2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Now Featuring: Doom

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For the majority of the satelliters and part-time players, the chance to play at a Main Event featured table is an opportunity to get some face time on TV and pick up a few sponsorship dollars by slamming patches on every free square inch of T-shirt real estate. But today, there's a price to be paid for drawing the main table.

Eli Elezra was in Seat 6 to start the day, and the action was seven-handed with two empty chairs for the first orbit. The seat to the left of Elezra was soon filled by Dutch pro Lex Veldhuis, tipping the table toward seats six and seven. Just a few minutes later though, Allen Cunningham would climb into seat one, re-balancing things a bit.

It's no easy chore over there under the bright lights as the featured table may well be the most treacherous in the room.

On the other side of the stage, Sammy Farha has joined Greg Mueller at the secondary featured table.