Small Blind:
Miami John:
The board ran out
allowing Miami John Cernuto's pocket kings to hold.Miami John Cernuto - 39,800
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Small Blind:
Miami John:
The board ran out
allowing Miami John Cernuto's pocket kings to hold.Miami John Cernuto - 39,800
. The small blind led out with a bet of 3,075, and Al Barbieri made the call from the big.The turn came the
to pair the board, and the small blind bet again. It was 5,800 to Sugar Bear, and he called once more. The last card off the deck was the 
. Barbieri had 24,300 chips left, and the small blind bet enough to put him all in.Barbieri stood up from his chair and began to pack his belongings as the table awaited his decision. "Anyone got a coin? Quarter?" he asked. Someone on the rail responded, "Coin or quarter?"
"Quarter. Gonna flip it." Barbieri grabbed the quarter from the railbird and flipped it high onto the felt. It landed heads, and Barbieri flipped it again. Heads again. "Jesus Christ," he said, shaking his head. With that, he quickly slid his cards into the muck. Before he sat back down, he asked the railbird, "Can I keep the quarter?"
"Yeah. Good luck!"
Dang then check-called 1,050 on a flop of
, and both players checked down the rest of the board, which ran out 
. When Dang showed 
, his opponent mucked.Dang has a stack of 30,000.
. Caldwell shook his head and flung his own 
high into the air and onto the felt. "I've been coolered all day," he lamented.There was no help coming for him either, as the board ran dry like the desert wind:
. Failing to improve, Caldwell is out.
. Prescott held 
against Van Alstyne's 
. The river was the to give Van Alstyne the win.Van Alstyne - 28,000
Prescott - 10,075
and racing with his opponent's . The flop came down 
, providing no light for Gold.The turn brought the
and officially ended the previous Main Event winner's chances of going any further this year. The river completed the board with the 
.
The flop came
and action was checked to the under the gun player who moved all in for 3,550. The cut off folded and the button made the call. Ryan Hurst, in the small blind, check-raised to 9,000. The big blind got out of the way and the button was forced to muck his hand to the check-raise.Hurst:
Under the gun:
The board ran out
allowing Hurst to take the pot and eliminate the player with aces.Ryan Hurst - 29,200
from the small blind. Her opponent was in the big blind and made the call. The two players then took the turn card of the . First, Erica checked. Second, her opponent checked.The dealer added the
to the board on the river. Schoenberg bet out, making a wager of 1,200. Her opponent mucked, giving Schoenberg some hard-to-come-by chips. She has been down under 10,000 for most of the day, but is now back up to 12,000 chips.
By comparison, 2008's Day 1C attracted 1,928 players. In 2007 1,743 players started on Day 1C and in 2006 there were 2,160.
and with 15,000 in the pot, Ylon Schwartz bet 8,000, eliciting a fold from James 'ZepHendrix' Vanderhaar.After losing half of his chips early, former "November Nine" member Ylon Schwartz is at 33,400.
