls
.Fellows turned over
for top pair and found himself drawing dead against Rouhani's made straight with the 
. The 
sealed the hand on the river and Fellows exited the Amazon Room while Rouhani stacked up 14,300 in chips.
Orel Hershiser Eliminated
Orel Hershiser was all in with 
against the 
of Luke Patten.The board filled out
giving Patten the better two pair.Hershiser gave Patten a signed baseball incased in glass after his elimination. Patten appreciated the gesture, however, the englishman admitted that he had no idea who Orel Hershiser was.
Lana Wanna Bust Kaplan
. Gabe Kaplan checked, and Lana Maier fired out 1,325 chips in a technicolor string across the felt. Kaplan made the call, and the fell on the turn. Kaplan led out this time, slipping 3,575 chips into the pot, and leaving just a single orange chip worth 5,000 behind. Maier took a quick pause before calling.On the river, the
drew a check from Kaplan. Maier figured now was the time, and she bet the 5,000 required to put her opponent all in. He wouldn't take the bait though, returning his cards to the muck and saving that orange chip for a better spot.Maier is up to 68,000. And now just looking back at the table one more time, we can see that Kaplan has been eliminated in the meantime.
Yang Enjoys Relocation
Only a few hands since arriving, Yang opened with a raise to 900 before Steve Paul-Ambrose made it 2,550 to go.
The crowd started to gather as Yang cut down the chips to make the call and threw in the necessary amounts before checking the
flop.Paul-Ambrose splashed the pot with a bet amounting 8,500 to effectively put Yang all in.
"I'm all in" announced Yang as a brigade of cameras and media came rushing to his table like a replica of the running of the bulls.
With Yang only all in for 5,300, Paul-Ambrose took back a few chips and rolled over his
."This is the hand I won the World Series with" announced Yang as he stood up and rolled the
, followed by the 
.As Yang leaned over the table, he would see the
peel on the turn to give Paul-Ambrose an additional two outs, but when the river landed the Yang screamed out "YES!!!" to double to 17,000 and change.
Naujoks Attracts the Fellas... Again
and Sandra Naujoks raised the action to 5,000 from late position. She got the call and both players checked the 
on the turn.When her opponent checked the
on the river, Naujoks tossed 5,000 more into the pot and got the call. Naujoks turned over , besting her opponent's . Naujoks now has 51,600.
Another Sick Cooler
and Gibson checked. His opponent made a continuation bet of 1,100 and he called.The turn card was the
to pair the board. Gibson checked again, this time calling a bet of 1,200. The river card came the 
, and it didn't really look like an exciting card, but it sure brought the action. Gibson checked again, and this time his opponent made a real bet, flicking out 6,000 chips. Gibson paused for a moment before moving all in with the covering stack. The other player instantly called, turning over 
for the top full house. But it was no good. Gibson tabled 
for the stone-cold four-of-a-kind kings.The table all stood from their chairs, some with their hands over their mouths and faces, and some passing along the story to adjacent tables. Brad Garrett was clutching his chest. "My heart was beating," he said, "and I wasn't even in the hand!"
All In and a Call!
"All in and a call on Table 6!"
"...on Table 55!"
"...on Table 64!"
It's that time of night, poker fans. We're not sure if it's the effects of the early dinner break or just their sheer willingness to gamble, but we've been hearing a LOT of that clarion cry in the last several minutes.
While some players like Dragan Galic, Tom Schneider, Jeff Williams, and Ludovic Lacay are beginning to pull away from the pack, the faces of many an amateur have fallen as fast as their chip counts, all of that early excitement replaced by persistent thoughts of "Did I really just blow ten grand in less than eight hours?"
A House for Sandra
, the player under-the-gun bet out for 1,200 and Sandra Naujoks made the call from position.Both players checked the
on the turn and Naujoks led for 3,200 when action checked to her after the landed on the river. She got the call and turned over for the flopped full house. Her stack now stands at 42,300.