2009 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠a♥
Prize
$1,891,012
Event Info
Buy-in
$40,000
Entries
201
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
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Day 2 Seat Assignments and Starting Stacks

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(Table 58)
Seat 1: Andrew Barta - 223500
Seat 2: Jess Yawitz - 202500
Seat 3: Kyle 'krisqueen' Wilson - 611500
Seat 4: Noach Schwartz - 168000
Seat 5: Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond - 443000
Seat 6: JC Tran - 155500
Seat 7: William Molson - 108000
Seat 8: Justin Bonomo - 738000
Seat 9: Steve Billirakis - 353000

(Table 60)
Seat 1: Alec Torelli - 345500
Seat 2: Hoyt Corkins - 104500
Seat 3: Ville Wahlbeck - 354500
Seat 4: Greg Raymer - 213000
Seat 5: David 'Devilfish' Ulliott - (Unknown)
Seat 6: Andy Black - 449500
Seat 7: Bruno Fitoussi - 812500
Seat 8: Steve Zolotow - 172500
Seat 9: Brian 'tsarrast' Rast - 139000

(Table 62)
Seat 1: Matt Gianetti - 174500
Seat 2: Sami 'LarsLuzak' Kelopuro - 126500
Seat 3: Alan Sass - 491000
Seat 4: Marco 'CrazyMarco' Johnson - 365500
Seat 5: Mark Dickstein - 95000
Seat 6: David Pham - 192500
Seat 7: Barry Schwartz - 174500
Seat 8: David Singer - 168000
Seat 9: Chance Walker - 174000

(Table 64)
Seat 1: Lee Markholt - 184000
Seat 2: Neil Channing - 296500
Seat 3: Unknown Player - Did not report count
Seat 4: Scott Seiver - 124500
Seat 5: Evan McNiff - 276500
Seat 6: Ali Eslami - 444000
Seat 7: Kenny Tran - 226000
Seat 8: Andrew Lichtenberger - 108000
Seat 9: Vitaly Lunkin - 289000

(Table 66)
Seat 1: Phil Ivey - 279000
Seat 2: Nam Le - 359500
Seat 3: Lex 'RaSZi' Veldhuis - 646500
Seat 4: Sorel Mizzi - 431000
Seat 5: David 'WhooooKidd' Baker - 446000
Seat 6: Adam Junglen - 144000
Seat 7: Michael DeMichele - 519500
Seat 8: David Benefield - 70500
Seat 9: Dani 'Ansky' Stern - 386000

(Table 68)
Seat 1: Amit 'amak316' Makhija - 88500
Seat 2: Mike 'SirWatts' Watson - 92500
Seat 3: Robert Suer - 136000
Seat 4: Shawn Buchanan - 62000
Seat 5: James Mackey - 205500
Seat 6: Chris Moorman - 57500
Seat 7: Mike Matusow - 87000
Seat 8: Clark Hamagumi - 159000
Seat 9: Tony G - 306500

(Table 70)
Seat 1: Markus Lehmann - 229000
Seat 2: Isaac Haxton - 392500
Seat 3: Vanessa Rousso - 165500
Seat 4: Doshi Suresh - 353000
Seat 5: Chad Batista - 140000
Seat 6: Frank Kassela - 339500
Seat 7: John Duthie - 188000
Seat 8: Dale Pinchot - 188000
Seat 9: Kirill Gerasimov - 149000

(Table 72)
Seat 1: Doyle Brunson - 244000
Seat 2: Neil Chriss - 315000
Seat 3: Ted Forrest - 401500
Seat 4: Russell Rosenbloom - 102000
Seat 5: Antonio Esfandiari - 292500
Seat 6: Chris Moneymaker - 805000
Seat 7: Keith Lehr - 206000
Seat 8: Matthew "adz124" Marafioti - 375000
Seat 9: Alex Jacob - 357000

