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

07-08-2009 16:15 UTC-12

The Champ and the Runner-Up

[user76023]

Joe Hachem, the 2005 champion has just found Paul Wasicka, the 2006 runner-up, sitting next to him in an interesting twist of fate.

Wasicka has more chips though; he's on 180,000 to Hachem's 115,000.

07-08-2009 16:12 UTC-12

Not Brown in the Dumps

[user76023]

Chad Brown is on 28,000 after calling a river bet on a {5-Diamonds}

board with just {K-Spades}

and being correct to do so as his opponent could only show {Q-Hearts}

.

07-08-2009 16:12 UTC-12

Good Call for Theo Tran

[user46392]

Theo Tran lost a fair chunk of his stack, but he's now back up to 118,000 after making an excellent call.

He raised under the gun and got three callers to see the {9-Clubs}

flop. Small blind Jennifer Harman, one of the callers, checked to Tran, who bet 10,000. This time he only got one call, from a gentleman in late position.

They both checked the {2-Hearts}

turn, and come the {8-Spades}

river, Tran checked. His opponent bet 17,000, and Tran called -- only for the bettor to insta-muck to Tran's {A-Clubs}

.

Tags: Theo Tran

07-08-2009 16:06 UTC-12

They're Wary of Esfandiari

Shamus

In his typical fashion, Antonio Esfandiari has been involved in many pots and seems to be having success today as the aggressor at his table. Recently he was involved in a hand in which the player under the gun raised to 3,500, it folded back to Esfandiari who called from the small blind, and the big blind got out of the way.

The flop came {A-Spades}

, and Esfandiari led with a bet of 4,200. His opponent called. Both checked the {10-Spades}

turn. The {J-Spades}

came on the river, and Esfandiari pushed out a bet of 22,000, prompting the fold.

Esfandiari is at 164,000.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

07-08-2009 16:02 UTC-12

King Rules Over Stacey

[user46392]

Carter King raised to 2,600 in early position and received a call from the gent to his left. It then folded around to Dwayne Stacey on the button, who made it 10,000 to got. King called, the first caller folded, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {J-Clubs}

King checked and Stacey bet 15,000. King called.

They proceeded to check down the {J-Spades}

turn and the {2-Hearts}

river -- and King's pocket queens were victorious against Stacey's {A-?}

.

King: up to 131,000
Stacey: down to 105,000

Tags: Carter King Dwayne Stacey

07-08-2009 15:55 UTC-12

Binger Drops, Doesn't Mind

[user46392]

Nick Binger has taken a smallish hit, after doubling up another player. The chips all went in preflop.

Binger: {A-Hearts}

All In Gentleman: {K-Spades}

Board:

A (for some reason) smiling Binger dips to 100,000.

Tags: Nick Binger

07-08-2009 15:52 UTC-12

Morgan Ends Day for Opponent

[user80015]

A short-stacked player pushed all in from the small blind and was called by Jordan Morgan.

Morgan: {Q-Hearts}

Opponent:

The board ran out {8-Hearts}

to see Morgan send his opponent to the rail as he chips up to 55,000 in chips.

07-08-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Lodden Gone

[user76023]

Johnny Lodden was eliminated just before the break after he made a move on a {K-?}

board with {J-Clubs}

but ran into another player's {K-?}

.

07-08-2009 15:50 UTC-12

Shuffling a Sold Out Crowd

Shamus

We've lost about 1,200 players so far from our massive Day 2b starting field of 2,924. Of course, it was that huge turnout on Day 1d — 2,809 players — that helped create today's large field. And, as we all have heard and read about, there were many more players who were unable to play this year's Main Event due to limited seating on Day 1d.

PokerNews' Gloria Balding recently sat down with WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack to address some of the issues and concerns that arose from Day 1d.

Tags: Jeffrey Pollack

07-08-2009 15:47 UTC-12

Whatever Gets It Done

Shamus

A player in early position raised to 3,100, then the player to his left pushed all in for 12,200. It folded around to Will Mitchell on the button. Mitchell produced his hand-lettered sign -- "HOMELESS PLEASE FOLD" -- then pushed his stack of 20,300 in the middle.

The blinds and original raiser followed the sign's directive, and the first all in player turned over his {9-Clubs}

. Mitchell showed {K-Hearts}