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

07-03-2009 13:43 UTC-12

Chan's Stack Slides

[user25067]

An early position player bet 900 and Johnny Chan called on the button. The flop came down {8-Hearts}

. The EP player led out for 1,500 and Chan called. Both players checked the {J-Hearts}

on the turn. The river was the {3-Clubs}

and the EP player bet 2,500. Chan made the call.

Chan mucked at the sight of his opponent's {9-Hearts}

and is down to 13,900.

07-03-2009 13:40 UTC-12

Hershiser Down to Half of His Starting Stack

[user111541]

A player opened the pot from middle position for 900 and Orel Hershiser raised from the cut off to 2,300. His opponent made the call.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}

and the player in middle position bet out 3,000. Hershiser raised to 10,000 and his opponent moved all in.

Hershiser was forced to fold his hand and is now down to 16,000.

Tags: Orel Hershiser

07-03-2009 13:38 UTC-12

Friedman Back to the Starting Gate

[user75032]

Perry Friedman is siting at Orange 76 -- right by our press box. His parents have two seats on the rail right in front of the press box so that they can keep close tabs on their son (and also engage in friendly conversation with any passers-by).

They were delighted to see Friedman increase his count to 26,000 in a hand in which he check-called 2,000 on a flop of {6-Diamonds}

. When the turn came {4-Clubs}

Friedman and his opponent both checked. That induced Friedman to bet 3,000 on the {9-Spades}

river. He was called and showed down the winner, {6-Clubs}

.

A few hands later Friedman busted a player. Playing {K-Clubs}

, Friedman flopped {9-?}

against his opponents pocket aces.

Tags: Perry Friedman

07-03-2009 13:35 UTC-12

A Shout Out for Berry Johnston

[user108095]

Tournament Director Jack Effel just introduced Berry Johnston to the crowd in the Amazon Room. Johnston, the 1986 Main Event champion, stood up and waved to the room after Effel congratulated him on setting a WSOP record by cashing in at least one event per year for the past 28 years.

07-03-2009 13:30 UTC-12

Smith Still Can't Going

[user108095]

We caught Gavin Smith just as he limped into the pot from under-the-gun. No one but the blinds wanted to play, and the three players saw a limped flop of {A-Hearts}

.

Everyone checked the board, and checked around again when the turn brought the {2-Spades}

. The river brought the {9-Spades}

and a bet of 600 from the small blind. The big blind checked and Smith made the call. He mucked when the small blind turned over {A-Spades}

. After the hand he was left with 19,000.

07-03-2009 13:29 UTC-12

Day 1a Official Numbers

[user25067]

We've just received word that the official number of entrants for Day 1a is (drumroll please...) 1,116 entrants.

By comparison, 1,297 players entered the Main Event on Day 1a in 2008, 1,287 played Day 1a in 2007 and 2,138 played Day 1a in 2006.

07-03-2009 13:25 UTC-12

Eights Are Enough for Yang Too

[user108095]

Jerry Yang called an under-the-gun bet of 900 from late position and went heads up to a flop of {8-Spades}

.

Both players checked and the turn brought the {J-Clubs}

along with a 2,700 bet from under-the-gun. Yang raised an additional 3,600 and got the call. Action checked to Yang when the {4-Diamonds}

hit the river and he bet 4,000. He got called again before turning over {A-Hearts}

for trips. His opponent mucked, and Yang now has 43,000 chips.

07-03-2009 13:21 UTC-12

Eights Are Enough for Johnston

[user108095]

Berry Johnston made it 800 from under-the-gun and got called by the big blind, who then check-called for an additional 1,000 on a flop of {7-Spades}

.

The big blind took the lead, betting 1,400 when the {10-Diamonds}

landed on the turn, and Johnston called. The {7-Clubs}

on the river brought a bet of 2,500 from the big blind and another call.

The big blind showed {A-Diamonds}

and Johnston tabled {8-Hearts}

to take the pot. His stack now stands at just over 30,000.

07-03-2009 13:20 UTC-12

Hot In Herre After Dinner

[user80015]

"All in and call table four," was screamed out by the dealer, and a quick rush of TV crews followed.

The reasoning? Nelly was in the action after he called an opponent's all in to be up against {K-Spades}