Level: 15
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
453
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 453
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Okay... here's that big hand we were alluding to that occurred just before the break -- a three-way all-in hand in the PLO round. On a flop of
, George Boyce raised pot, Alfredo Vega reraised all in, Bjorn Verbakel called with the rest of his stack, and Boyce called as well. (Vega had Boyce covered.)Vega
-- top setVerbakel
-- a Broadway wrapBoyce
-- a smaller wrap drawAh, Omaha. Gotta love it.
The turn was the
and the river the 
. Thanks to that river trey, Boyce wins the hand with his seven-high straight. He's now up to 180,000. Vega tumbles to 57,000. And Verbakel is out.Rob Hollink also was eliminated at the same time at another table -- not sure at the moment who is 32nd and who is 33rd, but both are paid the same: $6,293. We'll sort out the places momentarily.
After the break, the gray T100 chips will be colored up and raced off
The average chip stack is now close to 103,000. Amnon Filippi, Daniel Makowsky, and Cornel Cimpan continue to lead the way. We'll get complete updated counts on everybody during the upcoming break.
It folded to Chris Chang who raised to 6,000 from the button, and Jarred Solomon called from the big blind. The flop came
. Solomon checked, Chang bet 6,000 again, and Solomon called. The turn was the 
. This time Solomon bet 10,500, and Chang called.The river was the
. Solomon fired out 22,500, and Chang brooded a bit before folding pocket aces face up. "Good bluff, I guess," said Solomon cheekily.As it happens, both players are now right at 93,000.
With just about 20,000 chips in the pot preflop, Jamie Pickering and David Arfa saw a flop of
. On seeing those cards fall, Pickering quickly moved all in for his final 14,500 chips. Arfa called just as quickly.Showdown
Pickering:
Arfa:
Arfa had flopped two pair, and Pickering was pretty much looking for a heart or a jack to survive. The turn and river both came down blank though, as the
and 
did nothing to improve Pickering. After losing his final pot of the day, Jamie is out in 34th place.
With the board showing
, Rohit Bhasin checked, and Jonas Entin bet 6,000. Bhasin deliberated for some time, then check-raised all in. Entin called immediately.Bhasin showed
for kings and jacks, but Entin had 
for nines full. The river was the 
, and Bhasin is out in 36th, earning $6,293.
That's where the 2-7 Lowball event is running, and it's heads up for the bracelet. One of the players left is relative unknown John Monnette, while the other one is slightly more commonplace in the poker world. Phil Ivey is on the verge of capturing his sixth gold bracelet, now with a commanding lead over his opponent.
From what we understand, a number of players have hefty side action with Ivey about winning a bracelet this year. Every five minutes or so, someone comes up to the media area and nervously inquires about Ivey. Over in the Mixed Game room, dozens of players are following along via Twitter, Facebook, online broadcasts, word of mouth, and any other means they can find to scrounge up information, paying more attention to Ivey's game than their own.
Once that thing wraps up, we expect the quality of play to shoot up dramatically.
Craig Boyd got the last of his chips in preflop with
-- some straight potential there, to go along with the high cards. He was facing Chris Chang's 
-- big pair, a flush possibility, and an outside chance at Broadway.The flop came
, and Boyd was momentarily in front with two pair. But the turn was the case king -- the -- and now Boyd was behind Chang's set of kings. The river was the .Boyd is out in 37th, the last one to earn $5,074. The next nine players eliminated will earn $6,293.
