Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-10-2009 17:25 UTC-12

Parker Retakes Control

Shamus

Brock Parker raised to 200,000 from the button, and Joe Serock reraised to 525,000. Parker deliberated for about 30 seconds, then pulled out a large stack of green chips, pushing them forward -- a reraise of 1 million more. Serock sat back with a sheepish grin, then folded.

Parker is now up over 5 million, while Serock has slipped below 3 million.

06-10-2009 17:23 UTC-12

Joe Has Difficult Brockface To Scale

[user76023]

Serock raises to 150,000 and Parker calls. The flop is {K-Spades}

and Parker quickly folds to a Serock continuation bet.

Parker raises the next hand and wins without even a flop.

Serock raises to 200,000 from the button which interesting as he's always been raising to 150,000 before but Parker calls anyway.

The flop of {8-Clubs}

goes check check, as does the {Q-Hearts}

on the turn. The river is the {5-Diamonds}

and Parker bets 250,000 and Serock folds very quickly.

Slowly Parker is edging away with this...

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

06-10-2009 17:18 UTC-12

A Few More Chips Off the Old Brock

Shamus

The last two hands of the level saw Joe Serock get a little bit more back from Brock Parker.

In the first, Serock raised to 150,000 from the small blind/button, and Brock Parker called. The flop came {7-Clubs}

. Parker checked, Serock made the continuation bet, and Parker let it go.

The second saw Serock call Parker's preflop raise, then bet out 100,000 on the {7-Diamonds}

flop, forcing Parker to fold.

06-10-2009 17:07 UTC-12

Serock Gains Some Ground Back

[user76023]

Four consecutive hands of button raising end-up with both players on the same amount of chips. Finally on the 5th hand, Serock gets a walk.

Serock raises to 150,000 and Parker calls. The flop is {2-Clubs}

and Parker leads for 225,000. Serock makes the call and they see a {J-Clubs}

turn, Parker checks and now Serock decides to bet 420,000 and Parker quickly folds.

Serock allows himself the first little smile in a while since he hadn't taken a decent pot down postflop for several hands.

06-10-2009 17:02 UTC-12

Bullish Brock

Shamus

Both players continue to play with the same expressionless demeanors they've carried since we began at noon. Brock Parker did just suppress a yawn, and Joe Serock rubbed his eyes, but both seem intensely focused on the chips, cards, and each other.

But so far at least -- whatever their cards have been -- one player has clearly had the upper hand.

Just now Parker took another decent-sized pot. Following some preflop and flop betting, Brock bet 200,000 on the turn with the board showing {7-Clubs}

, and Serock called. When the river brought the {5-Clubs}

, Brock fired 350,000, and Serock folded.

Parker is now up to 4.8 million to Serock's 3.2 million.

06-10-2009 16:56 UTC-12

Brock Passes Joe, Collects $200

[user76023]

Brock limps the button and Joe raises to 185,000 in the big blind, Brock quickly calls. The flop is {10-Spades}

which Joe checks and Brock immediately bets out 250,000. Joe folds and Brock's momentum continues.

Joe Serock -- 3,600,000
Brock Parker -- 4,400,000

06-10-2009 16:52 UTC-12

Parker Pushes Into the Lead

Shamus

Joe Serock raised to 150,000, and Parker made the call. The flop came {A-Diamonds}

, and both checked. The turn was an intriguing {2-Diamonds}

. Parker bet 200,000, and Serock made the call.

The river brought the {3-Clubs}

, and Parker quickly pushed out a big bet of 475,000. Serock went into a deep think. He looked across the table at Parker, then at the board, then down at the chips he was riffling. Finally he folded.

That hand puts Parker into the slight chip lead, with 4.1 million to Serock's 3.9 million.

06-10-2009 16:50 UTC-12

Who Rocks Hardest?

[user76023]

Parker raises to 150,000 with Serock calling and the flop is {8-Diamonds}

. Serock leads out for 180,000 and Parker calls.

On the turn comes the {A-Hearts}

and Joe Serock takes a minute to think before checking to Parker, who checks behind.

The river is the {J-Diamonds}

and it's back to Serock again who thinks for a minute and checks. Parker bets 375,000 and Serock folds.

Chip Counts:

Joe Serock -- 4,250,000
Brock Parker -- 3,750,000

06-10-2009 16:45 UTC-12