into two opponents, one of which made the call."Ace high," said Greenstein.
His opponent tabled
to collect the pot as Greenstein slips down to 11,250.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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into two opponents, one of which made the call."Ace high," said Greenstein.
His opponent tabled
to collect the pot as Greenstein slips down to 11,250.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The cutoff raised and the button flatted; the action moved around to Rios in the big blind who reraised to 2,300. The cutoff called -- but now the button made it 6,000 to go. Rio called and the cutoff folded, and they went heads up to a
flop.Rios checked it, and his opponent promptly moved all in for 7,450. "I have pocket queens," announced Rios, and folded. His opponent showed
for top set."Oh! What a laydown!" Rios congratulated himself. He's sitting on a very creditable 42,000 now.
with 
to take a pot from his opponent holding just six-high with 
. Woolf is now at 40,000.
Holding
, Grondin was ecstatic to see the flop fall 
to give her a straight flush! Even better was that she managed to see all her chips go in the middle against Jason Koonce who couldn't believe his misfortune as he held 
for the ace-high flush and amazingly found himself drawing dead.Grondin is now up to 55,000 chips.
The flop came
. The big blind checked, the original raiser continued with a bet of 1,000, then Preston raised to 4,000. At which point one of the ESPN camera crews, roaming the relatively sedate Amazon Room looking for action, quickly showed up.The big blind folded, and Preston's opponent thought a moment before calling. The
arrived on the turn, putting a third heart on board, and both players checked. The river was yet another heart -- the
. Preston's opponent bet 5,000. Then Preston raised to 11,000, and his opponent let it go.Preston has 39,000.
The flop came down
and the first player checked. The cutoff fired a bet of 1,400 and Ferguson smooth-called. The other player folded, leaving the action heads-up to the turn.The turn was the
and the cutoff bet 2,000 even. Ferguson again made the call.After the river was the
and the cutoff led for another 2,000, Ferguson popped it up to 7,000. The cutoff made the call and was shown from Ferguson's hole cards. The player mucked. Welcome to the Main Event, Jesus.Ferguson - 44,000
flop, the gent in the small blind bet out 2,500 and then called a minimum raise to 5,000 from Mike Eise on the button.Mr. Small Blind bet out another 5,000 on the
turn and Eise called, and both players checked the 
river.Eise turned over
for flopped two pair -- but Mr. Small Blind had pipped him to it, his 
making a bigger two pair on the turn.Eise's down to 15,500.
, Barny Boatman had the action and fired 700 into the middle from under the gun."It's only three chips!" he laughed with his opponent in the small blind, who obliged with a call.
The turn brought the
and this time the small blind led out for 1,100. Boatman quickly called to see the 
fall on the river.Action checked to Boatman, who tossed out a colorful array of chips worth 2,625. His opponent called and Boatman showed
for the nut flush and his opponent sighed at missing an opportunity with his 
.Boatman moves up to 40,000 chips.
