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Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,502,400
Total Entries
1,088
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,088
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By night's end, 20 players remained. The chip leaders heading into tomorrow's final day of play include Gregg Merkow, Angel Guillen, and Bahador Ahmadi. Roland de Wolfe and Kirill Gerasimov are also right in the thick of things with substantial stacks. And it appeared Phil Ivey, who already has one bracelet this summer, would be returning with a lot of chips as well, until a late hit to his stack leaves him the short stack when play resumes tomorrow.
Thanks for following today's coverage. And come back here to PokerNews for all of the action starting at 1 p.m. Vegas time tomorrow to see who of the final twenty emerges as our next bracelet winner.
In the last hand of the night, Motoyuki Mabuchi pushed all in with
and was up against Angel Guillen's 
. The flop came 
, and Mabuchi was suddenly a big underdog. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Mabuchi is out in 20th. Guillen ends the night 860,000.
and is called by Gregg Merkow holding 
.The flop came
, but a 
on the turn gave Schulte reason to smile.The smile was quickly wiped away as the
fell on the river, giving Merkow the better set.Matt Schulte is eliminated in 22nd place, earning $14,413.
, ahead of the of Ivey.The board came
and Switzer doubles up to 430,000. Ivey is left crippled with only 33,000.
. Hoang bet 38,000, Stammen raised to 98,000, Hoang reraised all in, and Stammen called.Hoang
Stammen
Hoang was hoping for a heart. The turn was the
and the river the 
, and Hoang is out in 23rd. Stammen is up to 710,000.
and after a check from Gerasimov, Ivey fired out 45,000. Gerasimov took his time before finally check raising all in. Ivey mucked his cards instantly and Gerasimov took it down.Phil Ivey - 250,000
Kirill Gerasimov - 300,000
In a side note to the action, there is a poker show being broadcast on a television about 15 feet directly behind Phil Ivey. One of the featured players? You guessed it, Ivey himself.
and Reily .An ace flopped --
-- and Reily was searching for one of the two kings. That search turned up empty, as the turn was the 
and the river the . Berube doubles up to 234,000, while Riley slips to 326,000.
and Merkow made a pot sized bet of 50,000. Lichtenberger moved in for about 100,000 more and feeling he was pot committed, Merkow called with only 
.Lichtenberger flipped over
.As a huge favorite, the young internet professional watched disaster unravel before his eyes as the board filled out
to give Merkow runner-runner straight.Lichtenberger hits the rail hard in 24th place while Merkow shoots up to 750,000.
