Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-21-2009 12:09 UTC-12

Out With the Old, in with the Newhouse

[user66118]

From the button, Mark Newhouse raised to 12,500, (which was most likely a reraise of an opening raise in front of him). Action was now on the small blind, and the player there moved all in for about 25,000 total. Newhouse quickly called, turning over {K-Clubs}

. His opponent was in bad shape, shaking his head as he tabled {Q-Spades}

.

The board was a big dry desert for the at-risk player, coming {7-Hearts}

. Newhouse notches another kill, moving over the century mark to 113,000.

Tags: Mark Newhouse

06-21-2009 12:17 UTC-12

Moving Up

[user66118]

A couple notables have chipped up nicely in this level:

Mimi Tran - 115,000
Brandon Cantu - 155,000
Raymond Davis - 228,000
Darryll Fish - 125,000
Adam "Roothlus" Levy - 122,000

06-21-2009 12:19 UTC-12

Glines Battered

[user75032]

Shawn Glines, at this previous final table

Shawn "sprstoner" Glines has one final table appearance already this WSOP. He's working on his second today.

Glines managed to chip up to about 170,000 but has slipped back to 130,000 after a recent hand in which he check-called a bet of 17,000 on a flop of {J-Spades}

, check-called another 18,000 when the turn fell {3-Diamonds}

, and then got a free showdown when his opponent checked behind on the the {3-Hearts}

river. Glines' opponent showed top pair, {k-Clubs}

, which was enough to win the pot.

Tags: Shawn Glines

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

06-21-2009 12:41 UTC-12

Ray Davis Has Been Busy

[user75032]

Wow, lose track of a guy for half an hour and he goes on a tear. We saw Ray Davis get broken to a table by media row with rack after rack after rack of chips. He said it was more than 300,000; we said "no way".

"Wanna bet?" asked Davis.

Sure, we said. We'll offer $1,000 that you don't have more than 300,000. That gave Davis pause until he counted down every chip and produced a hidden stack of yellow (1,000) chips from the center of his massive stack that were hidden under some black (100) chips. With that stack he does indeed have a shade more than 300,000.

06-21-2009 12:52 UTC-12

Seat Open

[user66118]

"Winner on 173. Payout please!"

The calls keep coming. With 154 players remaining, the pace of eliminations hasn't slowed one iota. The calls for open seats are still being yelled at least once, sometimes three and four times per minute.

06-21-2009 12:53 UTC-12

Up in Smoke

[user75032]

CardRunners has lost one of its premier players from this tournament. Zachery King just stood up from his table and gathered his things. He has been eliminated, vanishing like a puff of smoke in the wind.

06-21-2009 12:59 UTC-12

Fish Floundering

[user66118]

A player under the gun opened with a raise to 6,000. Next door, Darryll Fish reraised to 16,500 total, and the betting came back around the table. The initial raiser moved all in for a total bet of 43,200. After a quick pause for thought, Fish made the call with the bigger stack.

Showdown
Fish: {A-Hearts}

Opponent:

The board ran {9-Spades}

. Failing to improve, Fish sends a good chunk of his chips to his next-door neighbor. He's slipped back to 68,000, about half of his former self now.

Tags: Darryll Fish

06-21-2009 13:08 UTC-12

You Can Double Up? Brandon Can-tu

[user66118]

After a preflop raising war, Brandon Cantu moved all in, and a big-stacked opponent called him down to put his tournament life in jeopardy.

Cantu tabled {K-Hearts}

, well in front of his opponent's {A-Spades}

. The board ran out with three deuces but no ace, making Cantu the winning deuces full. After taking down that massive pot, he's all the way up near the top once again, sitting pretty on 245,000 chips.

Tags: Brandon Cantu

06-21-2009 13:12 UTC-12

A New Chip Leader!

[user75032]

Wow, talk about a great two hands for Shawn "sprstoner" Glines. First he went runner-runner into a straight to climb to 216,000 (we were watching Nam Le tank on a different table and didn't see the action).

The next hand, Glines called a raise to 7,000 from a middle-position player. The small blind also called for a three-way flop of {4-Spades}