2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
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Dewey Tomko Eliminated

[user25067]
[user25067]
See you next year, Dewey
See you next year, Dewey
Dewey Tomko open-shoved for his remaining 17,000 and the small blind called. Tomko's {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} was racing with {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts}, but his opponent flopped a set on the {9-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {8-Diamonds} board to send Tomko home.

Tequila? Vodka? Soco and Lime?

donpeters
donpeters
With a little over an hour left on the clock for the final level of the day, Jason Young announced to the table that everyone needs to decide towards the end of the level what shots they want to take. He requested that everyone on the table take a shot.

"We all have to take shots. I don't care what it is, but we all have to take them. It's unlucky not to take them," he said. The table agreed and laughed. "Seriously, we all need to take shots. We take shots, the rail takes shots, and even the reporter can take a shot."

Tags: Jason Young

What Passes for Action in Orange

[user75032]
[user75032]
Action folded to Carlos Mortensen on the button. Mortensen put in a raise to 2,500 that was called by the big blind. Both players checked the {7-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} flop. When the turn came {Q-Clubs}, the big blind bet 2,000. Mortensen raised that bet the minimum, to 4,000, and earned himself a fold and the pot.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen

Hua Would He Double Him Up?

[user66118]
[user66118]
A short-stacked player opened with a raise to 9,700, and the action came to C.K. Hua. He went into the tank for a bit and eventually asked, "Do you have tens?" When he got no response, Hua moved all in, and the short stack called all in for his last ~22,000 total.

Hua tabled {8-Clubs} {8-Spades}, and his opponent was in good shape to double with {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}. When he saw the pocket eights, the player pumped his fist and let out several big cheers. He would do the same thing again when the board ran out clean for him: {7-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {10-Spades}. With his jacks holding up, the shorty gets a double up to 52,000 at the expense of C.K. Hua

Tags: C.K. Hua

Players in Orange are Drinking, Too

[user75032]
[user75032]
Over at Orange 63, the whole table has joined in on a round of beers. A few have also agreed that if anyone flops the nuts, that person will take a shot. With a half hour to go in the day, drinking a beer or two probably won't have much effect on the level of play.

Helppi Busts; Cloutier Surges

donpeters
donpeters
Juha Helppi woke up with pocket kings and did what most players would do: got all his money in preflop. Unfortunately for him, Eric Cloutier held a couple of rockets in the hole. The board ran out ten high to keep Cloutier's aces in the lead and bust Helppi.

Cloutier was mistakenly placed as the chip leader at the beginning of the day because of a misprint on his bag. Well, from that pot he is now making a push for a possible chip leader as we roll into the final 20 minutes of play.

Tags: Eric CloutierJuha Helppi

Kings Are Good for Farha

[user108095]
[user108095]
Four players, including Sammy Farha, limped into the pot and saw a flop of {3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Farha bet 3,000 and got one caller.

The turn brought the {9-Spades} and Farha bet 6,000. He got called again. When Farha bet 10,000 at the {2-Hearts} on the river, his opponent looked at the board and asked, "Are you trying to buy the pot?" Sammy just smiled and his opponent called.

When Sammy tabled {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}, his opponent visibly winced and mucked his cards.
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