2009 World Series of Poker

Event 9 - $1,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$428,259
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,991,535
Entries
1,459
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Brasilla Chip Counts

Roothlus
Roothlus
Kathy Liebert -- 3,600
Peter Eastgate -- 5,350
Ivan Demidov -- 23,700
Adam Levy -- 3,000
Morgan Machina -- 10,350
Jason Gray -- 3,500
Paul Kobel -- 4,700
Shawn Sheikhan -- 8,850
Christian "Da_Professional" Iacobellis -- 14,500

No Loss for Carlos

Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen
Just before the break, Carlos Mortensen raised to 700 before a player moved in for 1,700 more. Mortensen made the call with {K-Clubs} {Q-Spades} and was live against his opponent's {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}.

The board ran {Q-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} to give the Spaniard the pot and a 23,500 stack.

Poker Cannibalism

Carlos Mortensen raised to 600 from UTG before the SB raised to 3,600. Mortensen then moved all-in and received a call. It was the same hand, as Mortensen tabled {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} to the SB's {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}.

The board came a lucky {10-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} for Mortensen to make a flush to propel him up to 44,000 and bust his opponent.

TKO

A player raised before Audley Harrison set him in. He called with {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} but was in trouble against the champion boxer's {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}. The board ran {J-Spades} {K-Spades} {8-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} and Harrison knocks out another opponent. He's up to 25,000 now.

Amazon Chip Counts

Demidov
Demidov
Jeremiah Smith -- 6,800
JC Tran -- 9,400
Jean Gaspard -- 5,000
Alan Sass -- 13,900
Shawn Sheiky -- 5,700
Bill Chen -- 30,000
Amnon Filippi -- 6,600
Ivan Demidov -- 12,500
Ludovic Lacay -- 5,200
Praz Bansi -- 31,000

Kiddy Roller Coaster

No purple today?
No purple today?
Kathy Liebert got her stack up to 6,500 when she busted a player holding pocket aces to his pocket jacks. Then a short while later she found herself back down to 3,400 after folding to an all-in bet on the turn on a {10-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} board after she'd bet 2,000.

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Sick Call

Just before the level change, a player in the cut off raised to 600 and Dario Minieri called from the big blind. The flop came {K-Spades} {4-Spades} {4-Diamonds} and both players checked. Minieri then check-called a 1,000 bet on the {A-Spades} turn. The river brought the {3-Hearts} and Minieri checked to face a 1,325 bet that he snap called.

The CO player mucked and Minieri showed {Q-Spades} {6-Diamonds} for queen high! His stack's at 72,000 now.

Doubled Then Bust

A really short stacked Ivan Demidov has just doubled to a short stack. He got it all in with {K-Clubs} {9-Clubs} and was called by an opponent with {A-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}. The board came {9-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {10-Spades} {7-Hearts} to give the Russian some hope.

He then got blinded down to 4,675 before he got it all in again with a willing customer. He held {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} that couldn't catch up against an opponent's {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}.