Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2009 World Series of Poker

05-30-2009 11:05 UTC-12

Tony G Doubles through Isaac Haxton

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With the action folded to him on the button, Tony G moved all in for 171,000 and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind.

Tony G {3-Diamonds}

Haxton

The board ran out {A-Hearts}

and Tony's pocket threes earned him a double-up to 395,000. Haxton currently sits at 850,000.

Tags: Isaac Haxton Tony G

05-30-2009 11:08 UTC-12

Stern Takes One from Forrest

Shamus

Dani "Ansky" Stern open-raised to 70,000 from the cutoff, and Ted Forrest called from the big blind. The flop came {4-Hearts}

. Forrest bet 75,000, and Stern called. The turn was the {K-Hearts}

. Forrest checked, Stern bet 150,000, and Forrest called.

The river brought the {A-Spades}

. Forrest again checked, and this time Stern bet 350,000. Forrest studied for a moment, then let it go.

Those two are about even at the moment, with Forrest at 1.52 million and Stern 1.48 million.

Tags: Dani Stern Ted Forrest

05-30-2009 11:08 UTC-12

Vitaly Lunkin Doubles through Dani Stern

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Dani Stern opened for 75,000 from middle position and was met with a reraise to 175,000 from Vitaly Lunkin. Stern four-bet to 500,000, setting Lunkin all in. He made the call.

Lunkin {K-Hearts}

Stern

The board ran out {8-Spades}

, Lunkin's kings holding up to earn him the 1.18 million pot. Stern's stack slipped to 950,000.

05-30-2009 11:12 UTC-12

Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis raised to 82,000 from the cutoff, and chip leader Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo called from the small blind. The pair ended up checking down on all three streets as the community cards came {K-Spades}

. Veldhuis turned over {A-Clubs}

for jacks, and Bonomo mucked.

Veldhuis has inched into second place with 2.7 million, while Bonomo is still out in front with 3.6 million.

Tags: Justin Bonomo Lex Veldhuis

05-30-2009 11:21 UTC-12

Bonomo Bounces Back, Nears Four Million

Shamus

Justin Bonomo raised to 75,000 from middle position, and it folded back around to Greg Raymer who called from the small blind.

The flop came {10-Diamonds}

. Raymer checked, Bonomo bet 200,000, and Raymer called. The turn was the {K-Clubs}

. Raymer again checked. Bonomo collected some chips, and spread out a bet of 400,000. Raymer called.

The river was the {J-Diamonds}

. Raymer checked again. This time Bonomo fired out a bet of 1 million.

"I don't know if I'm running that bad or you're running that good," said Raymer, who folded. Raymer is now at 2.1 million, while Bonomo is up to 3.9 million.

Tags: Greg Raymer Justin Bonomo

05-30-2009 11:23 UTC-12

"I missed the Main Event?!"

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As we approach the first break of the day, the floor staff started handing out blue bracelets to our final 18 players as their break will end up coinciding with the break in the sold-out $1,000 "Stimulus Special."

"You may need this because you're on break with the Main Event" explained the floor supervisor to one player.

"I missed the Main Event?!" exclaimed Tony G with a laugh.

05-30-2009 11:27 UTC-12

Matt Glantz Eliminated in 18th place ($96,171)

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With the action folded around to Lex Veldhuis in the small blind, he put in a raise to 90,000 and Matt Glantz called from the big blind. The flop was {Q-Hearts}

and Veldhuis led out for 125,000. Glantz moved all in and Veldhuis made the call, tabling {A-Hearts}

to Glantz's {Q-Spades}

.

The turn was the {J-Diamonds}

, the river was the {K-Hearts}

and Glantz hit the rail in 18th place while Veldhuis' stack soared to 3,000,000.

Tags: Lex Veldhuis Matt Glantz

05-30-2009 11:27 UTC-12

Tens Working for Tony G

Shamus

Isaac Haxton raised to 75,000 from under the gun, and it folded to Tony G who pushed all in for 391,000 from the small blind. Haxton called.

It was tens for Tony G yet again -- {10-Spades}