The Bubble Approaches
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
643
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Drucker Drives Them Out, Survives
and it checked around to the short-stacked player on the button who bet, leaving himself less than a small bet behind. Linda Drucker thought for a while in the big blind before raising -- leaving herself just 3,000 or so behind. Her bet forced the others out, and the button called.Drucker showed
and her opponent 
. The turn was the 
, putting Drucker ahead. And the 
sealed it. Another player is out, and Drucker now has about 15,000.
Big Stacks
Glenn Engelbert -- 100,000
Rep Porter -- 87,000
Matt Keikoan -- 84,000
Noah Boeken -- 80,000
Paul Darden -- 80,000
Dale Burner -- 76,000
Victor Ramdin -- 76,000
William Eichel -- 69,000
Dominik Kulicki -- 68,000
Jan Von Halle -- 66,000
How Can You Be in Two Places at Once?
It appears Barry Greenstein has just taken a trip over to play in the $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em event, leaving his stack of about 32,000 here to try to survive a few orbits without him.
With no antes, it will only cost Greenstein whenever the blinds come around to his seat. Meanwhile, he'd be losing chips every single hand over in the heads up event. The blinds over here are about to go up, though.
Level: 14
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Capture the Flag
We've determined it is the national flag of Barbados over which they're puzzling. Not saying anything as yet, but if they start wagering on the issue we might change our minds.
Hand for Hand
The tournament is now being played hand for hand until the next player is knocked out.
We're In the Money
. Duong led out, and Boeken asked her how much she had left. A little over 8,000, came the reply. Boeken went ahead and raised, and they got the last of her chips in the middle.Duong turned over
, and Boeken 
. The turn came the 
, and Duong was still safe. But the river was the 
, giving Boeken the flush and knocking Duong out in 64th. She got a big hug from a sheepish Boeken afterwards as a (small) consolation.Boeken now has about 82,000.
Boeken Clubs Another
Tam had raised from the cutoff, Boeken three-bet from the button, the big blind came along, and Tam called as well. The flop came A-Q-6 with two clubs. It checked to Boeken who bet, the BB folded, Tam check-raised, and Boeken called.
The turn was a blank (i.e., not a club), and Boeken called Tam's bet. The river was the
. Tam bet, Boeken raised, and Tam made the crying call.As had happened on that bubble hand earlier, Boeken had rivered the club flush -- he had
. When Tam said something about a bad beat, Boeken replied "That sort of thing happens to me all the time online."Boeken has now pushed up beyond the 150,000-chip mark, while Tam still has 42,000. Tam is also still in good spirits, and wanted to say hello and thanks to his wife who he says let him play in the WSOP on the weekend.
Dinner Break