2009 World Series of Poker

Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
123
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♣j♠
Prize
$506,786
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,502,400
Entries
1,088
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1088

Table Captain Kirk

In this battle-of-the-blinds hand, some preflop action had built up a modest-sized pot when the flop came {K-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. Ron Kirk -- who probably has about twenty years or more on most of his tablemates -- checked from the small blind, his opponent bet 5,000 from the big blind, then Kirk check-raised him to 22,000. The BB quickly folded.

"He was in every hand yesterday," said a player from across the table as the bespectacled Kirk wordlessly dragged the pot. "He doesn't play standard old guy poker."

Kirk is up to 96,000.

Tags: Ron Kirk