Break Time
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Chorny Awarded Controversial Pot
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Chorny limped in from middle position before a late position player raised it up to 800 to go. The blinds folded and suddenly the dealer dropped the deck, pushed the pot to the late position player and mucked his cards as Chorny was sitting there with live cards!
The floor was called over to make a ruling and the lead supervisor had to be called.
At this point Chorny said that he was happy to forfeit the pot but wanted his 300 chips back that he had put into the pot.
The table appeared to be satisfied with this arrangement but the lead supervisor ruled that you need live cards in order to receive the pot. It was ruled that the late position player would receive his 500-chip raise back, however the 300-chip call would stay in the pot which was then given to Chorny.
Everyone at the table disagreed with this ruling as it was dealer neglect which caused the problem in the first place.
However they were reminded that it is a player's responsibility to protect his cards at all times and unfortunately his ruling stood, much to the surprise of an apologetic Chorny.
Schwartz Doubles Before Break
. The small blind checked, the big blind fired 3,000, and then Noah Schwartz raised to 6,500. The small blind folded before the big blind reraised to put Schwartz all in. Schwartz made the call for 15,175 total.Showdown:
Schwartz:
Opponent:
The turn came the
and the river the 
, giving Schwartz a full house and doubling him up to 38,000.
Arieh Accelerates
. The 
turn brought a 4,000-chip bet from Arieh, before he fired another 10,000 chips on the 
river.His opponent reluctantly folded and Arieh moves up to a commanding 97,000 chips.
New Roman Empire?
against 
after the board came 
La-Ment
He and his opponent saw a
flop which La checked. Mr. Opponent bet 4,500, Mr. La made it 10,000, Mr. Opponent went all in for 17,100 and Mr. La called.Mr. La:
for the flopped flushMr. Opponent:
for top setTurn:
River: a pair-the-board-tastic
Brenes Gives Medic a Free Ride
and the action checked around.The turn brought the
and again nothing exciting as the four players checked.The river was the
and play checked to Medic who fired 1,150. Brenes was the lone caller in the small blind, but he'd allowed Medic catch up with his 
as Brenes flashed the 
and mucked.Both players are still short with around 15,000 chips.
Hamrick Hammed
, 2008 November Nine bubble boy Dean Hamrick led out for 10,100. His opponent in the seven seat went into the tank for a good three minutes before finally making the call. "You got it" said Hamrick as he threw his cards in. The table was pretty shocked when his opponent tabled
. If that wasn't bad enough, another player who wasn't in the hand asked to see Hamrick's hand. The dealer obliged and showed the . Hamrick is down to just 10,200.
Jump Off a Cliff
Josephy: raised his small blind with
and then called the all inMr. Big Blind: reraised all in for 8,325 with
Board: a hair-raising
Dag-gered Down
and made a king high flush but ran into the ace-high flush.