Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Day 2 Concludes; Isaac Baron the Man to Beat
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As an interesting twist to the end of the day's proceedings, a mini-verbal war has erupted after it was announced that the players will return at noon tomorrow - less than nine hours from now. Lars Bonding and Thomas Keller were especially unhappy about this scheduling, but they were told that "nothing can be done" and the scheduling is designed for the ESPN live webcast tomorrow.
As the disgruntled players head off to get some sleep, the story of the day is young gun Isaac Baron, who was solid throughout the day before, striking late in the evening with pocket aces to rocket to the overnight chip lead. Baron is a feared online player who has experienced success in the European regions before he was even legal to play in a casino in the US. Tomorrow, he'll have his sights firmly set on tasting his first WSOP bracelet.
He won't have it easy, however, with the likes of Danny Illingworth, David Pham, Mike Sowers, Thomas Keller, David Benefield and Lika Gerasimova still in contention.
We'll have the official counts for you shortly.
Thanks for following our coverage this evening and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow for the exciting conclusion of this event.
Olivier Bousquet Pads His Stack
. Both players checked the
on the turn and Illingsworth fired another 115,000 when the 
landed on the river. Bousquet made the call and Illingsworth announced, "Nine high," which wasn't enough to beat Bousquet's pocket 5s.
Faraz Jaka Eliminated in 18th Place ($27,029)
He held
to be racing with the 
of Thomas Keller, however the board ran out all Keller when it fell 
. Jaka busts and collects $27,029 with Keller up to 300,000.
Lars Bonding Has More Chips
to war against the of Billy Kopp and won.Bonding pushed preflop and hit his hand on a flop of
. The and 
were meaningless, and Bonding chipped up to 530,000. Kopp has 616,000.
Lika Gerasimova Doubles Through Mike Sowers
Gerasimova:
Sowers:
Neither player improved on the board of
and Geraimova out-kicked her way up to 540,000. Sowers slipped to 590,000.
Final Two Tables
Table 157
Seat 1: David Benefield
Seat 2: Christian Iacobellis
Seat 3: David Inselberg
Seat 4: Nicholas Grippo
Seat 5: Billy Kopp
Seat 6: Thomas Keller
Seat 7: Lars Bonding
Seat 8: Faraz Jaka
Seat 9: Brian Lemke
Table 158
Seat 1: Matthias Neu
Seat 2: Olivier Busquet
Seat 3: David Pham
Seat 4: Danny Illingworth
Seat 5: Tom Braband
Seat 6: Isaac Baron
Seat 7: Fabian Quoss
Seat 8: Mike Sowera
Seat 9: Lika Gerasimova
Quick Break
Steve Goosen Eliminated in 19th Place ($21,026)
was dominated by Lemke's .Neither player connected on the board of
and Lemke's ace was enough to take the pot.
Bonding Doubles Through Baron
All the chips were in preflop with Bonding's
in front of Baron's . The board ran out 
and Bonding survives to double to about 300,000 chips.