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2009 Aruba Poker Classic
$5,500 Aruba Poker Classic Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Aruba Poker Classic
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,303,750
Entries
475
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Youngin'
. The woman who had limp-called made a bet of 1,000 and Young raised to 2,800. The woman made the call.The turn brought the
and action was checked to Young. He fired 3,600, but couldn't shake his opponent.The
hit the felt on the river and it was up to the woman first. She elected to bet out 6,000. Young took a moment before asking how much she had behind. After getting an approximate count, Young moved all in for 22,600. The lady folded her hand to which Young tabled 
. He is now up to 40,000.
Zeitlin Zaps Smith
between two players over on Table 18. David Zeitlin was acting out of the small blind and fired a bet of 700 with only one opponent, Gavin Smith. Smith was in the big blind and made the call.The river brought the
and Zeitlin fired 2,050. Smith made the call, but mucked after Zeitlin tabled 
. Smith dropped to 30,000 while that pot moved Zeitlin up to 27,000.
Michelle Moves All In
. The all-in bet was for about 10,000, pretty close to the size of the pot. Her opponent asked if she wanted a call. Michelle didn't respond. "I know I have an out." he continued, but still no response. Finally, the player gave up on the hand and allowed Michelle to scoop in the pot.She's now up to 21,000 chips.
Bellande Picking Up Chips
. Bellande fired 4,000 and this sent the first player into the tank. He thought about about two minutes before making the call. The next player quickly folded.The turn brought the
and the first player passed to Bellande again. Bellande fired 8,000 and this time the player immediately folded his hand. With that pot, Bellande was able to move back up to 60,000 chips.
Adios, Annie
Annie Duke has had the worst of luck today, picking up pocket aces seven times in the first three levels, yet finding her stack sliding fairly steadily all day. According to her table, Annie flopped two pair in a multi-way pot in what would be her final hand, finding herself up against a set and unable to catch up.
Rice Caught Bluffing After Missing a Big Draw
and Rice fired out 2,625. Smith took his time, studying Rice and the board while in the tank, and then made the call."I flopped big." announced Rice, but turned over just five high with
. He did indeed flop a big draw, but was unable to hit any of his outs. Smith tabled 
for a pair of nines and raked in the pot to move back up to 20,000 chips.
Cantu Can't Bully His Opponent
. After the big blind checked, the preflop raiser fired a continuation bet of 1,600. Cantu jacked the action up with a raise to 4,525. The big blind silently folded and then the player took some time to go over his decision.The result was an all-in reraise from Cantu's opponent to make it approximately 12,000 total. Cantu looked disgusted as he checked his hand once more before flinging it towards the muck pile. Cantu dropped to 24,500.
Bye, Bye, Boeree
Mike "WiscoMurry" Murry opened the pot with a raise to 525 before Boeree popped it up to 2,000. When the player behind her re-raised again, she moved all in for just over 7,000. Her opponent called with pocket queens, putting Liv and her pocket tens at risk of elimination.
The board ran out blanks, and Boeree's day is done. Since we didn't have a chance to mention her so far, here's a picture of Ms. Boeree for your enjoyment.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25