(Table 74)
Seat 1: Mark Seif - 411500
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 331000
Seat 3: Brian Townsend - 609000
Seat 4: Chris Moore - 110500
Seat 5: Humberto Brenes - 269500
Seat 6: Steve Weinstein - 246500
Seat 7: Bill Chen - 141000
Seat 8: Johannes Strassmann - 143500
Seat 9: Chau Giang - 87500

(Table 79)
Seat 1: Jeff Lisandro - 124500
Seat 3: Andrew 'good2cu' Robl - 260500
Seat 4: Huck Seed - 274000
Seat 5: Josh Arieh - 339000
Seat 6: Matthew Glantz - 238000
Seat 7: Emil "whitelime" Patel - 494500
Seat 8: David Chiu - 245000
Seat 9: Terrence Chan - 109500

Welcome to Day 2 of the $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em

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And... we're back for Day 2 of the $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Out of the 201 players who bought in just over 24 hours ago 89 remain in the hunt for a WSOP bracelet. The plan is to play eight levels today and we'll likely reach the money sometime tonight with 27 players earning at least $71,858 for their troubles.

Leading the field today are chip leaders Bruno Fitoussi and Chris Moneymaker, along with Michael DeMichele, Justin Bonomo, Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis, Doyle Brunson, Ted Forrest, Phil Ivey, Huck Seed, and Phil Galfond.

Action will be underway shortly.

Level: 11

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Cards Are in the Air

Shamus
Shamus
The dealers have just been instructed to "shuffle up and deal." The plan today is to play eight levels or down to 18 players -- whatever comes first. There will be a one-hour dinner break after four one-hour levels today.

The Dragon Slays Schwartz

Shamus
Shamus
Barry Schwartz and David "The Dragon" Pham both started the day with below average stacks of less than 200,000. Just now, the pair got it all in preflop, with Pham having Schwartz slightly covered. Pham tabled {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} and Schwartz {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}.

The board came {Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Spades}, and Pham's cowboys held up. Schwartz is out. Pham is up to 380,000.

Tags: Barry SchwartzDavid Pham

Happy Trails for Corkins

Shamus
Shamus
With 30,000 in the pot and the board showing {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{10-Clubs}, Hoyt Corkins pushed all in with his last 100,000 and Greg Raymer made the call. Corkins turned over {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for the open-ended straight draw, while Raymer showed {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and the river the {K-Diamonds}, and Corkins has been eliminated. With that hand, Raymer improves to 370,000.

Tags: Greg RaymerHoyt Corkins

No Hide and Seek, Please

Shamus
Shamus
With 84 players remaining, our average chip count is currently about 287,000, meaning there are lots of those dark green 25,000 chips in play.

An announcement was made for players to be sure to keep those 25,000 chips visible to others, either by placing them atop their stacks or in a separate stack in front of their other chips.

John Duthie Eliminated by Frank Kassela

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EPT creator John Duthie
EPT creator John Duthie
With the action folded to him in the small blind, Frank Kassela made it 17,500 to go. John Duthie put in a reraise from the big blind and Kassela made the call.

The flop came down {J-Spades} {7-Clubs} {4-Spades}. Kassela bet 125,000, setting Duthie all in and the Englishman made the call.

Duthie {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}
Kassela {8-Diamonds} {8-Spades}

Duthie was looking good to earn a double-up, but the {8-Clubs} cruelly spiked on the turn, making Kassela a set. The river was the {Q-Diamonds} and Duthie made his exit with a smile and a handshake, despite the two-outer.

After the hand, Kassela was up to 497,000.

Nice Turn for Tran

Shamus
Shamus
We picked up the action on the turn in this one. With the board showing {3-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{7-Hearts}, Steve Billirakis checked from the big blind, and J.C. Tran fired out 23,000 from late position. Billirakis made the call.

The river was the {Q-Spades}. This time Billirakis led out for 16,500, Tran raised to 45,000, and Billirakis called. Tran turned over {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for the turned set, and Billirakis mucked.

Tran is up to 200,000, while Billirakis currently has 275,000.

Tags: JC TranSteve Billirakis

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