2009 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠10♦
Prize
$569,199
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,646
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No More Mercier

Looking into the abyss
Looking into the abyss
Oh oops. Jason Mercier, running so incredibly well up until now, is bust.

Almost all the chips went in in a blind-on-blind confrontation with Jose Rosenkrantz, Rosenkrantz in the small blind and Mercier in the big.

Rosenkrantz: {9-Clubs} {9-Spades}
Mercier: {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}

Board: {J-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {K-Spades} {8-Clubs}

This put Rosenkrantz up to 340,000 and left Mercier with... 2,000. Yup, that's one third of a big blind. He more than tripled up next hand with {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades} against {Q-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}, but his {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts} came a cropper the hand after that to a gent holding pocket sixes. Thus ends the excellent run of Jason Mercier.

Tags: Jason Mercier

Gray Day for Jason

Jason Gray is no more, his pocket fives no match for Chris Taylor's pocket nines, with absolutely no help for anyone from the board.

With that, and with a few other bits and pieces here and there, Taylor seems to have snuck the chip lead with 415,000.

Monstrious Three-Way All-In Craziness

Here's some craziness for you.

Scott Hall opened for 16,000 in mid position and got looked up by both Zachary Weiler on the cutoff and Terry Stewart in the small blind. They saw a flop.

Flop: {K-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {4-Hearts}

Stewart checked to Hall, who bet 19,500. Over to Weiler, who raised all in for 135,000 -- then back to Stewart, who re-shoved -- and back to Hall, who called all in for 158,500. Hurrah! Bloggers and railers love this sort of thing.

Hall: {4-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} for a set
Weiler: {K-Clubs} {6-Clubs} for top pair and not much more
Stewart: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} for top pair and a flush draw

Turn: {Q-Spades}
River: {10-Spades}

Thus Weiler is bust, Stewart drops down to 116,000, and Hall is our new chip daddy on 465,000.

Martin Doubles Up

Kenny Hicks has dropped down to 75,000 after doubling up Eddylee Martin.

Hicks raised from the cutoff and then called the push from Martin in the big blind. He failed to bink, and Martin is up to 230,000.

Hicks: {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}
Martin: {K-Clubs} {K-Spades}

Board: {2-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {6-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {4-Spades}

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Very Little of Note Is Happening

The breaktime coffees and/or Red Bulls and strange blue sodas have not done the job we hoped they would -- if anything, play has tightened up more. Perhaps it's the late hour, perhaps it's the thought of the big money approaching, but players have on the whole been reticent to stick their chips in the middle where the rest of us know they belong.

Barely a handful of players have managed to bust themselves out during this session, and all hope of making final table tonight is gently evaporating into the air-conditioned atmosphere of the Amazon Room.
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