2009 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jq
Prize
$657,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,715
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Crockett's Horse Runs Too Slow

Chris Crockett - Out
Chris Crockett - Out
Chris Crockett got the rest of his ~150,000 chips into the pot before the flop with pocket sixes. Wei Mu had him covered, and he called with ace-king offsuit to put his opponent to the test.

The flop ran {J-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {2-Hearts}, and the {10-Hearts} on the turn would be all she wrote for Crockett. Mu's Broadway straight does him in, sending him over to the payout desk with his buddies who've been on the rail all day.

Tags: Chris CrockettWei Mu

Mary Jones Eliminated

We may have spoken too soon about Mary Jones' chances for a bracelet in this event. In the span of two hands, she went from chip leader to eliminated. First, she and Ray Foley got all of the chips on the middle on a flop of {2-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {8-Clubs}. Mary had the overpair, {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}; Foley had the two-overcard flush draw, {A-Clubs} {k-Clubs}. The {3-Spades} changed nothing, but the {j-Clubs} made Foley's flush. That hand pushed Foley to 1.1 million and left Jones with about 150,000.

Shortly thereafter, Foley and Jones tangled again, this time with Jones moving all in preflop. Strangely, the hands were almost the same -- {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} for Jones and {A-Spades} {K-Spades} for Foley! Foley's Big Slick won again on a board of {K-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Spades}. He got the rest of Jones' chips to climb to 1.25 million, while Jones got a purple payout slip and headed to the payout table.

Iacovone First to One Million

We feel like pots should not be this big at this stage of the tournament -- but they are. First Michele Iacovone called a 28,000 raise from Kwan Leung. Leung moved all in on a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds} and Iacovone quickly called. Leung's {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} had completely missed, putting Iacovone in great shape to knock Leung out with {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}. He did just that when the turn and river bricked.

Iacovone is up to 1.2 million.

Tags: Kwan LeungMichele Iacovone

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Second Bracelet in the Works for Jones?

2006 WSOP Ladies champion Mary Jones may be our new chip leader. She opened a pot preflop for 30,000, then called after Dmitry Boshenyatov reraised all in for 180,000. Each player had two clubs. Jones showed {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} while Boshenyatov showed {5-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. It was Boshenyatov who paired up on the {8-Clubs} {4-Spades} {5-Diamonds} flop. The {3-Hearts} turn was safe, but Jones paired up on the {A-Spades} river to end Boshenyatov's day.

Jones is now on about 860,000 chips.

Tags: Dmitriy BoshenyatovMary Jones

Hey Ho, Foley-o

Big pots, big pots, no whammmies... stop! No whammies for Ray Foley. He raised to 25,000 from early position, then called Chris Crockett's late-positiong reraise to 65,000. Foley checked the {J-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} flop over to Crockett, who came out for 80,000. When Foley check-raised all in for 148,000, Crockett probably felt he had no choice but to call.

Crockett's pocket tens had been out-flopped by Foley's pocket sixes, which made a set of sixes. The turn and river popped off completely harmlessly, giving Foley the pot. He doubled up to about 445,000 while Crockett slipped to 160,000.

Tags: Chris CrockettRay Foley

An Unfortunate Turn

Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu
Apparently it's the time of night to play mammoth pots for rolls.

On a flop of {A-?} {Q-?} {2-?}, Brandon Cantu was heads up in a raised pot with Mary Jones. Cantu checked, and Jones put out 70,000 chips. Without too much hesitation, Cantu moved all in with a covering stack. Jones called for her tournament life, pushing all ~310,000 chips into the pot.

Showdown
Cantu: {A-?} {2-?}
Jones: {A-?} {10-?}

Cantu had flopped it rich, leaving Jones with one foot out the door. Lightning struck the turn though, as another {10-?} ripped off the deck, improving Jones to the higher two pair. The river was a blank, and a very frustrated Brandon Cantu started counting out the double-up chips.

Cantu has been atop the pack for most of the day without a slip-up. All that hard work is washed away with the turn of a card though, and Cantu is all the way back to 160,000.

Jones, meanwhile, is now the one chasing the top spot. She's been given a big boost up to 645,000.

Tags: Brandon CantuMary Jones

Glines Ready to Vomit

Chairud Vangchailued
Chairud Vangchailued
Oh my. We feel Shawn Glines' pain. Really we do. He got his chips in about as good as you can get them in and got outdrawn on the river.

Preflop action was opened by Matt Livingston for 26,000. Steve Banner and one other player called that raise before Glines raised the button to 105,000. Zach Gilbert moved all in from the small blind for 105,000 and then Chairud Vangchailued moved all in from the big blind for 225,000!

Livingston, Banner and the other caller folded, but Glines quickly called Vangcahilued's all in and found himself in great shape:

Glines: {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}
Gilbert: {Q-?} {Q-?}
Vangchailued: {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}

Glines was in great shape to increase his count by more than 450,000 chips, but saw the sickest flop he could see: {9-Hearts} {K-Spades} {6-Spades}. Glines needed to fade a spade on two consecutive streets. He did it when the turn fell {4-Diamonds}, but the {4-Spades} was a disaster card for Glines and a miracle card for Vangchailued.

Vangchailued collected the side pot and the main pot to rocket all the way up to almost 700,000. Glines is now hurting with about 150,000. Gilbert is out.

Tags: Chairud VangchailuedShawn GlinesZach Gilbert

When You're Running Good...

Nam Le doubled up in the $10,000 PLO event during our break. He came running back here and just knocked out another player despite being dominated. Marc Suckman was all in with {A-Diamonds} {k-Hearts}; Le called with {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} and turned a queen on a board of {6-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {5-Spades} to send Suckman to the rail.

Tags: Nam Le

Play Resumes

Cards are back in the air. We have Nam Le back -- he raced off to the $10,000 PLO during the break, doubled up, and then came running back.