flop. Esfandiari was well ahead with 
for top set, but Rosenblum had a ray of hope with 
for a flush draw. Rosenblum, however couldn't hit a club on the 
turn or the 
river and hit the rail, while Esfandiari's stack swelled to 360,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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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flop. Esfandiari was well ahead with for top set, but Rosenblum had a ray of hope with for a flush draw. Rosenblum, however couldn't hit a club on the turn or the river and hit the rail, while Esfandiari's stack swelled to 360,000.
Marafioti
Brunson
The board came
, and Marafioti's tens had held. Brunson is out, and Marafioti now has 540,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
flop, Alec Torelli bet 18,500, then Bruno Fitoussi raised to 300,000. Torelli thought a while, then called with his remaining chips, turning over for the club flush draw and a couple of overcards. Fitoussi showed 
for a pair of nines.The turn was the
, and the door was closing for Torelli. But the came on the river, and Torelli was suddenly in good shape again with a stack of 495,000. Meanwhile, Fitoussi tumbles to 445,000 on that one.
. Mackey showed .The board came
giving Mackey a pair of queens and the pot.James Mackey - 245,000
Shawn Buchanan - Eliminated
Indeed, "The Mouth" is two-tabling today, having bought into the noon $1,500 Omaha 8-or-Better event. After doubling up with his KO of Amit Makhija, Matusow felt his stack was healthy enough to abandon it for a few minutes to try and pick up some more chips in the Omaha event, where he's currently in danger of being blinded off.
flop, Chris Moneymaker led out for 30,500 and was called by both Matthew "adz124" Marafioti and Alex Jacob. The turn was the . Moneymaker and Marafioti both checked, Jacob bet 75,000, Moneymaker called, and Marafioti got out of the way.The river was the
. Moneymaker checked, and Jacob announced he was all in with his last 137,000.Moneymaker went into the tank, then looked in Jacob's direction. "Show if I fold?" he asked. No reply. "Hello?" Nothing. Moneymaker then tried a new tactic -- he snapped his fingers in front of Jacob sitting across from him. Still, nada.
Finally Moneymaker let it go. He still has a healthy stack of 665,000. Meanwhile, Jacob has moved up to 470,000.
Kenny Tran was all in from the big blind with
against Neil Channing’s . The flop came leaving Kenny’s ace-king unimproved, eliminating him from the tournament.Neil Channing – 335,000
Kenny Tran - eliminated
, Amit "amak316" Makhija moved all in for his remaining 70,500, Mike Matusow moved all in for 110,000 behind him and Tony G got out of the way and folded. It was 
for Matusow and 
for Makhija, the turn and river falling the and the 
to send him to the rail. After the hand, Matusow was up to 235,000.
versus Ville Wahlbeck's . Looked fairly bleak for Rast after the first four community cards: 
. But the river brought the , shipping the 280,000-chip pot Rast's way. Wahlbeck is now down to 220,000.
