Brock Parker Eliminated
Brock Parker was all in against Todd Brunson. Parker held a pair of jacks against Brunson's pair of kings and was eliminated from the event.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 42 - $2,500 Mixed Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
412
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Brock Parker was all in against Todd Brunson. Parker held a pair of jacks against Brunson's pair of kings and was eliminated from the event.
Don't Trai It
Trai Dang brought it in with the
, Keith Lehr called with the 
, and the table folded. Fourth street brought Dang the 
and Lehr the 
. Lehr bet, and Dang called. Fifth brought Lehr the 
, pairing his board, while Dang got the 
. This time Dang folded to Lehr's bet, and Lehr showed his down cards -- two aces.
Lehr is off to a good start, up to 42,500 now. Dang has 18,000.
Luske Doubles
Marcel Luske was all in against Sebastien Sabic on fifth street. Here's how the boards ran out:
Luske: (
) 
Sabic: (
) 
"Ahh, I took your king." said Luske to Sabic after revealing his seventh and final card. He'd be out if the final cards were switched, but that wasn't the case and Luske successfully doubled to nearly 15,000 chips. Sabic was left with 22,350.
Gettin' His Bloch Knocked Off
Andy Bloch was just eliminated from the tournament on a hand of razz. Bloch made a nine low with
. His opponent pulled a seven low with 
to eliminate him from the tournament.
Transparent Cut Cards
The floor quickly got a new cut card and replaced the bad one. Nick Frangos chimed in, "What about us? Ours is bad as well." The staff then replaced their cut card as well and hopefully no advantages were gained.
Tims Takes One
Another O/8 hand. Don't worry... we'll be getting to the other games here soon enough.
With the board showing
and Richard Sklar already all in, Jeff Tims bet, and Daniel Negreanu folded somewhat disgustedly. "This is getting ridiculous," said Negreanu as he tossed his cards to the dealer.Tims showed
for the nut flush, and Sklar is out. Tims has 39,000 now while Kid Poker is at about 15,000.
Mercier Chops to Hang In There
Jason Mercier reraised from the button after a player opened with a raise from middle position. Mercier's opponent then four-bet to get Mercier all in. Mercier made the call.
Showdown
Mercier:
Opponent:
The flop came down
and Mercier began rising from his seat as his opponent flopped the wheel. "Five on the turn for a chop." said one of the other players at the table.Just like that, the
was placed on the felt for the turn card and Mercier sat back down in his chair. The river was the . It wasn't a normal high-low chop, but it was a chop good enough keep Mercier in the tournament.
Binger Bounces Potter
Michael Binger and Jason Potter capped the betting after a
flop, then Potter was all in dark for the turn card, and Binger called.Binger showed
and Potter 
. The river was the 
, giving Binger Broadway and affording no low hand. Potter is out, and Binger is up to 34,000.
E-Tay Loses One to Tuan
On a board of
, Esther "E-Tay" Taylor fired a bet and Tuan Le called. The river was the 
and this time E-Tay checked. Le tossed out a bet and E-Tay took a few moments with her decision. She elected to call in the end and was shown a full house as Le turned up 
.
Filippi's Chippies
That overnight count for Amnon Filippi was incorrect -- he's on the short stack with 9,000 to start today (not 90,000). Just now he had a lot of that stack in the middle in an O/8 hand versus Eric Tomberlin with the board showing
.Tomberlin showed
for a set of aces and an 8-4-3-2-A low. Filippi had for fours and deuces and a better 6-5-4-2-A low. They chopped, and Filippi remains around 9,000 while Tomberlin is at 17,000.