2009 World Series of Poker

Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$666,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,809,715
Entries
2,791
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Shaun Deeb Loses it All in Two Hands

We caught Shaun Deeb in the middle of a hand with Michael Pesek. On a flop of {10-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}, Pesek check-raised Deeb's 11,000 bet to 31,600. Deeb reraised all in and Pesek made the quick call showing {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} while Deeb turned over a semi-bluff with {7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. The {10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} didn't help Deeb's cause, and his stack fell to just 14,000.

On the next hand, Deeb got his remaining chips in preflop with {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and found himself ahead of the {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} of Rod Fani.

A flop of {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} was good news for Deeb, but the {10-Hearts} on the turn was not. When the {5-Spades} hit the river, Deeb headed for the rail.

Salinaro Joins Leaders

Mark Salinaro is now in a commanding position after getting his chips into the middle with pocket aces against an opponent's pocket kings.

Salinaro avoided a king on the board and is now in strong shape with 260,000 chips.

Tags: Mark Salinaro

Break

The players are now racing off the black 100-denomination chips before going on a scheduled 20-minute break.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Updated Chip Counts

There are more than a few stacks of 200,000 in the room at this point. Some of the biggest belong to these guys.

Michael Pesek - 210,000
Clint Miller - 205,000
Saranj Ahuja - 225,000
Qui Nguyen - 213,000

Kalb Doubles through Cantu

Brandon Cantu opened with a raise from the button and made a pot-committed call when Jacob Kalb moved all in for 20,500 from the big blind.

Cantu tabled {9-Spades}{7-Clubs} hoping for live cards but found himself dominated by the {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs} of Kalb.

The board was spread {8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and Kalb doubles through to 42,000 leaving Cantu still in good shape with 110,000.

Tags: Brandon CantuJacob Kalb

DeGeorge Wins Huge Race

In a huge preflop clash, Joe DeGeorge and Peter Cross committed their chips into the pot and found themselves in the classic race of pair versus overcards.

Cross was in the lead with his {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} but it didn't end that way as DeGeorge's {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} improved on the board of {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} to collect the pot with close to 300,000. After the hand Cross was left with 40,000.

Tags: Joe DeGeorge

Safieddine Doubles Up

Francois Safieddine pushed his last 22,500 chips into the middle preflop from the big blind and got one caller.

Safieddine showed {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds} while his opponent held {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. A flop of {6-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} helped Safieddne's cause as did the {J-Hearts} on the turn, giving him two pair. The {Q-Diamonds} on the river improved his hand even more, and Safieddne moved his stack to 65,000 with the winning flush.

Murphy Pads his Stack

Darren Grant raised to 10,500 from early position and Steve Murphy made the call from the big blind. Murphy then check-raised all in after Grant bet 20,000 on a flop of {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Grant made a pot committed call with {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and was hoping for just two outs against Murphy's {A-Spades}{5-Clubs}. They didn't come and the {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} gave Murphy the hand. He's now sitting on 84,000 while Grant has 82,000.