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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Sass Takes Most of Hellmuth's Stack

Before the flop, Alan Sass raised to 5,500, Phil Hellmuth reraised to 15,000, and Sass made the call.

The flop came {6-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Sass led out for 19,400, and Hellmuth called. The turn was the {K-Hearts}. This time Sass checked, Hellmuth bet 35,000, and Sass called.

The river was the {Q-Hearts}. Sass checked, and Hellmuth bet 183,000, more than enough to put Sass all in for his remaining 153,000 chips. Sass thought for about three minutes, then made the call.

"You got it," said Hellmuth. Sass turned over {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a pair of kings, and Hellmuth mucked. Sass is now up to 450,000, while the Poker Brat has tumbled all of the way down to 37,000.

Tags: Alan SassPhil Hellmuth

Torelli vs. Bloch, Round 2

Alec Torelli and Andy Bloch just clashed in another hand that left everyone's favorite cowboy hat aficionado on a very short stack.

Bloch opened the action with a raise to 5,500 from UTG and Torelli called from the cutoff. The flop came down {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {4-Spades} and Bloch led out for 6,000. Torelli flat-called. Bloch slowed down and checked the {7-Hearts} on the turn, then called a 13,000 bet from Torelli. The river was the {K-Hearts}. Bloch checked again and Torelli made a 25,000 bet. After over five minutes in the tank, Bloch made the call.

Torelli turned up {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} and Bloch mucked. With that pot, Torelli's stack soared past 270,000 while Bloch was left with only 22,000.

Tags: Alec TorelliAndy Bloch

Bloch's Hero Call No Good

Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch
On a board of {Q-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {K-Spades} {4-Spades} and with 53,000 in the pot, Andy Bloch faces a 40,000 bet from Alec "traheho" Torelli. Bloch tanks for several minutes before making the call. Torelli shows {Q-Hearts} {8-Hearts} for fours full of queens. Bloch tosses his cards into the muck and Torelli takes it down.

Alec Torelli - 210,000
Andy Bloch - 65,000

Raymer Eliminates Thuritz

A short-stacked Mikael Thuritz shoved all in for 8,000 from late position, and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer made the call from the button. The blinds folded, Thuritz showed {A-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Raymer {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, putting Raymer in front. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and the river {J-Clubs}. Thuritz is out, and Raymer now has 152,000.

Tags: Greg RaymerMIkael Thuritz

Table 70 Gets Tougher

Scotty Nguyen and Phil Ivey
Scotty Nguyen and Phil Ivey
Earlier in the day, PokerNews reported about the toughest table in the room at table 70. In the past few hours it has become even more stacked with the addition of Bertrand Grospellier and Steve Billirakis

Table 70:
Seat 1: Scott Seiver
Seat 2: Scotty Nguyen
Seat 3: Phil Ivey
Seat 4: Brett Richey
Seat 5: David "The Dragon" Pham
Seat 6: Alan Sass
Seat 7: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 8: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (replaces Corwin Cole)
Seat 9: Steve Billirakis (replaces Unfortunate unknown player)

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

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