We just saw Mr. Jon Turner hit the rail, we don't know how, but it's a fact!
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #9: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$877,500
Entries
650
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 650
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Andy Black opened with a raise from middle position, and Justin Bonomo reraised the pot. Black made the call, and heads up they went.
The flop came out 
, and Bonomo led out with a bet of 2,000. Black moved all in over the top, and Bonomo quickly called to put the Irishman at risk of elimination and in need of some help:
Black: 
Bonomo: 
Brick-brick is the rest of the story as the turn and river came 
and 
respectively. Unable to find help cards for his draws, Andy Black has been knocked off just as the second break approaches.
Bonomo is up to about 22,000.
Time flies when you're having fun. Two more levels have come and gone, and the players are filing out for a 20-minute break. We'll do the same; back shortly.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Registration was closed for this event following the second level, and we finally have some numbers for you.
A total of 654 runners turned up for Event #9 this year, an increase of 21 players over last year's field. Their entries created a prize pool worth $877,500, and 63 places will pay out cash prizes with the bottom payout level being worth $2,851.
The real money is at the final table where each of the last nine players will be guaranteed at least $14,715. The top two spots are each good for six-figure scores, and the lucky winner will be rewarded with a shiny gold bracelet along with $197,470 in cash. Not too shabby.
The full breakdown of the prizepool will magically appear in the "Payouts" tab momentarily.
Victor Ramdin has been a dead stack for most of the day, and he finally returned to play his remaining 375 little chips. The one hand he took was 
, plenty good enough to get his stack in there. Unfortunately for Ramdin, he ran into both 
and 
, putting him in bad shape to stay alive.
The flop was a good sweat, though, coming 
to leave Ramdin open-ended for a triple up. "Oh, I love you baby," he said to the dealer, but she would not provide him any further assistance. The turn and river came and 
respectively, blanks for everyone, and Ramdin's day has come to a close.
Chris Moorman has just been eliminated after shoving his 
into an opponent's 
. The flop was a miss ( 
), but he actually managed to find his on fourth street. That card opened up a lot of dangerous possibilities though, and the 
on the river re-improved his opponent to the winning Broadway straight, signaling the end of Moorman's day.
When we arrive at the table the board was reading 
. Kulicki told us that he bet pot in all the streets and the opponents just called.
Dominik Kulicki tabled aces, another player tabled aces too, and Billy Kopp tabled pocket eights.
The pot went to Kopp who now has 8,000 chips, Kulicki slipped to 4,500.
Joe Sebok was watching his stack dwindle for the last several, and he finally mustered the gumption to shove preflop with king-queen. He was looked up by an opponent with pocket sevens, and Seebs seemed content to race for double or nothing.
It ended up being nothing.
The board blanked off for Sebok, and he has been eliminated from our event.
On a flop of 
, we saw Dwyte Pilgrim call a bet of 1,000 chips from his opponent, committing nearly half of his remaining stack.
Fourth street was the , and the unknown opponent bet the 1,100 chips required to put Pilgrim to the ultimate test. Dwyte called all in with 
, and he was in good shape against his opponent's . The river was a blank , and that secured Pilgrim's double up, putting him on about 6,000 chips.
