2009 World Series of Poker

Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$633,335
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
275
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

Michiel Brummelhuis Eliminated in 21st Place ($24,066)

Michiel Brummelhuis - 21st Place
Michiel Brummelhuis - 21st Place
Just before the break, we lost the man who owned this tournament for about the last 24 hours.

Michiel Brummelhuis got the rest of his chips in with {A-Hearts} {8-Spades} after having been whittle down to the short stack. J.C. Alvarado was his would-be knocker-out with {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} in the big blind.

The board ran {3-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. With his ace-king kicker holding up, Alvarado took care of Brummelhuis in 21st place.

Tags: J.C. AlvaradoMichiel Brummelhuis

The John Kabbaj Show: Stammen and Kenney Out in 23rd and 22nd ($24,066)

Keven Stammen - 23rd Place
Keven Stammen - 23rd Place
Under the gun, Keven Stammen opened with a raise. John Kabbaj re-raised to 150,000. Bryn Kenney then moved all in for 278,000 from the big blind. Stammen called all in for his last ~100,000, and Kabbaj called as well to put both opponents at risk!

Showdown
Stammen: {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}
Kabbaj: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
Kenney: {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}

The flop ran out ragged to keep Stammen in the lead: {5-Spades} {2-Clubs} {8-Clubs}. The turn was not so kind though; the {A-Hearts} struck the board, all but locking up the pot for Kabbaj. Indeed, the blank {9-Clubs} on the end sealed the fate of both all-in players.

The chip leader just minutes ago, Kenney will take 22nd place by virtue of having more chips than Stammen at the start of the hand. It's irrelevant apart from bragging rights though as both men will pocket $24,066 as their consolation prize.

Kabbaj is running over this field now. He has 1,650,000, a full 20% of the chips in play!

Tags: Bryn KenneyJohn KabbajKeven Stammen

Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier in Eliminated 24th Place ($24,066)

Luke  Staudenmaier - 24th Place
Luke Staudenmaier - 24th Place
In a three way all in preflop pot, Luke Staudenmaier and Kirill Gerasimov were both at risk against Keven Stammen.

Staudenmaier: {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Gerasimov: {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}
Stammen: {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}

The board came {7-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} pairing Gerasimov's ace on the river. Luke Staudenmaier is eliminated on the hand and Stammen takes a big hit.

Gerasimov - 570,000
Stammen - 100,000
Staudenmaier - 24th place

Tags: Keven StammenKirill GerasimovLuke Staudenmaier

Holy Action!

John Kabbaj
John Kabbaj
Bryn Kenney started this monstrous pot with a raise to 28,000 from early position. Action came around to the big blind, and John Kabbaj reraised to 83,000. Kenney wasn't going anywhere. He made the third raise to 163,000 and Kabbaj came right back with a fourth raise to 323,000. Kenney then moved all in for more than 800,000! Kabbaj called, putting a pot of more than 1.2 million up for grabs!

Showdown
Kenney: {K-Clubs} {K-Spades}
Kabbaj: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}

It was a disaster for Kenney, and the board would provide no help. It came {8-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {2-Spades} {5-Hearts}, dry like the desert wind. Kenney surrenders his chip lead, plummeting all the way back to 200,000. It works the other way for Kabbaj as he has skyrocketed to a commanding chip lead with 1,250,000, twice as much as his nearest rival!

Tags: Bryn KenneyJohn Kabbaj

Alvarado Leaves Lennaard Second Guessing Himself

After a flop of {Q-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds}, Ken Lennaard checked from the small blind and then called a 12,000 bet from J.C. Alvarado in the big blind.

The turn brought the {A-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The river was the {9-Spades}, and Lennaard took the lead by betting 30,000. Alvarado reraised to 100,000.

Lennaard paused to think about his decision. He decided to pass and mucked {A-Spades} {10-Hearts} face up on the table.

Alvarado showed one card - {2-Clubs}

Tags: J.C. AlvaradoKen Lennaard

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0