- Portuguese TD Joao Nunes
- crazy-haired, crazy-named dude Yuval Bronshtein
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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- Portuguese TD Joao Nunes
- crazy-haired, crazy-named dude Yuval Bronshtein
, the first player bet 1,850 and then the next player raised to 7,000 from middle position. Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy called from the cutoff seat and the first player that made the first bet folded.Heads up to the turn, the dealer added the
to the board. Both the remaining players checked.The river was the
and action checked to Josephy. He fired a nice bet of 13,500 and his opponent called rather quickly. Josephy showed 
and his opponent angrily mucked two red kings.Mr. JohnnyBax is now up to 90,000 chips.
The original raiser tanked a bit, then folded. His neighbor also considered the situation a while before letting his hand go, too. The player on the button then reraised all in for 17,675 total, and Keller made the call.
Keller showed
and his opponent 
. The board came 
, and Keller won the hand.Keller's opponent, having been eliminated, left the table. Meanwhile, discussion of the hand continued. The first raiser noted he'd had pocket jacks, too. The second player to have abandoned the hand said he'd folded pocket tens -- he would've flopped a set. Keller is now up to just over 80,000.
both Shannon Elizabeth and her opponent checked to see the fall on the turn.Her opponent fired out 1,600, which she called, before both players checked the
on the river.Elizabeth tabled her
, but it wouldn't be able to best her opponent's 
for a flopped set of trips."You like playing those shitty little cards don't ya" commented Elizabeth as she slipped to 24,000 in chips.
Another fold and the action was back with Arieh. With around 85,000 chips in front of him, Arieh considered gambling but made a disciplined fold, flashing
.
, a player raised all in over the top of Phil Tom's river bet. Tom made the call and his opponent showed 
.Tom studied the board for a couple of seconds before saying, "Nice hand," then flipping
for the bigger house."Wow, sick slowroll" commented another player at the table while Tom raked in a huge 80,000 pot.
holding an overpair in . Unfortunately for him, his opponent held a little better 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the .Spee dropped to 14,500 after shipping over the 15,600 chips from the all-in bet.
Most recently he raised preflop and then called a reraise, with the merest hint of a raised eyebrow.
He and his opponent went on to cagily check down the
board, before Cournut turned over pocket jacks. His opponent mucked, and Cournut added another few chips to his commanding stack.
, the player in the small blind fired out 6,700 and Josh Schlein made the call before the fell on the river.The small blind then moved all in for 14,175 to send Schlein into the tank. He eventually committed to a call with his
but the small blind player revealed 
for an overpair which was good to collect the pot. Schlein is down to just 9,800.
