Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-06-2009 17:20 UTC-12

Ping Out, Merkow on the Move

Torrey Reily raised to 15,000 from late position, then Gregg Merkow reraised to 60,000 from the small blind. Peter Ping pushed all in from the big blind for less than Merkow's bet, and Reily got out of the way.

Ping showed {A-Clubs}

and Merkow {Q-Clubs}

. The board came {7-Diamonds}

, and Ping is out. Merkow is up to 185,000.

Tags: Gregg Merkow Peter Ping

06-06-2009 17:22 UTC-12

Glines Surves Up a Bad Beat

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After a series of preflop raises, Shawn Glines finds himself all in with {A-Spades}

against the {Q-Hearts}

of Andrew Lichtenberger.

The flop came clean, {J-Clubs}

but things got interesting on the turn when the {J-Spades}

hit, putting two spades on board.

The river brought the {8-Spades}

giving Glines the flush and the pot. He reacted with nothing more than a count down of his chips as Lichtenberger sat silent.

After the hand Glines doubles up to over 240,000 while Lichtenberger drops to 148,000

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Shawn Glines

06-06-2009 17:25 UTC-12

Sousa on the March

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Seemed like just another innocuous blind-versus-blind hand. Then it quickly escalated into what was likely the biggest pot of the tourney thus far.

The table folded around to Todd Terry in the small blind who put in a raise, then Philip Sousa responded with a reraise, and soon all 500,000 chips the pair had between them were in the middle. Terry had {Q-Hearts}

, and Sousa {J-Diamonds}

.

The board came {8-Clubs}

...

! That jack on the river sent Terry home in 51st place, and Sousa to the top of the leaderboard.

Tags: Philip Sousa

06-06-2009 17:38 UTC-12

All In Insanity

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Over the past few minutes there have been three huge hands that have occurred, resulting in big stacks and eliminations.

First, An "The Boss" Tran moved all in on a eight-high flop with pocket jacks, running into the pocket kings of Shawn Glines. Kings held up eliminating Tran and allowing Glines to chip up again, moving to over 400,000.

Next, Matt Brady open shoved 85,000 from the button with {8-Clubs}

and was called by Andrew Lichtenberger's {K-Diamonds}

. The flop kept Brady's pair safe, but runner-runner straight gave Lichtenberger the pot, eliminating Brady.

Finally, Javier Etayo was all in with {K-Spades}

against the {A-Spades}

of Jochen Dickinger. The flop brought an ace and Etayo couldn't catch up. Dickinger takes the huge pot and moves into the chip lead with 530,000.

06-06-2009 17:51 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations (46th - 54th)

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The following players have been eliminated from the tournament earning $8,458 each:

46th - Javier Etayo
47th - Matt Brady
48th - Jonathon Plens
49th - An Tran
50th - Kenneth Jones
51st - Todd Terry
52nd - Eric Mutrie
53rd - Robert McLaughlin
54th - Ron Linden

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

06-06-2009 17:55 UTC-12

Kirk Not Done Yet

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Ron Kirk, down to 25,500, pushed all in from early position, and it folded back around to Svetlana Gromenkova. She had about 110,000, and decided to make the call, turning over {8-Clubs}