against the 
of Chris Moore.The board came
and Lichtenberger hit the rail.Chirs Moore - 290,000
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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against the of Chris Moore.The board came
and Lichtenberger hit the rail.Chirs Moore - 290,000
Johannes Strassmann opened with a raise of 16,000 from the hijack seat, and Seif reraised to 41,000 from the button. Townsend then repopped it to 100,000 from the big blind. Strassmann folded, and Seif made the call.
The flop came
. Townsend bet 86,000, and Seif called. Both checked the 
on the turn. When the 
appeared on the river, Townsend pushed 295,000 chips into the middle, leaving himself just a few behind. Seif tanked for some time, then made the call.Townsend showed
for top pair, top kicker, and Seif mucked. Townsend is now closing in on the million-chip mark with 950,000, while Seif is back down to 155,000.
Michael DeMichele gets it all in against Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis. DeMichele showed but Veldhuis rolled over 
for quads eights! Veldhuis took the pot and eliminated DeMichelle in a pot of over 600,000. Still stacking chips, Veldhuis appears to be the first player in this $40,000 event to break the million chip mark.
In the first, Rast found himself all in on the turn against Bruno Fitoussi with the board showing
. Rast had 
for aces, but Fitoussi had 
for two pair. However, the 
on the river paired the board, counterfeiting Fitoussi's hand and giving Rast the huge 800,000-chip pot. Fitoussi was down to 200,000 after that one.In the next hand, Rast called Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott's all in of approximately 100,000. Rast showed
, well behind Ulliott's 
. But the flop brought Rast his needed seven -- 
-- and no king came on the turn or river to save Devilfish. Ulliott is out, and Rast is up to 910,000.
of Greg Raymer. That is, until the board came 
giving Raymer trip aces. Greg Raymer - 410,000
Ville Wahlbeck - eliminated
, and found a competitor in Antonio Esfandiari who held .The board came
, and Brenes doubled to 295,000. Esfandiari is down to 185,000.
Chance Walker eliminated David Singer when Walker took his
up against Singer's 
. The board came 
, and Singer was eliminated. Walker now has 231,000.Also, Brian Rast added another notch to his belt, knocking out Josh Arieh. Rast had
versus Arieh's in that one, but the board of spelled doom for Arieh. Rast is up to 1,015,000.
Level: 13
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Esfandiari
Moneymaker
The flop came
, and Esfandiari stood up, recognizing his dim chances. The turn was the , giving him a straight possibility, but the 
meant Esfandiari's day was done. "Nice hand," he told Moneymaker. "Good luck boys."Moneymaker is now back up to 685,000.
