2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Nothing Coming Easy for Tarver

We doubt there will be any fisticuffs on Orange 76 today.
We doubt there will be any fisticuffs on Orange 76 today.
It's been a tough day for a man used to getting bloodied in the boxing ring, Antonio Tarver. Preflop, he reraised to 1,250 after Andrew Youngblood opened for 525. Youngblood called.

Both players checked an ace-high flop, {10-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}. Youngblood took a stab with a bet of 1,500 on the {2-Diamonds} turn. Tarver called, then checked behind after Youngblood checked the river {10-Hearts}. Tarver's {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}, queens and tens, was enough to win the pot. He's up to 14,000 in chips. Youngblood is down to 20,000.

Tags: Andrew YoungbloodAntonio Tarver

Ylon Schwartz Gets Called Down

On a board of {J-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} a player under the gun bet 1,300, another player in the pot folded and Ylon Schwartz made the call.

The river brought the {4-Hearts} abd after a check from the player under the gun, Schwartz bet 2,500.

His opponent called and showed {6-Hearts} {5-Hearts} for two pair, fours and fives, without a kicker that played. Schwartz couldn't beat it and mucked his hand.

Ylon Schwartz - 14,000

Tags: Ylon Schwartz

Playing for Pruitt

When you see people wearing identical shirts at the WSOP, there's often a story involved. In the case of Frankie Gay and Shea Walker, the story is a tragedy.

The shirts that Gay and Walker are wearing read "Playing for Pruitt" and display a photo of a U.S. Army unit along with the names of each member of the unit. One name on the shirt is that of Gay's son, Pruitt Rainey.

"He was supposed to leave Afghanistan in a few days," Walker said of Rainey. "He was on his second tour and was supposed to be coming home."

Rainey was a corporal in the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade when the outpost his unit was defending in Wanat, Afghanistan came under attack from more than 200 Afghan insurgents on July 13, 2008. Rainey and eight of the other ten members of the unit died in the attack.

"He loved poker so much," Walker said as she watched Gay play. "He played poker with the soldiers in his unit every night. It got to the point where he won so much from them, he had to pay them for them to let him play with them."

Gay, who has a small glass card capper with a photo of his son inside it, is joined at the 2009 WSOP Main Event by four other players from his Tuesday night home game in Vaoldosta, Georgia who are all "Playing for Pruitt". Bill Sineth amassed 71,000 chips on Day 1b; Earl Holmes, Roy Swindle and Allen Kennedy (who took 50th in the Main Event last year for $135,100) are also in the field today as well.

Our deepest condolences and best wishes for a deep run go out to Gay, Walker and each of the other members of the Playing for Pruitt team.

Todd Witteles Catches a Bluff

With about 10,000 in the pot on a board of {9-Spades} {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} Todd "Dan Druff" Witteles checks to a player in late position.

His opponent bets 5,000 and Witteles thinks for a few minutes before making the call. Dan Druff's opponent says "Ace high" turning over {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs} .

Witteles proudly shows {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades} and a tablemate complements him on his call as he rakes in the pot.

Todd Witteles - 40,400

Tags: Todd Witteles

Negreanu All In and Behind

Kid Poker will have to try again next year
Kid Poker will have to try again next year
Daniel Negreanu has been sliding down the board since play began, and we recently overheard the "All in," announcement from the microphone over on the featured table.

Action is hard to catch at that table, but it appears Negreanu called a raise before the flop. When we walked up to the hand, the first three cards were already out on the table, showing {10-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}. The unknown opponent led out with 4,200, and Negreanu moved all in for 6,075. His opponent considered for about thirty seconds before making the call.

Showdown
Negreanu: {3-Spades} {3-Clubs}
Opponent: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

The turn was the {6-Diamonds}, and Negreanu's opponent let out a big, "Whoa!" Negreanu chuckled and gave him a pat on the shoulder. "A six? You're scared of a six?!" With one card separating him from the exit, Kid Poker watched a blank {J-Spades} land on the river, ending his day and his WSOP for this year.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Suharto Cracks Aces

We caught up with the action on the turn when Darus Suharto check-called a bet of 3,000 on a board of {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

Suharto and his opponent both checked the {4-Diamonds} on the river and Suharto won the hand when his {10-Hearts}{7-Clubs} bested his opponent's {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. The hand lifted Suharto's stack to 28,500.

Tags: Darus Suharto

Two Pair Good for Phillips

Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips
The cutoff made it 500 to play and got called by the small blind and by Dennis Phillips in the big.

Everyone checked the flop of {7-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Spades} and the small blind bet 850 when the {8-Clubs} came on the turn. Phillips called and the cutoff folded. The river brought the {Q-Diamonds}, a 3,000 bet by the small blind, and another call by Phillips who showed {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for a higher two pair than his opponent's {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Phillips now has 42,000.

Tags: Dennis Phillips

Lehr Moves In To Scoop a Pot

Keith Lehr raised to 550 from middle position. The next player called and then the button called as well. The flop came down {J-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {4-Clubs} and Lehr checked. The next player bet 1,300 and the button called. Lehr check-raised to 4,000 and the first player folded. The button made the call though.

The turn brought the {5-Diamonds} and Lehr stuck in the last of his chips, totaling 11,225. His opponent asked to spread the pot and the dealer did so. He then mucked his hand a few moments later.

Lehr - 22,500

Tags: Keith Lehr

Chop Chop for Court

When a player in middle position raised to 600, Court Harrington re-raised to 1,700 from the small blind. He got the call and both players checked down the board that came {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{J-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

Harrington turned over {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} while his opponent showed {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} to chop up the pot.