Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

06-06-2009 13:08 UTC-12

You Can Leave Your Hat On

[user46392]

Back on Day 1, we published a hat breakdown of one of our tournament rooms, finding three cowboy hats, an average of three baseball caps per table, and a grand total of one yellow fisherman hat. It is interesting to note that this final table contains exactly three baseball caps (Hall, Dresel-Velasquez and Harb), no cowboy hats, but our single fisherman hat remains, gracing the head of Jim Geary.

Thus we deduce:

- Cowboy hats: running bad
- Baseball caps: running averagely
- Fisherman hats: on fire

Make of that what you will.

06-06-2009 13:10 UTC-12

No Go Rho

[user46392]

Scott Hall met a raise from Peter Rho by moving all in. Rho clearly didn't like his hand that much, though, as he folded and Hall took the pot.

06-06-2009 13:15 UTC-12

Michael Dyer Busts in 8th Place ($65,905)

[user46392]

Michael Dyer announced all in, but he knew he was in trouble when Scott Hall re-shoved. On their backs.

Dyer: {A-Hearts}

Hall:

Flop:

Hall still ahead.

Turn: {10-Hearts}

Suddenly it's looking good for a chop...

River: {K-Clubs}

No chop after all. Michael Dyer, er, dies, in a strictly tournament life sense, and play continues.

Tags: Michael Dyer

06-06-2009 13:17 UTC-12

Final Table Not Enough Gaming Drama for Geary

[user46392]

Next hand, Jim Geary open-shoved for 695,000; he peacefully continued with his crossword puzzle while everyone else made their decisions. They all folded, and he took down the pot.

06-06-2009 13:20 UTC-12

No-Flops Action

[user46392]

Wow, suddenly it's action central over here on the final table.

The very next hand, Scott Hall raised and Peter Rho reraised. With not much pause, Hall moved in, and after a few moments' consideration, Rho passed.

06-06-2009 13:27 UTC-12

Approximate Chip Counts

[user46392]

Not official, mind -- just sneakily spied from across the room by your eagle-eyed blogger.

Peter Rho: 2,100,000
Anthony Harb: 1,800,000
Scott Hall: 1,600,000
Jonathan McGowan: 1,350,000
Adrian Dresel-Velasquez: 1,000,000
Adam Adler: 950,000
Jim Geary: 600,000

06-06-2009 13:33 UTC-12

A-A for A.A.

[user46392]

Adam Adler got the first walk of the final table -- and showed pocket aces! Bad luck, sir.

06-06-2009 13:35 UTC-12

Jim All Geared Up for Nothing

[user46392]

Jim Geary got the second walk of the final table -- and showed pocket jacks! Who says live poker is rigged?

06-06-2009 13:45 UTC-12

Scott Hall Eliminated in 7th Place ($76,390)

[user46392]

Our players definitely had some serious slurps of wake-up juice in the break, as it's all gone action-tastic.

Peter Rho opened for 105,000 in the cutoff, and it folded over to Scott Hall in the big blind, who made it 360,000. Rho made it 1,500,000 and in a flurry Hall called, or attempted to raise, all in for 1,430,000.

On their backs in a gigantic, chip lead deciding classic coinflip.

Hall: {A-Diamonds}

Rho: