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

06-09-2009 13:46 UTC-12

Players Are on an Hour Dinner Break.

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06-09-2009 13:45 UTC-12

A Blair-ing Mistake

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The cut-off raises to 6,000 and Blair Hinkle calls in the big blind.

The flop is {2-Hearts}

, and Hinkle check-calls a bet of 10,000.

On the {3-Diamonds}

river, Hinkle leads for 15,000 and the cut-off raises to 45,500. Hinkle tanks before moving all-in for about 100,000 more or so.

The cut-off looks pained, but makes the call with {8-Hearts}

. Hinkle had looked nervous after the call but sees his {K-Spades}

is ahead. The river is the {K-Diamonds}

for two pair and the bracelet winner from last year is over the 300,000 mark.

06-09-2009 13:44 UTC-12

Men "the Master" Nguyen is one of our 56 players still remaining in the field. He's telling us this marks his 62nd WSOP cash. "Just one behind the Poker Brat!" says Nguyen, referring to his effort to catch Phil Hellmuth's all-time WSOP cash record.

Actually, Nguyen is probably a bit further behind than that, as Hellmuth recorded his 70th WSOP cash over the weekend.

Tags: Men Nguyen

06-09-2009 13:41 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations (61st-66th)

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These six all receive $5,993:

61st -- Chris Klodnicki
62nd -- Jason Dreibelbis
63rd -- Michael Mixer
64th -- Joe McGowan
65th -- Thorsten Schuler
66th -- Steven Graham

06-09-2009 13:38 UTC-12

Stella Gets Her Groove Back

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Stella Su has been mostly quiet this afternoon, playing a relatively tight game. She just found herself in a big pot, however, with her tournament life on the line.

With about 18,000 in the middle and facing a bet of 7,000 to call, Stella Su looked at the board -- {4-Hearts}

-- and decided to push all in for her last 30,000. Her opponent called, showing K-Q to Su's {J-Clubs}

.

The river was the {9-Spades}

and after slipping back a bit Su is now back up to 90,000.

Tags: Stella Su

06-09-2009 13:33 UTC-12

More for Meinders

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Brian Meinders continues to accumulate chips, having now pushed out past the 600,000-chip mark, nearly twice the next-biggest stacks in the room.

06-09-2009 13:25 UTC-12

Lindgren Continues Climb

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Erick Lindgren just doubled up yet again, this time taking pocket kings against pocket aces. The flop came eight-high, but a king turned, and after being down to fumes earlier this afternoon, Lindgren now has 135,000 chips' worth of fuel with which to motor.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

06-09-2009 13:24 UTC-12

I Zink, Therefore I Am

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Daniel Zink is approaching the 200,000 mark right now. The small blind made a raise to 6,100, but was quickly slapped down by Zink's push to force a decision.

He's clearly zoaring, not zinking.

06-09-2009 13:20 UTC-12

Online Wars

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It's all very interesting at table Orange 61 with ActionJeff, Shaun Deeb and Brock 'tsoprano' Parker all sitting in a row as the six seat is empty.

Any time I walk past that area, it tends to be the former two in a hand and although most of the ones I've seen have had the pot shipped to Deeb, ActionJeff's stack has certainly been growing.

The last hand saw Garza check-raise Deeb's 10,500 bet on a {Q-Clubs}

board to 27,000, resulting in an instant pass from the latter.

06-09-2009 13:14 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations (67th-78th)

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Each of these 12 players earns $5,404 for their finishes:

67th -- Ye Lynn
68th -- Layne Flack
69th -- Carder England
70th -- Richard Cleveland
71st -- Thomas Gabriel
72nd -- Mihail Stoykov
73rd -- Kenny Shei
74th -- Brett Fox
75th -- Joseph Udine
76th -- Brad Marsh
77th -- David Belhumeur
78th -- Ian Kim