2009 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$1,891,012
Event Info
Buy-in
$40,000
Total Entries
201
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 201
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We're Back

Players are still trickling back in as the announcement has been made for play to resume. At present just five of the 201 entrants (still an unofficial total; stay tuned) have been eliminated.

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Break Time

We have reached the first scheduled break, which will last 30 minutes. According to the big board, we have reached the 200-player mark for entrants. We should have an official total soon, thereby settling all of those over-under bets.

Durrrr Eliminated

After a flop of {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {3-Clubs} Tom "durrrr" Dwan checks from middle position and David "The Dragon" Pham bets 8,200. Durrrr makes the call. The turn is the {2-Diamonds} and durrrr checks again. Pham continues to push the action by betting 28,000. Durrrr moves all in for 54,000 total and Pham makes the call.

Pham shows an over pair with {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}. Durrrr shows {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} and is drawing to only six outs.

The river is the {K-Diamonds}, which gives Pham a set and the pot. Durrrr is eliminated from the tournament while Pham shoots up to 185,000

Ship it to Hungary

On a flop of {7-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} , Hungarian player Sandor Demjan bet 15,000, Ted Forrest called and Erick Lindgren folded. The turn came the {J-Spades} and Demjan led again for 35,000. Forrest thought for quite a while before making the call. The river was the {Q-Spades} and Demjan checked, opening the door for Forrest to bet a hefty 62,000. Demjan called, revealing {K-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks while Forrest could only muck his cards.

After the hand, Demjan was up to 280,000.

Bonomo Delivers Bummer to Ummer

With the community cards {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}, Per Magnus Ummer bet 50,000 from the big blind, Justin Bonomo shoved all in for 63,525 total, and Ummer made the call with almost the last of his chips. Bonomo turned over {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for a set of ducks, and Ummer mucked.

Bonomo moves up to 242,000 on that one, while Ummer has been crippled down to just 2,300.

Tags: Justin BonomoPer Magnus Ummer

And the Flushy Goes To...

With the board showing {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades}{3-Hearts}, "Action" Jeff Garza bet 6,000 from the small blind, and two players called, including Ted Lawson on the button. The river was the {A-Hearts}. Garza bet 15,000, and Lawson called. Both players had rivered heart flushes, but Garza's {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} bested Lawson's {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

As we near the end of Level 2, Garza is up to 167,000, while Lawson currently has 96,000.

Tags: Jeff GarzaTed Lawson

Ivey Sees Through Opponent's Strange Play

A player in middle position opens the pot for a raise of 3,200 (5.3x the big blind). Tom "durrrr" Dwan calls from the cutoff, as does Phil Ivey from the big blind. The flop comes {K-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {4-Clubs} and all three players check. The turn is the {Q-Diamonds} and the original raiser leads out for a minuscule 1,000 into the 10,000+ pot. Dwan folds and Ivey makes the call.

The river brings the {5-Spades} and the player in middle position bets 5,000. Ivey announces a raise and tosses out a single 25,000 chip. His opponent quickly folds and Ivey takes down the pot.

Tags: Phil Ivey