2009 World Series of Poker

Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$313,673
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,635
Entries
1,000
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Siegal Sends One Out

Gregory Thorson - Out
Gregory Thorson - Out
On a flop of {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}, Gregory Thorson got himself all in, and he was put to the test by Jeffrey Siegal.

Thorson showed down {10-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} for the gutterball and the flush draw, but he was in pretty bad shape against the {K-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} of Siegal.

The turn and river came {6-Clubs} and {4-Clubs} respectively, no use to Thorson. He has been sent packing, and that table is now heads up to advance.

Jeffrey Siegal - 265,000
Joshua Tieman - 185,000

Tags: Gregory ThorsonJeffrey Siegal

Brandon Wong is Moving On

Brandon Wong - Advances
Brandon Wong - Advances
We're down to nine tables remaining as Brandon Wong has defeated Robert Fikac in heads-up play.

The players got all of their chips in preflop with Wong holding {A-Spades}{9-Spades} vs. Fikac's {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. When the flop came {9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Wong took the lead. The {A-Spades} kept Fikac alive on the turn, but the {10-Hearts} was not what he was looking for on the river.

Wong is now guaranteed at least $13,609 when he returns for tomorrow's final table.

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Brunnetti Cut Down

Franco Brunetti was all in holding {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} against the {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} of Joseph Cutler. The board ran {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}, and Cutler's pair of tens was enough to eliminate Brunetti and put himself heads up with Petr Jelinek for a spot at tomorrow's final table.

Yarlagadda Goes Broke

With the blinds climbing, Srinivasa Yarlagadda decided {Q-Clubs}{6-Hearts} was good enough to risk his last 27,000 chips with. Jan Skampa looked at {K-Hearts}{J-Spades} in the big blind and decided it was good enough to call with.

When neither player improved on the board of {9-Hearts}{A-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades}, Skampa won the hand with ace-king high.

Binger Takes a Chunk

In his heads-up match, Ralph Shannon had the button and he opened with a raise to 5,000. Nick Binger came back with a second raise, making it 22,000 straight. Shannon wasn't deterred though, re-reraising to 55,000. Binger wanted to show it down, five-betting all in over the top, just slightly covering his opponent.

Shannon considered his options carefully before getting rid of his hand and choosing to battle it out in a better spot.

Binger - 290,000
Shannon - 160,000

Tags: Nick BingerRalph Shannon

Thorson in Danger

Table 66 has just gotten themselves down to three-handed play, setting up like this:

Seat 4: Jeffrey Siegal - 197,000
Seat 8: Gregory Thorson - 48,000
Seat 9: Joshua Tieman - 205,000