2009 World Series of Poker

Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠q♦
Prize
$552,745
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,456,400
Total Entries
1,068
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,068
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Hough to Get to a Final Table

Laurence 'Rivermanl' Houghton had a rough time of it last night, admitting that the end of day came at exactly the right time for him.

"I didn't want to play anymore," he said, having dropped from 100,000 to 50,000 right towards the end.

On the bubble, he was down to around 43,000 and said he simply had to double up the next level.

He's off to a decent start so far, calling a 5,500 bet from Richard Cleveland on a {2-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} board before firing out 10,600 on the {6-Diamonds} turn when Cleveland checked to take down the pot.

Russian to Victory

Although not the bubble hand, a significant pot played at the same time between Evgeny Serebryakov and Steve Gross. The board read {Q-Spades} {10-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {A-Hearts} and the Russian checked the river, Gross bet 11,500 and was slightly flummoxed when his opponent now reraised all-in for about 15,000 more.

Gross made a reluctant call and was shown {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}. He mucked his hand, but the TD flipped over the {A-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} since the hand had gone to showdown.

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

What's Going on Over Here?

A big hand here on the bubble between Stanislav Alekhin and Tomislav Gusic. After some preflop betting, the flop came {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and both checked. The turn was the {5-Hearts}. Gusic bet 18,000, and Alekhin called.

The river brought the {9-Clubs}, and Gusic appeared to sit up straight in his chair at the sight of the third club. After some contemplation, he pushed out a bet of about 50,000. Alekhin responded by reraising all in for a total of 130,000.

Since we're in hand-for-hand play, this was the last hand to be played out, and players from the surrounding tables had come over to watch before the tourney director finally shooed them back to their seats.

"Will you show if I fold?" asked Gusic. No reply. Finally Gusic let it go, showing the {A-Spades} as he did.

Gusic now has 48,000, while Alekhin is up to 235,000.

Tags: Stanislav AlekhinTomislav Gusic

First Hand for Hand

During the hand for hand, there have been several notable pots, although Jeff Garza facing a 25,000 bet on the river of a {9-Clubs} {J-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} board from Shaun Deeb is probably one of the most interesting.

However, those looking for some fireworks will be disappointed as Garza mucked to Deeb's bet.

We're still hand for hand.
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