Event 50 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-27-2009 13:12 UTC-12

Highlights from Tables #245 & #246

Shamus

Table #245 (five-handed): Keith Ray and Brian Goddard are battling for the chip lead with about 100,000 each, while Johnny Nekar is short with 42,000.

Table #246 (five-handed): David Williams has the chip lead with 110,000, while Jeffrey Boudreau and Sam Hiatt are both low with about 40,000.

06-27-2009 13:07 UTC-12

Two Pair on Flop Mmm Mmm Good for Campbell

Shamus

Robert Campbell just knocked out James Buckley. The last of Buckley's chips went in the middle after an A-10-x flop. Buckley had {A-Hearts}

, but Campbell held {A-Diamonds}

for two pair. The turn and river bricked out for Buckley, and he's the third player eliminated from Table #246.

06-27-2009 13:04 UTC-12

Highlights from Tables #249 & #250

Shamus

Table #249 (six-handed): All are bunched fairly tightly, with Norman Michaud enjoying a slight chip advantage with about 55,000 at the moment.

Table #250 (seven-handed): Kyle Ray and Ben Ponzio are both leading the way with more than 80,000; Jeffrey Siegal and Millie Shiu are low with about 20,000.

06-27-2009 12:58 UTC-12

Highlights from Tables #243 & #244

Shamus

Table #243 (seven-handed): Joep Van Den Bijgaart has the big chip lead with 120,000; after Scott Kittle's knock-out, Dan Heimiller is the new short stack with about 15,000.

Table #244 (seven-handed): Andreas Hoivold and Roman Ginzburg have most of the chips at the moment, each above 80,000. Nick Binger and Shawn Buchanan are low with about 11,000 each.

06-27-2009 12:53 UTC-12

Hiatt Over Haakenson

Shamus

After a flop of {9-Spades}

, Erik Haakenson was all in with the last of his chips with {A-Hearts}

against Sam Hiatt's {J-Spades}

. The turn was the {4-Spades}

, giving Hiatt the flush and making the {7-Hearts}

river inconsequential.

Hiatt is back up to 43,000, below the average at his now six-handed table.

Tags: Erik Haakenson Sam Hiatt

06-27-2009 12:50 UTC-12

Kittle Out, Van Den Bijgaart Leading

Shamus

A short-stacked Scott Kittle was just knocked out by Joep Van Den Bijgaart. Van Den Bijgaart is way up to 120,000 now, the big leader at Table #243.

06-27-2009 12:47 UTC-12

Highlights from Tables #247 & #248

Shamus

Table #247 (eight-handed): Greg "FBT" Mueller in the lead with 85,000; Tom Schneider has come back, chipping up to 41,000; Michael Byrne the short stack with 10,000

Table #248 (seven-handed): David Plastik has the lead with 83,000; Lap-Ki Wan the short stack with 20,000.

06-27-2009 12:47 UTC-12

Dwek Knocks Out Two

Shamus

Benjamin Dwek just eliminated two players on successive hands at Table #246. The first to go was Alan Snow. Then James Geary went out when Dwek's pocket eights held up against Geary's {K-Spades}

after Geary was all in before the flop.

Dwek is up over 50,000 now.

06-27-2009 12:35 UTC-12

Kim KOed

Shamus

Steve Kim was just knocked out by Brian Goddard, making Kim the third person to go from Table #245. Keith Ray has the chip lead over there with about 65,000 with five players left.

Tags: Steve Kim