. Grant Levy fired 2,350 into his opponent. The player then raised to 8,000 and Levy made the call.Levy tabled
and his opponent mucked. That pot put Levy up to 57,000 just a quarter of the way through the second level.
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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. Grant Levy fired 2,350 into his opponent. The player then raised to 8,000 and Levy made the call.Levy tabled
and his opponent mucked. That pot put Levy up to 57,000 just a quarter of the way through the second level.
The inimitable -- no, wait, he's highly imitable -- Norman Chad, color commentator for ESPN's poker broadcasts, is making the rounds. He's moving through the tables, chatting with players, and generally cracking wise.
and about 11,000 already in the middle, David "The Dragon" Pham checked, his opponent bet 5,100, and Pham folded, showing his pocket aces as he did.Pham is down to about 18,000.
. His opponent asked for a count before making the call.Steicke tabled
for top pair and his opponent revealed for a set of queens."What were you waiting for?" barked Steicke after seeing his opponent's holding.
The turn was the
which gave Steicke a small sweat, but the miracle didn't arrive as the 
fell on the river to bring the WSOP to an early end for Steicke.
Jung held
and flopped straight and flush draws on the 
flop which warranted a bet of 550. He then made his straight with the 
and tossed another 1,250 into the middle. The river was the which improved Jung to a unbeatable nut-flush and he released a bet of 3,775 against his opponent who made the call.Jung is now up to 48,500 chips.
It turns out that Clarke flopped a set of fours and got into a raising war with the aforementioned lady. Clarke bet 8,000 on the turn and the lady called, and when the river brought three spades, both checked. The unfortunate lady turned over
for flopped two pair, and Clarke took the pot to put him up to 50,000.
and action checked to Gilbert. He fired 1,300 and both his opponents quickly flung their cards into the muck.Woolf dropped to 31,100 after the hand, while Gilbert moved up to 42,200. Gilbert finished third in Event No. 52, $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em for $205,180, and is looking to make another nice splash here in the Main Event.
We caught the action on the turn of the
board, with Isaia check-raising to 2,150 and Awada bet-calling to see the riverCome the river, Isaia checked again -- but this time when Awada bet a he-means-business 5,200, Isaia just folded.
