Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-15-2009 17:56 UTC-12

Match Updates

[user66118]

John Duthie - 2,906,000
Nathan Doudney - 934,000

Leo Wolpert - 2,005,000
Jamin Stokes - 1,835,000

06-15-2009 17:43 UTC-12

Break it Down

[user66118]

After a level of relative inactivity, the clock has been paused for a 10-minute break.

If anything, this last level saw both of the shorter stacks chip up by 200,000-300,000. Full counts on the way.

06-15-2009 17:07 UTC-12

Duthie vs. Doudney: Not So Fast

[user111541]

Nathan Doudney limped his button and John Duthie raised 85,000 more. Doudney called.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and both players checked. The turn brought the {6-Spades}

and Duthie bet out 125,000. Doudney called.

The river brought the {5-Clubs}

and Duthie fired out a 300,000 bet. Doudney called, but mucked his hand after Duthie showed {Q-Spades}

.

John Duthie - 3,040,000
Nathan Doudney - 800,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 0

06-15-2009 17:02 UTC-12

Duthie vs. Doudney: Tides Turning?

[user66118]

We pick up the action in a raised pot over on this side of the table. On a flop of {2-Clubs}

, Nathan Doudney checked first to act. John Duthie fired out 130,000, and Doudney began stacking chips. He counted out 600,000 of them and slid them forward with firm sounding, "Raise." Duthie leaned back in his chair as if he were seriously contemplating a big decision. After just a few moments though, he uncapped his cards and slid them into the muck.

Nathan Doudney is starting to stand up to John Duthie a bit more as this match wears on, and he's just beginning to put a dent in his opponent's chip lead.

Duthie - 2,540,000
Doudney - 1,300,000

Tags: John Duthie Nathan Doudney

06-15-2009 16:54 UTC-12

Tournament Tidbits

[user66118]

Since the action is pretty slow and measured right now, here's what's going on in the rest of the room:

Jamin Stokes is the only player out of the remaining four who is not sporting sunglasses at this table. For what it's worth, Leo Wolpert's sunglasses are down low around his nose, and Stokes can clearly see his eyes over the frame. Also setting himself apart from the crowd, Nathan Doudney is the only player not wearing a hat.

The spectator's section is starting to fill in just a bit, as it was completely empty to start the match. Among those who've shown up to sweat this round are Vivek Rajkumar, Action Jeff Garza, Steve O'Dwyer (who was eliminated in the last round), Daniel Alaei, Carlos Mortensen, Erick Lindgren, and Gavin Smith (who is unusually quiet so far).

In other news, there is a man with a truly legendary mullet standing in the lounge overlooking the table. It looks as if he worked as hard on his hairdo as these four players have worked on their heads-up game.

Also, Tournament Director Steve Frezer really seems to be enjoying his bag of Jack Link's beef jerky as he watches the two matches on the desk monitor.

06-15-2009 16:46 UTC-12

Stokes vs. Wolpert: Action Slows in Level 3

[user111541]

Action had been pretty slow at the match since the start of the level until the following hand:

Leo Wolpert raised from the button and Jamin Stokes made the call. The two players saw a flop of {Q-Hearts}

. Stokes check-called a 73,000 bet.

The turn was the {10-Clubs}

and Stokes checked again. Wolpert bet 187,000 and Stokes called.

The river brought the {10-Hearts}

and Stokes checked for the third time in a row. Wolpert fired out 420,000, representing more than half of his remaining chips. Stokes folded his hand and Wolpert took it down.

Leo Wolpert - 1,640,000
Jamin Stokes - 2,200,000

06-15-2009 16:38 UTC-12