Event 9 - $1,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-04-2009 09:47 UTC-12

Chips On Loan

MarcC

Peter Gould is up to 140,000 after busting a player. I caught up with him as he was moving tables and he told me he lost lost a pot to this guy holding pocket queens to his ace-ten that caught up. But then he called a raise from the same player with {7-?}

and flop came {5-?}

. All the chips went in but his opponent's {A-?}

was no good.

06-04-2009 09:52 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

[user75032]

The following players have been eliminated and will each receive $3,305:

Chase Steely
Troy LaPointe
Todd Witteles
James Maguire

These players have also been eliminated and will receive $3,664:

Mark Busch
Jared Banks
Robert Ford

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-04-2009 10:13 UTC-12

How Do You Lose 120k in 60mins?

MarcC

We're not sure either but Cody Slaubaugh has just busted in 86th place for $3,664. He started the day with 120,000 but just busted as the level went up. We don't have the details and after a guy has just lost a top ten stack in an hour it's probably best not to ask him!

06-04-2009 10:15 UTC-12

No Luck Yet for Chen

[user75032]

Everyone's favorite cheery American, Bill Chen, isn't having the best time of it today. Sitting in the big blind, Chen called a small raise from the small blind player and took a heads-up flop of {j-Clubs}

. The small blind followed up his pre-flop raise with a bet of 6,800 on the flop. Chen called.

Chen carefully studied his opponent as the turn fell {2-Spades}

. After twenty seconds, that player made a bet of approximately 15,000. Before the dealer could even count down the bet, Chen folded.

"I believed you the second time," said Chen. He's currently sitting behind 37,000 in chips.

Tags: Bill Chen

06-04-2009 10:17 UTC-12

Awada Moving the Right Way

MarcC

The turn had just been dealt giving us a {7-Diamonds}

board. Joe Awada is on the button and calls a 3,700 bet from the BB before the river comes {5-Diamonds}

. This time the BB bets out for 7,700 and a after a short tank Awada calls and shows {A-Hearts}

prompting the BB to fold.

Awada on 65,000 now.

06-04-2009 10:22 UTC-12

Maximum Value for Minaya

[user75032]

Sometimes it's tough to get value out of your big hands. Manny Minaya had no such issues when he was dealt {K-Clubs}

. He opened for 4,200 from middle position and must have been pleased to see the big blind, Kyle Zartman, re-raise to 14,500.

When action passed back to Minaya, he shipped his whole stack into the middle. Zartman had about 40,000 behind his initial raise and tanked for a minute before calling all in with {Q-Clubs}

. A jack-high board ensured his exit from the tournament. Minaya, meanwhile, is up to 190,000.

Tags: Kyle Zartman Manny Minaya

06-04-2009 10:41 UTC-12

Aiyah!

[user75032]

Jeremiah Smith could only grimace and shake his head. He did everything right but didn't win the pot. On a three-way flop of {10-Diamonds}

, Smith bet 7,000 after the big blind checked. His other opponent, the player in the cutoff seat, raised to 26,800, folding the big blind. Once Smith got a count on the raise, he moved all in. His opponent snap-called to a showdown.

Smith: {A-Diamonds}

Opponent:

"Pair the board please," Smith's opponent asked the dealer. He didn't get his wish on the {3-Spades}

turn, but he did with the {10-Spades}

river. Smith's stack has been cut in half.

Tags: Jeremiah Smith

06-04-2009 10:58 UTC-12

Lacay Doubles

[user75032]

We missed the initial action at Ludovic Lacay's table but we saw the final result. Lacay's stack of 37,400 was in the middle with {6-Diamonds}

against an opponent's {A-Diamonds}

.

Since we've stricken the phrase "classic flip" from our bag of poker writer tricks, we'll say instead that both players had roughly the same chance to win the hand. It was Lacay who came out on top. He flopped a set, {6-Spades}