Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-02-2009 13:44 UTC-12

Clark Hamagami Eliminates an Opponent

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On a flop of {Q-Clubs}

, Clark Hamagami raised his opponent enough to put him all in. After tanking for a couple of minutes, Hamagami got the call.

Hamagami showed {A-Clubs}

for the nut flush draw while his opponent showed {Q-Hearts}

for top pair. The turn brought the {4-Clubs}

, giving Hamagami the flush and the river sealed the deal with the {3-Clubs}

.

Hamagami now has 15,600 chips.

06-02-2009 13:45 UTC-12

More Chip Counts

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Here are some more counts from around the room.

J.J. Liu - 5,950
Humberto Brenes - 11,300
Phil Tom - 14,200
Jonathan Little - 31,700
Sandra Naujoks - 30,400
Joe Tehan - 16,200
Chris McCormack - 19,000
Doug Lee - 9,300
Eddie Scharf - 9,600

06-02-2009 13:49 UTC-12

Eddy Scharf Eliminated

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While we were updating our chip counts, Eddie Scharf was knocked out of the event.

06-02-2009 13:57 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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Players are on break for 90 minutes. Cards will be in the air again at 8:30 pm.

John Caldwell and Justin Bonomo were both eliminated from the tournament just before the break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

06-02-2009 15:26 UTC-12

We're Back

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2,791 players started today's tournament. 889 are returning to the tables after dinner.

Blinds are 200/400 with a 50 ante.

06-02-2009 15:53 UTC-12

Minneapolis Jim Eliminates a Player

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The hijack raised to the 3,000 preflop on Minneapolis Jim Meecham's small blind, and Meecham took about 15 seconds before making the call.

On the flop of {2-Spades}

, Meecham bet 10,000 and got the call. Meecham turned up aces and his opponent showed queens. A {3-?}

and

on the turn and river gave Meecham the wheel and he's now sitting on 26,175 chips.

06-02-2009 16:04 UTC-12

J.J. Liu Eliminated

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We caught this hand just as J.J. Liu was standing up at the table.

She got all of her chips in the middle with {Q-Diamonds}

on a flop of {5-Clubs}

. Her opponent called with {K-Hearts}

and turned the flush with the {4-Hearts}

. A meaningless {2-Diamonds}

on the river ended Liu's day.

Rafe Furst was also eliminated from the tournament.

06-02-2009 16:17 UTC-12

Jerry Yang is an Interested Observer

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Jerry Yang is hanging on the rail a couple of hours after busting from today's event. Turns out, he's sweating one of his students from home in California.

She's sitting on a short stack, but Jerry seems optimistic about her chances of hanging on.

06-02-2009 16:18 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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J.C. Tran and Doug Lee have been eliminated from today's event.