- Alex Kravchenko
- Greg Raymer
- Mike Eise
- Jason Lester
- Alessio Isaia
- Shaun Deeb
- Chris Moneymaker
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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- Alex Kravchenko
- Greg Raymer
- Mike Eise
- Jason Lester
- Alessio Isaia
- Shaun Deeb
- Chris Moneymaker
, and Mortensen continued by again betting 550. His opponent called. The turn was the 
. This time Mortensen checked, his opponent bet 2,000, Mortensen check-raised to 4,000, and the button called.The river was the
. Mortensen fired out 5,000, and his opponent let it go. Mortensen is off to a good start, chipping up to 39,000 here in the early going.
Cristiano Dragomir, who was involved in some spats with Phil Hellmuth at the feature table last year, is also playing today.
, Sam Khouiss was faced with a bet of 4,000 and raised it up to 14,000.His opponent called and Khouiss tabled
for a full house, which was good to rake in the chips as his opponent flashed 
.The man from down under is off to a promising start with 52,000 chips now in front of him.
. The chips went in, his opponent tabled the inevitable 
, and, "Way to start the day," commented a cheerful Smith as he doubled up to 63,000.
Ricci's aces held, and another one is out before his seat even got warm. Ricci is up to 62,000.
. Crowe checked, Sabat made a small bet of 125, Crowe check-raised to 325, and Sabat called. Both then checked the 
turn.The river was the
, and both checked again. Both players showed aces, but Sabat had a deuce to go with his and the pair was good enough to take the small pot. Sabat has 32,000.
Their tabled was just dealt of flop of three jacks and wondered if a fourth jack was dealt on board whether they would all be eligible to win the Jack's Links prize pack.
"Well, only the player with four of a kind jacks would receive the prize..." came the response.
"But we'd all have four of a kind," chirped Moneymaker, obviously a fan of the Jack's Links product.
"Well...yes...you are right," was the reply from the floor staff, "Those players with live cards would be eligible for the prize."
We believe that the table may have now agreed to check down any board which contains four jacks.
