.Phillips made the call, and called an additional 1,525 when the turn brought the
. Both players checked the 
on the river, and Phillips mucked after his opponent showed 
for second pair.
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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.Phillips made the call, and called an additional 1,525 when the turn brought the
. Both players checked the on the river, and Phillips mucked after his opponent showed for second pair.
John Juanda
Terrence Chan
Marc Naalden
The Indian
The Devil
Gavin Griffin
Liz Lieu
Eric Lynch
Alex Jacob
Christina Lindley
Lee Watkinson
Amnon Filippi
Bob Lauria
Tom Koral
Cory Zeidman
Antonio "the Magic Man" Tarver
Kevin Saul
Matt Matros
Jonathan Little
Notable names include Aleksandr Bolotin, Dan Harrington, Matt Hawrilenko, Jeff Lisandro, John Monnette, Scotty Nguyen, David Sklansky, Matt Savage, Matt Graham, and Maridu Mayrinck.
Also in the seated in the red section is last year's third-place Main Event finisher, Dennis Phillips. Like at last year's November Nine final table, Phillips is accompanied by an entourage of supporters in white shirts and red St. Louis Cardinals baseball caps.
On a flop of
, one player bet, a second player moved all in, a third player flat-called the all in and the original bettor flashed 
and folded. "All in and call on Table 9!"
A murmur went through the crowd as they heard that death knell for the first time today. Media and ESPN cameras circled the table. The tournament clock showed 1:53 remaining in the level, meaning only seven minutes had ticked away.
One player had
for middle set. The other had 
for bottom set. The turn was the
, the river was the 
and the player with the tens doubled up to 60,000 while the player with the fives walked away from the table completely gobsmacked at what had just happened to him. $10,000 up in smoke in only 7 minutes... only at the World Series of Poker.
Over on the other side of the stage, Tony Cousineau is one of the eight playing on the secondary featured table to start the day. The four seat is still unoccupied, and rumor has it Caesar Phil Hellmuth will be taking that seat after his late-arrival charades, probably joining us after the first level.
"Shuffle up and deal!"
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Got that? We're not sure the players in the room got that. The level of murmuring has risen substantially during the announcement. Effel says the reason why Day 1c and Day 1d will play five levels instead of four is to make sure everyone can fit in the combined Day 2b field.
If the past two days are any guide, approximately 70% of the field will still be standing at the end of four levels. Completely unsubstantiated rumors are swirling that we might be playing five levels today; we'll try to sort out the schedule for you just as soon as we can.
Play kicks off in ten minutes. Stick around.
