De Wolfe Over Howe
Howe showed
and de Wolfe 
. The board came 
, and de Wolfe claimed the pot. Howe is out, and de Wolfe now up to 90,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,095
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Howe showed
and de Wolfe . The board came , and de Wolfe claimed the pot. Howe is out, and de Wolfe now up to 90,000.
Dennis Phillips Out, Still Smiling
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, two opponents checked to Dennis Phillips, and he moved all in for 27,000. After some deliberation, Mark Friedman would make the call, folding the third player involved.Phillips tabled
, trailing Friedman's 
. Looking for a six or an eight, Phillips found none. The 
filled out the board, and America's favorite truck salesman has been eliminated.As he left the room, Phillips was all smiles, beaming from ear to ear. And it may take weeks to wipe that smile off of his face. Dennis spent the early part of the afternoon decked out in a personalized St. Louis Blues jersey, playing poker with a group of hockey players including Alex Ovechkin, Jeremy Roenick, and Eddie Olczyk over in the ESPN arena.
Hellmuth Scores a Ten
. Giving his opponent a brief stare, Hellmuth moved all in for just about 25,000 total. His opponent, Scott Dorsch, would eventually fold.Hellmuth decided to open up his hand, revealing two more tens for a set. "Beat that, baby!" He's back up to 45,000, and he's decided to take a little walk, heading out into the corridors.
ElkY Eliminates One
Grospellier showed
and his opponent 
. The board came 
, and another player hit the rail. ElkY now has 32,000.
Another Cash for Hansen
, and was up against another short-stacked player (who had him barely covered) who held .The community cards were
, and Hansen is out. Hansen reports this is the fourth straight event in which he has cashed, his best finish among those four being a ninth place in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event (Event No. 16).
Look Out for Mackey
trying to survive Frederiksen's 
.The flop would be very helpful indeed for the at-risk Mackey, coming
to put him in the lead. The and 
that followed would keep him there, notching him a huge double up. Mackey was very short stacked with about 1,000 chips left yesterday, but this most-recent win bumps him all the way to 125,000.Frederiksen is down to 42,000 after working himself up over the century mark early on.
Kwikfish KOed
and unfortunately ran into a player holding pocket rockets. The board came 
, and Kwikfish is out.
ElkY Accumulating Chips
Before the flop, he made a sloppy raise to about 20,000, though it was tough to tell exactly as he just plunked a big tower of yellow chips out onto the felt. A short-stacked opponent called off his last 15,000 with
, in bad shape against ElkY's 
.The board ran
, holding the overpair to give Grospellier another knockout. He's all the way up to 87,000 now, certainly a dangerous situation for the rest of the field.
Hearts Help Jacob
, Alex Jacob's short-stacked opponent checked, Jacob bet 7,500, his opponent check-raised all in, and Jacob called.Jacob had
for the flopped flush, and his opponent was drawing mighty thin with 
. The board ran out 
, and another player got up to report to payouts.Jacob is up to 55,000.
Mt. Saint Hellmuth
. Jeff Blenkarn was first to act, and he moved all in for 16,500. After the second player folded, Phil Hellmuth snap-called to put Blenkarn at risk.Showdown
Blenkarn:
Hellmuth:
Blenkarn was in trouble with his underpair trailing Phil's top-top. To Hellmuth's unbearable torment (and his table's delight), the
struck the turn like a bolt of lightning, drawing an eruption of profanity from Hellmuth.After that two-outer, Blenkarn has more than doubled to 49,000, and Hellmuth has taken a step back to 60,000.