Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 30

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 30,000

05-31-2009 19:29 UTC-12

Players Return from Break

[user25067]

Cards are back in the air.

05-31-2009 19:29 UTC-12

Hand #147 - Isaac Haxton

[user25067]

Vitaly Lunkin has the button. He gives Haxton a walk in the big blind.

05-31-2009 19:31 UTC-12

Hand #148 - Vitaly Lunkin

[user25067]

Isaac Haxton has the button. He makes it 400,000 to go, Vitaly Lunkin reraises to 1.3 million total, Haxton folds and Lunkin wins the pot.

05-31-2009 19:34 UTC-12

Hand #149 - Isaac Haxton

[user25067]

Vitaly Lunkin has the button. He raises to 500,000 and Isaac Haxton makes the call.

The flop is {K-Clubs}

and Haxton checks. Lunkin bets 500,000 and Haxton calls. The turn is the {Q-Hearts}

and Haxton checks a second time. Lunkin checks behind. The river is the {10-Diamonds}

and both players check.

Haxton shows {K-Diamonds}

and Lunkin mucks.

05-31-2009 19:36 UTC-12

Hand #150 - Vitaly Lunkin

[user25067]

Isaac Haxton has the button. He raises to 400,000, Lunkin reraises to 1.4 million, Haxton folds and Lunkin takes the pot.

05-31-2009 19:38 UTC-12

Hand #151 - Isaac Haxton

[user25067]

Vitaly Lunkin has the button. He makes it 500,000 to go and Isaac Haxton calls.

The flop comes down {5-Spades}

and both players check. The turn is the {4-Diamonds}

and Haxton check-calls Lunkin's 400,000 bet. The river falls the {9-Diamonds}

and both players check.

Haxton shows {A-Spades}

for the wheel and wins the pot.

05-31-2009 19:40 UTC-12

Hand #152 - Isaac Haxton

[user25067]

Isaac Haxton has the button. He raises to 400,000 and Vitaly Lunkin calls.

The flop is {Q-Spades}

and Lunkin checks to Haxton, who bets 525,000. Lunkin folds and Haxton wins the pot.

05-31-2009 19:42 UTC-12

Hand #153 - Isaac Haxton

[user25067]

Vitaly Lunkin has the button. He makes it 500,000 to go and is met with a reraise to 1.6 million from Haxton. Lunkin folds and Haxton takes it down.

05-31-2009 19:44 UTC-12

It has been over two hours since Greg Raymer's sudden elimination and the start of heads up play.

Isaac Haxton held a little better than a 2-to-1 chip lead over Vitaly Lunkin at that point, but it only took Lunkin seven hands to take the lead away. But after a lengthy bit of back-and-forthing, Haxton has now retaken the momentum and has built his way close to that 2-to-1 chip advantage once again.

Neither player appears to be in any huge hurry to gamble it up. And the stacks are still deep -- Haxton has about 75 big blinds to Lunkin's 45.

But wait... something big is brewing...