Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-11-2009 19:30 UTC-12

Players Return from Break

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And away we go...

06-11-2009 19:13 UTC-12

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

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06-11-2009 19:07 UTC-12

Ville Wahlbeck opens to 17,000.

Then Archie Karas reraises the small blind to 57,000.

What does John Juanda do? He jams from the big blind, all in for 195,000. Neither Wahlbeck nor Karas wants to play. Juanda picks up 72,000 chips without having to draw.

Poker is easy.

Tags: Archie Karas John Juanda Ville Wahlbeck

06-11-2009 19:00 UTC-12

Pescatori Sticks Around

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Sometimes thin draws come in -- don't they, Max Pescatori? Pescatori was all in pre-draw for 22,000 and called by Archie Karas. Karas stood pat, prompting Pescatori to draw one.

Karas then showed Pescatori what he had to beat: 8-7-6-5-2. Pescatori opened 8-7-6-2. He needed a three or four to win, or a five to chop the pot. Nothing else would help him. He squeezed out a four to drag the pot.

Pescatori is still short with about 60,000 chips.

06-11-2009 18:57 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

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Vince Musso 426,000
Nick Schulman 410,000
Roland de Wolfe 303,000
Ville Wahlbeck 270,000
Archie Karas 248,000
John Juanda 213,000
Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith 202,000
Hertzel Zalewski 178,000
Steve Sung 170,000
Dan Harmetz 151,000
David Benyamine 123,000
Michael Binger 113,000
Jason Gray 63,000
Max Pescatori 29,000

06-11-2009 18:55 UTC-12

Pot One to Binger

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The first small pot on Orange 76 belongs to Michael Binger. He was in the small blind and called a button raise from Hertzel Zalewski to 15,500. Each player drew two cards. After the draw Binger led out for 20,000, with Zalewski calling. Binger opened 9-8-6-4-3; Zalewski flashed a 10 and mucked.

Tags: Hertel Zalewski Michael Binger

06-11-2009 18:52 UTC-12

New Seating Assignments

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The clock was paused for the re-draw. It has finally been re-started with 21 minutes left in the level. The seat assignments are:

Orange 76

Seat 1: Max Pescatori
Seat 2: Michael Binger
Seat 3: Ville Wahlbeck
Seat 4: Dan Harmetz
Seat 5: Archie Karas
Seat 6: John Juanda
Seat 7: Hertzel Zalewski

Orange 77

Seat 1: Justin Smith
Seat 2: Steve Sung
Seat 3: Nick Schulman
Seat 4: Roland de Wolfe
Seat 5: Jason Gray
Seat 6: Vince Musso
Seat 7: David Benyamine

06-11-2009 18:41 UTC-12

Jean-Robert Bellande Eliminated on Bubble

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On the very next hand, Jean-Robert Bellande opened to 20,000. Action passed to Vince Musso in the big blind, who moved all in. Bellande called. Both players drew one card.

"I would say good luck, but $17,000 means a lot to me," said Bellande. "And I know you know that." Bellande then added that what Musso didn't know was that he had been staked.

Each player opened his hand. Bellande showed 9-7-5-2; Musso tabled 7-6-3-2. Musso pulled a 9 to make 9-7-6-3-2. That left Bellande looking for a 3, a 4, or a 6 to stay alive. He pulled an 8, shook Musso's hand, and left the table and the tournament as the bubble boy.

06-11-2009 18:37 UTC-12

JRB Doubles

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"Just pair the ten or the nine," said Jean Robert Bellande to Vince Musso. Bellande was all in before the draw, with Musso calling. Each player drew one card and then opened their hands. Musso showed 10-9-5-4 against Bellande's 7-6-3-2.

"I might have," replied Musso as he squeezed. It was four-across, but an 8; Musso made a 10-9-8-5-4. That moved the action to Bellande, who uncermeoniously flipped over his draw card -- also an 8, for 8-7-6-3-2. Bellande doubled up to 70,000.

Tags: Jean Robert Bellander Vince Musso

06-11-2009 18:31 UTC-12

8-7 OK for Karas

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Archie Karas opened for 17,000 from the cutoff and Steve Sung made the call from the button. Karas drew two cards while Sung took one.

Karas led out for 50,000 after the draw and Sung made the call. Karas turned up 8-7-5-4-2 to take down the pot and send his stack up to 220,000. Sung was left with 160,000.