Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 1c | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-05-2009 08:29 UTC-12

No Action for Fineman

[user75032]

Ben Fineman opened the pot for 300 preflop and was called by two players. Fineman bet another 600 on a flop of {Q-Spades}

but got no further action. Disappointed, he flahsed {Q-Clubs}

for flopped quads.

07-05-2009 08:27 UTC-12

Action checked all the way down in a battle of the blinds between Marcel Luske and the player on his left. At the river, there were five hearts on board. Luske announced he was playing the board; his opponent was too. Luske tabled his hand and watched in surprise as his opponent threw his cards to the dealer, face down.

The dealer did not immediately muck the hand. Luske and the dealer explained to the player that in order to be entitled to half the pot, he must open his hand, regardless of whether he's playing the board. A floor was summoned to the table who made the same ruling. Since Luske's opponent's cards were still clearly identifiable near the muck, the floor opened the hand.

The floor instructed the player that a future dealer may not be so kind as to not immediately kill the player's hand and to table his cards if he wants his share of the pot.

07-05-2009 08:26 UTC-12

Andrew Jeffreys in the Building

donpeters

From the small blind, Andrew Jeffreys raised and then the big blind reraised. Jefferys called. The flop came down {J-Hearts}

and Jeffreys checked. His opponent fired 2,100 and Jeffreys made the call.

The turn brought the {6-Hearts}

and both players checked to see the river come the {8-Hearts}

. Jeffreys fired 2,200 and his opponent folded. Jeffreys was pushed the pot and showed pocket queens. He is now at 34,500.

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys

07-05-2009 08:26 UTC-12

McEvoy Drops Half His Stack

[user25067]

On a flop of {10-Diamonds}

, Tom McEvoy led out for 1,100, the big blind made it 2,600 to go, the UTG player folded and McEvoy called. The turn came the {J-Hearts}

and McEvoy checked to the big blind, who bet 2,500. McEvoy called and they went to the river which fell the {6-Spades}

. McEvoy checked, the big blind bet 6,000 and McEvoy called.

The big blind showed {4-Clubs}

for trips and McEvoy mucked his hand. He's down to 16,700 after losing that pot.

07-05-2009 08:22 UTC-12

Yan Crack Queens; Up to 81,500

[user111541]

On a board of {10-Diamonds}

an player was all in with an overpair to the board in {Q-Spades}

. However, Yan Chen held {9-Hearts}

giving him a flopped straight and an unbeatable hand.

Drawing dead to the river, the player with queen is eliminated.

Yan Chen - 81,500

Tags: Yan Chen

07-05-2009 08:21 UTC-12

Savage Adds to His Stack

[user108095]

Matt Savage was back in action again, calling a 300 chip raise from the cutoff. When the small blind came along too, three players saw a flop of {5-Hearts}

.

Action checked to Savage who bet 525. The small blind folded and the remaining player made the call. When his opponent checked the {6-Clubs}

on the turn, Savage bet 1,100 more. He again got called and action checked to Savage again on the river, where he bet 2,500. This time, the bet was enough to induce a fold from his opponent, and Savage climbed to 34,000.

07-05-2009 08:20 UTC-12

Gold Loses Set Over Set

donpeters

The flop read {K-Spades}

with all three players checking. Jamie Gold was one of those players and after the turn came the {4-Diamonds}

, he fired a bet of 500. The next player raised to 2,500 and the third player folded. Gold made the call, saying "O.K., I'll pay off your set of kings."

Gold check-called a bet of 3,800 from his opponent on the river of the {6-Clubs}

. He showed pocket tens, {10-Hearts}

, but just like he predicted, his opponent showed {K-Clubs}

for a better set.

Gold - 18,000

Tags: Jamie Gold

07-05-2009 08:18 UTC-12

Justin Bonomo Chips Up

[user25067]

Justin Bonomo opened for 300 and the big blind called. The flop came down {A-Spades}

and the big blind led out for 600. Bonomo called, and both players checked the {5-Spades}

on the turn. The river was the {4-Clubs}

and the big blind fired 1,200. Bonomo made the call.

Bonomo showed {A-Hearts}

and the big blind mucked. He's currently on 31,200 in chips.

07-05-2009 08:18 UTC-12

Scotty Wins on the River

[user108095]

We caught this hand on the river as Scotty Nguyen's opponent bet 1,000 on a board of {3-Spades}

.

Nguyen thought for a second before tossing three yellow chips into the middle, raising the action by an additional 2,000. His opponent quickly mucked and Nguyen let loose his trademark grin as he scooped up the pot.

07-05-2009 08:15 UTC-12

Boeree Suffers a Loss

donpeters

The final board read {A-Clubs}

between Rumble Nowhere Near the Rio Champion Liv Boeree and her opponent. Attempting to land a similar blow to her opponent as she did to PokerNews' own Melissa Castello, Boeree called a bet of 3,100 from her opponent. Unfortunately for her, her opponent's hand was much stronger in this fight as he held {A-Hearts}

. Boeree mucked and would be the loser in this round, returning to her corner with only 21,000 chips in her stack.

Tags: Liv Boeree