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
Entries
201
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 201
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, Vanessa Rousso bet 10,000 and Johnny Chan raised all in with his last 30,000. After some thought, Rousso made the call, turning over 
. Chan showed 
for the open-ended straight draw. The turn was the
and the river the 
, and Chan was eliminated. Rousso now has 127,000.
, Daniel Alaei bet 6,500, Sorel Mizzi raised to 31,000, Alaei reraised enough to put Mizzi all in, and Mizzi made the call with his remaining 57,000 chips.Alaei showed
for the nut flush draw, while Mizzi showed 
for top pair. Fourth and fifth streets brought the 
and the 
, and Mizzi's hand held up. Alaei falls back to 227,000, while Mizzi climbs to 137,000.
. Richey led out for 18,000 and Hellmuth called. Both players checked the on the turn, but Richey fired again when the 
hit the river. Hellmuth flat-called and rolled over 
, having turned two pair. Richey's was toast and Hellmuth raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 237,000. Richey was left with 51,000.
and action is checked to Deeb who bets 8,200. Staudenmaier gets out of the way and Veldhuis calls. The turn brings the 
and Veldhuis check-calls a 20,500 bet from Deeb.The river is the
and Veldhuis checks for a third time. Deeb fires a final shell at the pot, moving all in for 140,000. Veldhuis tanks for about 90 seconds before mucking his hand.Deeb seems to be targeting Veldhuis; this is the second time he has moved in on him in the past half hour.
Shaun Deeb - 190,000
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis - 142,000
The board comes
with both players checking it down the whole way. Cole shows pocket tens, but the Dragon has him beat with pocket queens. The Dragon takes the pot and is now at 195,000. Cole has his original starting stack of 120,000.
"I've won one pot today," he just called to someone on the rail. "And I had to hit a two-outer on the river to win it!"
Matusow currently sits with about 87,000 chips.
flop. The turn paired the board with the
. Demjan and Laak checked over to Batista, who bet 7,400. Sung smooth-called, Demjan folded and Laak raised to 18,500. Batista mucked and Sung called. The river was the
and Laak moved all in for his remaining 24,500. After a lengthy think, Sung made the call, mucking his hand once he laid eyes on Laak's 
for trips. Laak doubled to 107,000 on the hand while Sung's stack sunk to 56,000.
