Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-17-2009 12:16 UTC-12

Payout Desk Clerk Earning Her Pay

Shamus

We're now down to 135 players. Since we reached the cash, each of those players eliminated has received a payday just under $3,000 (twice the buy-in). Recent eliminations include Eugene Katchalov (158th), Alex Jacob (154th), and David Pleat (148th).

06-17-2009 12:24 UTC-12

Praz Makes a Slick Fold

[user66118]

From early position, Eddie Le raised to 4,000 to open the betting. Praz Bansi reraised to 11,500 from middle position, and Andrew Younglood was unimpressed. He moved all in over the top of both raises, committing his last 62,000 chips to the pot.

As soon as he moved in, Youngblood stood up and started pacing around the table. When Le folded, he moved on to Bansi and began chatting it up as the player was considering his decision. Bansi finally got the message and open-mucked ace-king. When Youngblood got back to his seat, he was kind enough to show the table his {K-Clubs}

as he adds more than 15,000 chips to his stack. He's up to 85,000.

Tags: Andrew Youngblood Eddie Le Praz Bansi

06-17-2009 12:27 UTC-12

Martini Moves On

Shamus

Down to 11,700, Amie Martini pushed all in before the flop with {Q-Spades}

, and unfortunately was up against an opponent holding {A-Diamonds}

.

The board came {7-Diamonds}

, and Martini is out.

Tags: Amie Martini

06-17-2009 12:31 UTC-12

Kings and Axes

[user66118]

After a preflop raise to 6,000, Mike Souza and two other players called before the small blind moved all in for about 25,000 total. The rest of the table passed, but Mike Souza made the call from the button.

He tabled {A-Spades}

to lead his opponent's {7-Diamonds}

. The flop brought another seven for the at-risk player, but it also contained two kings. In the end, the board ran out {7-Clubs}

to lock up the pot for Souza and send yet another player to the payout desk.

Souza's now sitting on a stack of 125,000.

Tags: Mike Souza

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

06-17-2009 12:39 UTC-12

Added Incentive for Hellmuth

Shamus

After a few rounds of antes and blinds, Phil Hellmuth is all of the way down to 3,700.

Hellmuth just made a last longer bet (for $2,000) with Roland de Wolfe -- who currently has 180,000 -- for which de Wolfe gave the Poker Brat 20-to-1.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Roland de Wolfe

06-17-2009 12:52 UTC-12

Another TKO for ElkY

[user66118]

ElkY's still going at it over there, a man on a mission. He's just claimed another victim with ace-king versus ace-queen. The two men got it all in when an ace flopped, and the rest of the board ran dry.

After notching another elimination, Grospellier is all the way up to 340,000, fighting for the top spot on the board now.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier ElkY

06-17-2009 13:02 UTC-12

Phil Felted (Finally)

Shamus

The big blind finally crept back around to Phil Hellmuth's seat, and he was all in. A player in middle position raised to 5,000. "Not him!" said Hellmuth. The rest folded, and his opponent turned over {A-Spades}

.

To increase the drama, Hellmuth turned over his cards one at a time. First, the {4-Hearts}

. "At least it's a four," said Hellmuth, noting the live card. Then, the {7-Spades}

. "Yes! The four-seven!" The table laughed.

The board came {3-Clubs}

, and Hellmuth is out in 113th place, for which he earns $3,231.

That'll cover that $2,000 the Poker Brat now owes Roland de Wolfe (for losing their last-longer bet).

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-17-2009 13:08 UTC-12

Dropping Like Flies

[user66118]

The line at the payout desk is beginning to thin out a bit, but players are still falling fast.

Among the most recent casualties of Day 2 were Devin Porter, Roberto Romanello, Justin Pechie, Pat Poels, and Kevin Sherrill.

06-17-2009 13:11 UTC-12