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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Farmer Bursts the Bubble

The bubble has finally burst and the man with the unwanted tag of "bubble boy" is Shawn Farmer. After the big blind came around and ate him up, he was left with only 100 chips and tossed them into the pot after the button raised.

Button: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Farmer: {K-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and the pair of tens held up to eliminate Farmer from the tournament empty-handed, as the remaining 63 players pull out their cell phones in unison to message their friends and family of the good news - they are all $10,159 richer!

Tags: Shawn Farmer

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Heimiller Busts as Inselberg Fights On

Dan Heimiller Eliminated
Dan Heimiller Eliminated
Let the gambling commence! Now that we are safely in the money, the short stacks are looking to double up or die trying. David Inselberg moved all in from late position for 14,500 before Dan Heimiller moved in over the top for 43,500 in total. Kevin Boudreau then decided to call both players from the small blind and the cards were tabled.

Boudreau: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Heimiller: {a-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Inselberg: {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}

The flop was great to Boudreau, as it fell {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs} to give him a set but the {Q-Hearts} on the turn gave Inselberg a straight! The river brought the {8-Diamonds} and incredibly the short-stacked fight of Inselberg continues as he triples up while Heimiller is left to head for the cashier.

Tags: Dan HeimillerDavid InselbergKevin Boudreau

Illingworth Plays the Rush

Danny Illingworth has gone on a nice little rush, eliminating two players and surging towards the chip lead.

The first hand saw Illingworth flat call the check-raise of Calixto Clemenceau on a flop of {A-?}{9-?}{4-?}. On the {Q-?} turn, Clemenceau shoved all in and Illingworth insta-called with pocket aces to have Clemenceau drawing dead with his {Q-?}{J-?}.

A few moments later, Illingworth won a preflop race with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} against a short stack's {A-?}{Q-?} when the board ran out {7-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Illingworth eliminates another on his way to a stack of 500,000.

Tags: Calixto ClemenceauDanny Illingworth

Quads Are Tough to Beat

On a board of {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{A-Spades}, Christian Iacobellis check-raised his opponent all in for an additional 99,000 after an initial bet of 80,000. Iacobellis got the call and happily tabled {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} for quads while his opponent showed {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for two pair.

Even more cruel, the river brought the {A-Hearts}, giving the loser a full house.

Iacobellis is now sitting on a stack of more than 400,000.

Makhija Eliminated

Amit Makhija Eliminated
Amit Makhija Eliminated
With the board reading {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}, the action was with Amit Makhija who moved all in with Fabian Quoss making the call.

Makhija showed down {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for top pair, but trailed Quoss with the overpair holding {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. The river landed the {7-Hearts} and Makhija is eliminated in 53rd place as Quoss rakes in a big pot to move up to 690,000 chips.

Tags: Amit MakhijaFabian Quoss

Boudreau Takes a Beat

Kevin Boudreau made it 11,000 to go, and got re-raised to 38,000 by David Pham. Boudreau made the call and we saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs} before Boudreau check-raised all in after Pham led out for 50,000.

Pham called and showed {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} while Boudreau showed ace-jack and bricked out when the board came {7-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}. The hand left Boudreau with just 95,000 and Pham with 405,000.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

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