Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-01-2009 13:07 UTC-12

Shaun Deeb Takes Huge Pot

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A player under the gun made it 7,500 and Shaun Deeb called from the cut off.

The flop came {10-Hearts}

and the player under the gun bet 15,000. Deeb raised to 43,100 and his opponent moved all in ofr 156,000. Deeb made the call.

Under the gun player: {A-Diamonds}

Shaun Deeb: {Q-Diamonds}

The board filled out {10-Hearts}

. Deeb takes down the huge pot with pocket queens and moves to 480,000.

Tags: Shaun Deeb

07-01-2009 13:11 UTC-12

Hieu Luu raised from late position and Rui Cao reraised from the button. Action folded back around to Luu who reraised. Cao put in a fifth bet and Luu smooth called.

Before the flop, Luu announced all in. Cao called dark.

Luu: {K-?}

Cao:

The board brought no relief to Luu, eliminating him from the tournament.

Cao extends his chip lead to 715,000.

Tags: Rui Cao

07-01-2009 13:19 UTC-12

Eugene Katchalov Takes A Hand With Jacks

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Phil Hellmuth raised to 8,500 from under the gun and the button moved all in for 36,400. Eugene Katchalov smooth called from the small blind and Hellmuth got out of the way.

Small Blind: {10-Clubs}

Katchalov: {J-Clubs}

The board came {A-Hearts}

allowing Katchalov's pocket jacks to hold up.

Katchalov - 270,000
Hellmuth - 275,000

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

07-01-2009 13:26 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations: 73rd - 78th Place ($10,163)

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73rd - Jonas Entin
74th - Daniel Schreiber
75th - Jeff Coutroulis
76th - Hieu Luu
77th - Voitto Rintala
78th - Lex Veldhuis

Tags: Lex Veldhuis

07-01-2009 13:30 UTC-12

Rory Matthews Doubles Through Shannon Shorr

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After a flop of {Q-Spades}

Rory Matthews bet 15,000 from late position and Shannon Shorr made it 45,000 to go from the button. Matthews called.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

and after a check from Matthews, Shorr moved all in for about 255,000. Matthews called for his last 191,000.

Matthews: {Q-Clubs}

Shorr:

The river is a blank in the {3-Clubs}

allowing Rory Matthews to double through Shannon Shorr with his pair of nines.

Matthews - 610,000
Shorr - 63,000

07-01-2009 13:33 UTC-12

Lee Childs Eliminated

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Action folded around to the small blind who raised; Lee Childs then moved all in from the big blind for around 50,000. His opponent called.

Small Blind: {10-Hearts}

Childs:

Childs found himself racing for his tournament life as the board ran out {A-Hearts}