Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 2a | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-07-2009 18:00 UTC-12

Amarillo Slim Preston Eliminated

[user25067]

Holding

, Amarillo Slim tried to push his opponent off his hand, but the lad called with pocket nines. The nines held and Slim bid adieu to the 2009 World Series of Poker.

07-07-2009 18:09 UTC-12

All In and Ahead-lund

[user66118]

Peter Hedlund was getting low on chips, and the remaining ~24,000 of them went into the pot on a flop of {10-Hearts}

. His lone opponent didn't look too happy about it, but he made the call with {A-Spades}

. Hedlund was at risk but in the lead with {Q-Diamonds}

.

The turn bricked off with the {7-Clubs}

, and the

on the end locked up a double for Hedlund. He's back up to just over 50,000 now.

Tags: Peter Hedlund

07-07-2009 18:09 UTC-12

Edler Slips

[user108095]

Three players, including Bill Edler, each put 6,700 chips into the pot before a flop of {2-Diamonds}

.

Action folded to the cutoff who bet 9,500, inducing one fold and a check-call from Edler. Edler then checked the {A-Spades}

on the turn and went deep into the tank when his opponent moved all in for 36,000.

Calling would cost Edler most of his stack and, after a few minutes, he reluctantly mucked his hand. After he folded, one of the other players asked the cutoff to show his deuce. Edler responded, "That's what I had, but I had no kicker. He had to have a bigger deuce."

When all was said and done, Edler was left with 42,000 after the hand.

07-07-2009 18:18 UTC-12

Table of Death

[user66118]

As tables break, the field is being pared down and much of the dead weight is being eliminated. As the players get shuffled around, a few challenging tables have started coming together. Table 29 is certainly a candidate for toughest table in the tournament, probably the clear leader in that regard. Tom Schneider is the most-recent addition to the neighborhood, but the table was stacked before he ever moved in. Just look at this:

Seat 1: Shane Warne
Seat 3: Ludovic Lacay
Seat 6: Luca Pagano
Seat 7: Isaac Baron
Seat 8: Grant Levy
Seat 9: Tom Schneider

07-07-2009 18:19 UTC-12

Elezra Doubles but Still Remains Short

[user111541]

After a 2,600 raise from the cut off, Eli Elezra moved all in for about 7,000 from the small blind. His opponent made the call.

Elezra: {A-Diamonds}

Cut Off:

The board came {A-Hearts}

allowing Elezra to double up to 15,500.

Tags: Eli Elezra

07-07-2009 18:22 UTC-12

Farha Straightens Out an Opponent

[user108095]

Sammy Farha and his opponent got all in on a board of {K-Clubs}

Farha:

Opponent:

When the cards were shown, Farha's opponent was drawing dead and the {Q-Diamonds}

on the river was just an unnecessary needle on his way out the door. Farha is up to 72,000.

07-07-2009 18:25 UTC-12

Craig Gray Doubles

[user25067]

Craig Gray got the rest of his chips in before the flop and got one caller. Fortunately for Gray, he held {A-Spades}

while his rather unfortunate opponent showed {K-Spades}

. Gray's opponent was instantly drawing dead when the flop came down {A-Hearts}

making him quads.

The inconsequential turn and river cards fell the {4-Hearts}

and the

as Gray doubled up to 53,000.

07-07-2009 18:25 UTC-12

Dragan Galic Spends Some Time in the Tank

[user111541]

A player opened the pot for a 3,500 raise from early position and Dragan Galic reraised to 12,500. Fred Barat in the small blind then moved all in for 93,700. After a small amount of hesitation, the original raiser kicked it in.

Galic then proceeded to go into the tank for what seemed to be over five minutes. A player at the table called for a clock and when the floorman got to the scene he informed Galic he would have a minute to act on his hand.

With only five seconds left to go, Galic mucked his cards. Claiming to have pocket queens, the original raiser chimed in.

"I had pocket queens too. Which ones did you have?"

Galic refused to answer the question, and drops to 50,000.

Tags: Dragon Galic Fred Barat

07-07-2009 18:27 UTC-12

Code Orange

[user75032]

We're making some progress in breaking down the Day 2a Orange section. Orange has 39 tables in it. We're now down to 18, less than half of the original tables. As we walk through the remaining eighteen tables, it seems that Greg "FBT" Mueller is the chip leader on this side of the room. Mueller, who started the day with about 36,000 chips, hasn't faced much serious pressure from anyone at his table all day.

07-07-2009 18:32 UTC-12

Young Grinding Away

donpeters

Jason Young raised to 2,500 and one player called from the small blind. The action was checked all the way to the river on a board of {5-Hearts}

, when the small blind fired a bet of 2,000. Young tossed in the call.

"Queen high," announced the player.

Young rolled over {A-?}

for ace high and scooped the pot.

He also let the reporter know about an earlier hand where a player raised to 3,000 and after a call or two and a reraise to 16,000, Young shipped in his entire stack of about 90,000 after looking down at two aces. Everyone got out of the way, giving Young the pot.

He is currently sitting with around 130,000.

Tags: Jason Young