Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-07-2009 09:53 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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Two more big names have left the Brasilia Room. Andy Black and Erick Lindgren have both been eliminated from Day 2.

06-07-2009 09:53 UTC-12

Erik Seidel is one of the big names in the poker world and he's looming as a giant force in this tournament after recently sending an opponent to the rail.

We caught the action on a flop of {10-Spades}

where Seidel called the all in shove of his opponent.

Seidel tabled {7-Diamonds}

for a set as his opponent revealed {J-?}

for top pair and gutshot straight draw.

The turn was the {4-Clubs}

and river the {6-Hearts}

and Seidel takes down a very nice pot to move up to 130,000 chips.

Tags: Erik Seidel

06-07-2009 10:02 UTC-12

Benefield Eliminates a Player

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We caught this hand in progress when David Benefield had bed out on a flop of {10-Spades}

. He got re-raised to 9,000 by Steve Landfish. Benefield re-raised to 18,000 and Landfish shoved. Benefield made the call and the hands were shown.

Benefield: {J-Spades}

Landfish:

When the board completed {8-Clubs}

, Benefield's straight held up and he collected 64,000 additional chips, bringing his stack to nearly 130,000.

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-07-2009 10:09 UTC-12

Dragon Breathes Some Fire

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David Pham raised to 3,600 from early position with Shawn Farmer making the call in the small blind.

They saw a flop of {A-Hearts}

and Farmer led out confidently for 5,000 however Pham fought back with a raise to 16,500 to send Farmer into the tank. Clearly at pain with the decision he stood and anguished for many minutes.

"Is this it David? This will be a huge laydown..." pondered Farmer. He still couldn't reach a decision and the clock was called. As the seconds ticked down Farmer finally mucked {A-Clubs}

face up on the table.

Pham collected the pot and flashed {K-Hearts}

for a big draw. "The Dragon" is up to around 110,000 chips.

Tags: David Pham Dragon

06-07-2009 10:12 UTC-12

Medic Doubles Up

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We caught this hand in progress when Nenad Medic called a bet of 10,800 on a flop of {10-Hearts}

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Medic's opponent check-raised all in after Medic bet 17,700 on the turn of {6-Clubs}

, and Medic made the call, turning over {7-Diamonds}

for a set. His opponent showed {K-Spades}

and couldn't improve when the {A-Hearts}

fell on the river.

Medic now has 170,000.

06-07-2009 10:15 UTC-12

Players Down

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We have recently lost both Michael Gracz and Captain Tom Franklin from today's action.

06-07-2009 10:17 UTC-12

Ram Jam Thank You Ma'am

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Victor Ramdin has found a much needed double up to give himself a little breathing room. Clark Hamagami opened with a raise from the button before Ramdin moved all in for an additional 10,800 from the big blind. Hamagami made the call.

Hamagami: {J-Diamonds}

Ramdin:

The board ran out {A-Spades}

and with two pair on board the kicker of Ramdin played to take it down. He's back to 28,500 chips.

Tags: Clark Hamagami Victor Ramdin

06-07-2009 10:23 UTC-12

Kostritsyn Represents Rockets, But Rolled Out The Door By Pham

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We didn't catch the preflop betting action, but from all reports it was a pretty intense series of raises between Alexander Kostritsyn and David Pham which led to Kostritsyn moving all in and Pham considering a fold with his {K-Spades}

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"You have aces?" quizzed Pham of his opponent. He eventually made the call and Kostritsyn could only muster up {7-Hearts}