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

06-21-2009 13:18 UTC-12

Iversen vs. Svendsen

[user66118]

We join the action heads up in what would become another big pot. The flop showed up {K-Spades}

, and Katja Svendsen led out with a bet of 10,000. Albert Iversen was her opponent, and he made a raise to 26,500. Svendsen re-popped it, putting 60,000 of her 65,000-chip stack into the pot. Iversen made her commit the rest, and she called all in.

Showdown
Svendsen: {A-Spades}

Iversen:

Iversen was ahead with middle set, and Svendsen was looking for a spade to stay alive. The turn and river were both red though ( {8-Diamonds}

and

), and Iversen snagged the pot with his jacks full of eights. He's sent Katja Svendsen to the payout desk, vaulting all the way up to 230,000.

Tags: Albert Iversen Katja Svendsen

06-21-2009 13:20 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

[user75032]

Jeff Williams is out. He ran {A-Hearts}

into an opponent's {A-Spades}

and never improved.

Michael Carroll is also out. On a flop of {5-Spades}

He opened in front of Mary Jones, who reraised all in. Carroll tanked for a while before calling all in for 50,000 total. Jones showed {K-Clubs}

while Carroll tabled {A-Clubs}

. The turn and river {8-Diamonds}

ended Carroll's day.

Tags: Jeff Williams Michael Carroll

06-21-2009 13:27 UTC-12

Ding!

[user66118]

We've reached the end of level 14, and the players are on their 63-minute dinner break. We'll be back at 7:30pm for more poker.

06-21-2009 14:30 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Players are back from dinner and cards are in the air.

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-21-2009 14:37 UTC-12

Tracey Nguyen-er

[user75032]

"Winner on...!" is a typical call from dealers here at the World Series when a player busts out of a tournament in the money. Tracey Nguyen just heard that call at her table.

On one of the first hands after coming back from the break, Nguyen raised all in for 48,700 after an open-raise from a middle-position player. That player called with {A-Hearts}

and Nguyen showed {K-Diamonds}

which never improved on a queen-high board.

Tags: Tracey Nguyen

06-21-2009 14:41 UTC-12

Fish Hooks Cause Iversen to Bleed

[user66118]

From middle position, Albert Iversen raised it up to 7,700 first into the pot. Action passed to the small blind, and the player there reraised to 20,000 straight. Iversen moved all in, and his opponent called all in himself for his remaining ~85,000.

Showdown
Iversen: {J-Hearts}

Opponent:

The board ran {3-Diamonds}

, improving the overpair to the winning trip queens. After that big exchange, Iversen has been knocked down a peg, sitting with 140,000 now.

Tags: Albert Iversen

06-21-2009 14:42 UTC-12

Champ KO'ed

[user75032]

English gold medal heavyweight boxing sensation Audley Harrison is down for the count. No details; we just saw him towering over the payout table for a minute before walking out the door.

06-21-2009 14:53 UTC-12

Glines Getting Richer

[user75032]

Life's good for Shawn "sprstoner" Glines. He watched one player open for 10,000 from early position before Chandrasekhar Billavara re-raised all in to 40,700. Glines looked down at {K-Clubs}

and re-raised to 70,400. The got everyone else to fold, giving Glines a chance to eliminate Billavara.

Glines: {K-Clubs}

Billavara: {6-Spades}

Glines flopped a completely unnecessary set, {5-Hearts}

, then sealed the deal with a blank on the turn. We can't even count Glines' chips right now, but the total has to be between 350,000 and 400,000.

Tags: Shawn Glines

06-21-2009 14:56 UTC-12

Baker, Baker

[user75032]

Amanda Baker just knocked out an opponent. She reraised to 24,000 after that player opened for 11,000. He called Baker's raise, then shipped his last 20,500 into the middle on a flop of {7-Spades}