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

07-06-2009 19:32 UTC-12

Almost, But Not Quite, a Bag of Jerky for ElkY

[user46392]

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has soared to 120,000 after reraising to 3,000 preflop and then putting the original raiser all in for 13,000 on the flop.

Mr. All In: {Q-Spades}

ElkY:

Board:

Tags: ElkY

07-06-2009 19:31 UTC-12

Jerky Time!

[user76023]

With the board reading {J-Clubs}

two players got in their stacks. The first seemed very confident when flipping over his {A-Hearts}

but...Shock! Horror! as the second player flipped {J-Hearts}

for quad jacks to win his opponent's entire stack.

And on top of that, $100 of free jerky! Yay!

His cup runneth over...

07-06-2009 19:27 UTC-12

Zolotow Adds to His Stash

Shamus

Preflop action ended with about 5,000 in the middle and two players, including the mustachioed Steve Zolotow playing out of the big blind.

The flop came {3-Spades}

, Zolotow bet 3,500, and his opponent called. The turn was the {J-Hearts}

, and Zolotow turned his head to the side as if to say "okay, let's see what you're going to do," and tapped the table. His opponent likewise checked.

The river was the {7-Clubs}

and both players checked once more. "Ace," said Zolotow, tabling his {A-Hearts}

. His opponent sat for awhile looking at his cards, then showed them to all -- {A-Spades}

. "Good hand," he told the two-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Zolotow looks to be right back close to where he started the day with just a tad under 30,000 chips.

Tags: Steve Zolotow

07-06-2009 19:26 UTC-12

We are (kind of) unsure why Matthew Marafioti has been escorted out of the Miranda Room and down the halls of the Rio.

Marafioti has been a little loud and rowdy of late, due to his prop bet with Tom Dwan, but we're unclear as to why he's been escorted out of the room.

07-06-2009 19:25 UTC-12

Kirk Morrison Accumulating

[user67765]

Kirk Morrison is a player who has been rarely spotted during this WSOP, but we just caught Morrison and Kristy Gazes tangling on a flop of {K-Spades}

. Morrison checked from the small blind to Gazes in late position who fired 2,500. Morrison then min-check-raised to 5,000 and Gazes released.

Morrison claimed he had {K-?}

as he adds to his impressive stack of 87,000 chips.

Tags: Kirk Morrison Kristy Gazes

07-06-2009 19:19 UTC-12

King of Brasilia

[user22113]

As the end of Day 1 approaches, Carter "ckingusc" King appears to be the biggest stack in the Brasilia room.

With about 13,000 in the pot and the board reading {K-Diamonds}

, King bet 7,200 and his lone opponent called. The {5-Spades}

fell on the river and King wasted little time before betting 20,000, enough to put his opponent all in.

After a few minutes and a calling of the clock, his opponent flashed the {A-Diamonds}

and mucked his cards.

King is now up to 172,000.

07-06-2009 19:19 UTC-12

More From the JohnnyBax Chronicles

donpeters

The board was {Q-Hearts}

with approximately 10,000 chips in the pot. Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy checked to his opponent and she slam dunked 15,000 chips into the middle for an all-in bet. Josephy flung up his hands, stood up, and looked in pain. He did make the call though, tossing in three T5,000 chips.

The woman held her hand up in front of her face, but didn't turn it over quite yet. Josephy held his hand out, signaling the woman that she had to turn her hand over. She did so and tabled {K-Diamonds}

. Bax held {A-Hearts}

.

The river was the {8-Clubs}

and Bax was able to win the hand and rake in the pot.

Tags: "JohnnyBax"Bax Baxaments Cliff Josephy

07-06-2009 19:16 UTC-12

Varkonyi Gets His Break

Shamus

We made the scene after the flop had come {3-Diamonds}

, prompting Robert Varkonyi to commit all of his stack of 21,950 and another player to go all in as well. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi had been in the hand, but had folded -- and said later he'd let go of pocket aces.

If so, it was a good fold, as Varkonyi had {6-Diamonds}