.Rios tabled
and took it down with a pair of aces as his opponent showed 
for a pair of jacks.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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.Rios tabled
and took it down with a pair of aces as his opponent showed for a pair of jacks.
only to be called by the button's 
. The 
flop looked unhelpful but the beautiful 
gave many more outs, one of which was the 
that came on the river.Sabat is now back up to about 6,000.
While I was examining his stack, one of his table mates piped up. "His name is I Hit Everything," he informed me, wistfully. "Flushes, gutshots..." Several other table residents began to speak up with their various bad beat stories as your blogger quietly backed away from the table...
. Grondin led the betting, firing 2,400 into the middle with all three opponents making the call.The turn landed the
and the action checked to a late position player who fired 6,000. One folded, as Grondin and another opponent both made the call as a big pot was brewing.On the
river, Grondin took control once again with a healthy 20,000-chip bet which was called by only the LP player.Incredibly it was
for the ace-high flush for Grondin versus 
for the king-high flush for her opponent.Grondin collects the monstrous and now sits well placed for Day 2 action with 84,000 chips.
Bruel has acted in dozens of films and recorded several best-selling albums. His 2002 CD of duets Entre Deux sold over two million copies in France. He won his WSOP bracelet in 1998 in a $5,000 Limit Hold'em event.
Bruel is sitting near the large screen television on which is playing a replay of the Buster Douglas-Mike Tyson heavyweight title fight from 1990 where Douglas scored one of the biggest, most unexpected upsets in sports history. Bruel is chatting with his table mates about having seen Tyson fight various times, though none was at that fight in Tokyo when Douglas shocked the world. Douglas was over a 40-to-1 underdog in that one.
Kind of an appropriate backdrop for an event where, really, everyone -- even the established champs and former bracelet holders -- is an underdog to win.
when he floated the 900-chip bet from his opponent in middle position when the flop read 
.Perhaps Helppi sensed something as he raised when the
fell on the turn and then fired another 7,000 as the river also fell favorably with the . His opponent made the call, raised his eyebrows and mucked as Helppi has recovered well from being short earlier in the day to now be at 48,500 chips.
The gentleman in question was one Ryan Paluf. His opponent tabled
. "Oh no," said the rather excitable Paluf, that's impossible." He turned over ."Come on," he continued, "Freeroll me one time."
But the flop came down rainbow. "Oh, no fun," said Paluf, but still didn't sit back down. "Sickest hand ever," he announced, "Made by space aliens."
A moment later there was a second Paluf cry of, "All in and call!" but there were no takers this time and he showed the table pocket eights. "Come on, doesn't someone have tens this time?"
when the chips went into the middle with Maimone showing 
for a queen-high flush, but his opponent tabled 
for the ace-high flush.The river bricked and Maimone drops back to 110,000.
against after the board came 
.
He check-called a 1,250 bet on the
flop, and bet out 1,225 on the turn. His opponent made it 3,625, though, and Awada folded. His opponent waved 
for an absolute bluff.
