2009 World Series of Poker

Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$692,658
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 655
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Kathy Liebert Crippled but Not Dead Yet

Kathy Liebert raised to 25,000 from middle position and Matthias Neu raised all in for 187,000 from the small blind.

Liebert tanked until the clock was called. Convinced she was racing, she made the call and proved herself correct.

Liebert: {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Neu: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

When the board came {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, Neu's nines held and he doubled to 374,000 while Liebert was left with just 10,000.

She got her small stack in a couple of hands later and tripled up when her {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs} out-flopped Alexander Turyansky's {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} on a board of {K-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{X}.

Liebert doubled yet again on the next hand when she rivered a straight with {7-?} {8-?} against Christian Iacobellis. She now has a stack around 55,000.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Sowers Kicks It Up a Gear

After being fortunate to still be alive in this tournament a short time ago, Mike Sowers has now kicked it up a gear after collecting a generous pot without showdown.

On a flop of {A-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, Faraz Jaka checked over to Olivier Busquet who fired 55,000. Sowers made the call in position, before Jaka check-raised to 165,000. Busquet folded as Sowers called once again.

The turn brought the {8-Clubs} and Jaka checked to Sowers, who moved all in forcing a fold from his opponent.

A strange sequence of betting but a great result for Sowers as he's now up to 730,000 chips.

Tags: Faraz JakaMike SowersOlivier Busquet

Iacobellis Doubles Again

Alexander Turyansky raised to 23,000 from middle position and Christian Iacobellis reraised to 81,000 from the cut-off. When Turyansky shoved, Iacobellis made the call.

Turyansky: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Iacobellis: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Turyansky couldn't find any help on a board of {3-Spades}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Iacobellis increased his chip stack to 554,000.