Smith Draws First Blood
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Lennaard called and then folded to the 550,000-chip bet from Smith on the
flop.As Smith raked in the pot to climb to around 6,000,000, Lennaard slipped to just over 4,000,000 in chips.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$3,084,900
Entries
1,695
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Lennaard called and then folded to the 550,000-chip bet from Smith on the
flop.As Smith raked in the pot to climb to around 6,000,000, Lennaard slipped to just over 4,000,000 in chips.
Heads Up Counts
Jordan Smith - 5,220,000
Ken Lennaard - 4,950,000
Laurence Grondin Eliminated in 3rd Place ($237,537)
flop to see Laurence Grondin fire 80,000.Lennaard check-raised to 500,000 and Grondin pushed all in and found a call from Lennaard.
Grondin:
Lennaard:
The turn landed the
and river the 
to see Grondin head to the rail in 3rd place to put the tournament into heads-up play.
Grondin Keeps Sliding
Grondin eventually mucked to see her slip to just over 2,000,000.
Whether it was the break or a sense of tiredness, but Grondin has started this level in a complete mirror image from the last!
Grondin Slips
Lennard then immediately pushed all in, and after nearly three minutes in the tank Grondin finally passed to push Lennaard to 2,500,000 as she slipped to 2,250,000 in chips.
Play Resumes
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Time for a Break
Three Way Action
Everyone checked the flop of
and Grondin bet 155,000 from the big blind at the 
on the turn. She got two callers and everyone checked again when the 
fell on the river.Smith showed the
, but it was no good as Lennaard turned over 
for the flush.Smith remains chip leader with 5,200,000 while Lennaard and Grondin are nearly tied with 2,550,000 and 2,350,000 respectively.
Grondin Takes Another
before taking the pot.