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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$40,000
Total Entries
201
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 201
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and with 50,000 in the pot, David Steicke bets 25,000. Daniel Negreanu tanks for a couple of minutes before eventually mucking his hand, leaving him with 38,000.
Langmann
Laak
"I thought you had ace-king" said Laak as he saw the bad news.
The board ran out
and Langmann got a much-needed chip infusion, doubling up to 38,000. Laak was still quite healthy with 275,000 in his stack.
The flop came
. Bloch bet 10,000, and Stern called. Both checked the 
on the turn. The river was the . Bloch checked, Stern bet 25,000, and Bloch called. Stern turned over 
for a rivered straight, and Bloch folded. Stern is up to 180,000 and Bloch down to 68,000.
The flop comes
. Seif check-calls a 5,000 bet. The turn is the 
and Seif leads out for 10,000. His opponent calls and they see the fall on the river. Seif fires out 30,000. His opponent says, "I know you're bluffing," but he can't pull the trigger and lays down his hand.Seif shows king-high as he drags in the pot. He is now at 142,000
The table folded to Harder who raised to 2,200 from the cutoff. Then Rosenkrantz reraised to 12,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and Harder shoved all in for 60,000. Rosenkrantz made the call.
Harder showed
, while Rosenkrantz tabled 
. The board ran out 
, and Harder was eliminated. Rosenkrantz now has 218,000.
The board comes
and Veldhuis doubles up to 190,000.Just a few hands later Little gets it all in with queens against the pocket kings of Veldhuis preflop. The kings hold up and Little is eliminated.
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis - 243,000
Jonathan Little - Eliminated
. It checked to Lawson who bet 8,000 from the button. Haxton folded, then Hachem raised to 25,100. Lawson reraised to 60,000, Hachem repopped to 110,000 total, and Lawson called with the rest of his stack.Hachem
Lawson
Lawson was in rough shape. The
on the turn and 
spelled the end of Lawson's day. Hachem now has 183,000.
On a flop of
, Pilgrim checked, Rajkumar bet 4,500 and Pilgrim called. The turn came the and this time Pilgrim led out for 4,500. Rajkumar came over the top for 17,000 and Pilgrim made the call. The river was the and Pilgrim checked, opening the door for Rajkumar to bet 45,000. After a lengthy stint in the tank, Pilgrim called. Rajkumar showed
for two pair with an ace kicker. Pilgrim flashed the as he tossed his cards into the muck, his stack down to only 8,000. After the hand, Rajkumar was riding high with 255,000.
, Ivan Demidov led out for 10,500 from the big blind and Johnny Chan flat-called. The on the turn brought checks from both players, as did the 
on the river. Demidov turned up and Chan mucked. Demidov is currently just below his starting stack with 110,000 while Chan has slipped to 76,000.
