2009 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$639,331
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,641
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Cao Crushed With Two-Outer

Coba Cao four-bet all in from the button holding {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and after minutes of deliberation Rico Ramirez made the call.

Cao: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Ramirez: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

The board up until the turn read {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Spades}{A-Diamonds}, but when the dealer burned and turned the {3-Spades} on the river Cao was sent to the rail as Ramirez soars to over one million in chips.

Tags: Coba CaoRico Ramiriz

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Eleventh Round of Pay Outs

The following nine players are all receiving a tidy $11,162.

37 - Brandon Croft
38 - Robert Taylor Perkins
39 - Mark Calamusa
40 - Anthony Cousineau
41 - Ali Jafari
42 - Clark Hamagami
43 - Nicholas Cohen
44 - Brian Patrick
45 - Stan Weiss

Kieschke Climbing

Tilman Kieschke opened under the gun to 22,000 with Mark Calamusa making the call from the big blind.

The flop fell down {J-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Calamusa lead out for 35,000 before Kieschke pushed all in, with Calamusa making the call for his tournament life.

Kieschke: {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Calamusa: {K-Spades}{J-Spades}

The turn landed the {9-Spades} and river the {9-Diamonds} to see Calamusa head to the rail while commenting, "I can go to bed! Is there a bracelet for 39th place?" as Kieschke soared to 665,000 in chips.

Tags: Tilman Kieschke

Patrick Falls

Brian Patrick has lost a race to find himself on the rail.

With Patrick holding {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, he was outdrawn by Fred Louie's {K-Spades}{J-Spades} when the final board read {6-Hearts}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

With Patrick on the rail, Louie moves to just under 300,000 in chips.

Tags: Brian Patrick

It's (Not) Hama Time!

Clark Hamagami on the rail
Clark Hamagami on the rail
Clark Hamagami committed the last of his chips with {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and was called by Jose Luis Franco and his {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

The board fell {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} to give Franco make the nut-flush and send Hamagami to the rail as Franco climbs to 515,000 in chips.

Tags: Clark Hamagami

Tenth Round of Pay Outs

Slowly creeping up on the five-figure cash, the following nine player all pocketed $8,822 for their efforts.

46 - Mats Gavatin
47 - Jie Shi
48 - Mark Nagle
49 - Peter Clarke
50 - John Calligeros
51 - Jeffrey Cole
52 - Michael Cardosa
53 - Robert Willems
54 - Nicholas Mao

Gavatin Goes

Gavatin now on the rail
Gavatin now on the rail
Tilman Kieschke pushed all in on the button for 181,000, and with the action on Mikkel Madsen he made the call.

Mats Gavatin wanted to be part of the action and called for his tournament life.

Kieschke: {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Madsen: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Gavatin: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts} to see Kieschke triple to 520,000 as Madsen slips to 460 while Gavatin heads to the rail.

Tags: Mats GavatinMikkel MadsenTilman Kieschke