2009 World Series of Poker

Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
35
Prize
$625,682
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,406,400
Entries
256
Level Info
Level
6
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Duthie vs. Sprenger; Duthie Doubles

Sprenger (left) vs. Duthie (right)
Sprenger (left) vs. Duthie (right)
John Duthie is all in before the flop with {A-Spades} {2-Diamonds} and is in danger of being eliminated as Ben Sprenger shows {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} .

The board comes {J-Spades} {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {10-Spades} to give Duthie a deuce on fourth street, allowing him to double up.

John Duthie - 610,000
Benjamin Sprenger - 350,000

Wolpert vs. Mathieu: Trading Stacks

Leo Wolpert got it all in on the turn with the board showing {8-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}. Clavet Mathieu looked him up, tabling {Q-Hearts} {8-Clubs}. Wolpert proudly showed down {J-Clubs} {9-Hearts} for the straight, but he still needed to fade the full house outs.

The river {5-Spades} was safe, and the pot goes to Wolpert. He has doubled up to 640,000, trading chip stacks with Mathieu who has 320,000 now.

Tags: Clavet MathieuLeo Wolpert

O'Dwyer vs. Romanello; O'Dwyer Doubles

After a flop of {J-Spades} {4-Clubs} {3-Spades} Roberto Romanello bet 12,000 and Steve O'Dwyer raised to 30,000 from his button. Romanello reraised to 87,000 and O'Dwyer moved all in .

Romanello called with {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} while O'Dwyer tabled {J-Hearts} {3-Hearts} for two pair. The board filled out {J-Spades} {4-Clubs} {3-Spades}{5-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} and O'Dwyer doubles up to 622,000.

Torelli vs. Stokes: A Reach is Enough

Jamin Stokes opened with a button raise to 25,000, and Alec Torelli made the call from the big blind. The flop came {A-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Clubs}. Torelli led out with a bet of 30,000, drawing a raise to 80,000 from Stokes. Torelli thought it over and called.

Fourth street brought the {5-Clubs}. Torelli had given up the betting lead, and he checked. Stokes reached for chips, and Torelli quickly slid his cards into the muck.

On to the next hand.

Tags: Alec TorelliJamin Stokes

Level: 5

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

John Duthie vs. Benjamin Sprenger; Sprenger Gets Some Back

John Duthie raised to 25,000 before the flop and Benjamin Sprenger called. The flop came {10-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {4-Spades} and both players checked.

The turn brought the {2-Hearts} and Sprenger led out for 30,000. Duthie called.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Sprenger bet just over half the pot for 60,000. Duthie called.

Sprenger showed {K-?} {10-?} for top pair and took down the pot.

Sprenger - 390,000
Duthie - 570,000

Chan vs. Smith: Chan Gets a Boost

Justin "Boosted J" Smith - Eliminated
Justin "Boosted J" Smith - Eliminated
Johnny Chan raised to 20,000, and Justin Smith came along from the big blind. The flop brought {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {4-Clubs}. Smith led out with a bet of 25,000, and Chan bumped it up to 80,000. Smith moved all in for his final 160,000, and Chan made the call to put him to the test.

Showdown
Chan: {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts}
Smith: {Q-Spades} {5-Diamonds}

Smith was ahead, but he had a lot of outs to dodge. Chan found one of his out cards when the {9-Diamonds} hit the turn to improve him to the leading pair of nines. The {3-Clubs} that filled out the board was of no use to Boosted J, and he has been struck out by Johnny Chan.

Tags: Boosted JJohnny ChanJustin Smith