Baker
Veldhuis
No love for Baker on the
board and he departed in 15th place. Veldhuis is now the dominant chip leader with 5.2 million.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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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Baker
Veldhuis
No love for Baker on the
board and he departed in 15th place. Veldhuis is now the dominant chip leader with 5.2 million.
The first against Noah Schwartz. Haxton opened with a raise to 85,000 from the hijack, and Schwartz called from the cutoff. Both checked the flop --
-- and turn -- 
. The river was the 
. Haxton bet 85,000, and Schwartz called. Haxton showed 
for eights, and Schwartz mucked.In the next one, Haxton opened to 85,000 again, this time from middle position, and got a caller in Vitaly Lunkin from the big blind. Once again the hand got checked to the river, at which point the board read
. Lunkin checked, Haxton bet 125,000, and Lunkin called. Haxton showed 
for kings and queens, and Lunkin mucked.
to Townsend's . The flop, however, was a monster for Townsend, coming down
to give him the nut flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. He got there on the turn, the filling to make his flush. The river was the and Townsend doubled up to 630,000. Raymer is still quite healthy at 2,560,000.
Haxton showed
, and Rast 
. The board came 
, and Haxton doubled to 860,000. Rast now has 625,000.
needed some help against Raymer's 
, but he couldn't find it on the 
board. Suresh hit the rail in 16th place while Raymer chipped up to 2.6 million.
. Suresh turned over .The board came
, and Suresh doubled back to 650,000. Veldhuis has 2.78 million.
versus Stern's .The board came
, and Hamagami is out in 17th place, earning $96,171. Stern now has 1.43 million.
See the chip counts page for the latest totals, all of which were updated during the break.
Level: 21
Blinds: 18,000/36,000
Ante: 4,000
