2009 World Series of Poker

Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$197,488
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Total Entries
643
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 643
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Level: 14

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

How Can You Be in Two Places at Once?

What to do, what to do...
What to do, what to do...
You can't, of course.

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.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Big Stacks

These folks aren't so worried about the money bubble approaching (just seven eliminations away):

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

Drucker Drives Them Out, Survives

Linda Drucker
Linda Drucker
In a multiway hand, the flop came {J-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} 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 {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and her opponent {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}. The turn was the {Q-Diamonds}, putting Drucker ahead. And the {7-Hearts} sealed it. Another player is out, and Drucker now has about 15,000.

Tags: Linda Drucker

Halle, Engelbert Up; Holmes Down

Joe Holmes was all in before the flop against Jon Van Halle and Glenn Engelbert. The flop came {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Halle bet, and Engelbert called. The turn brought the {A-Spades}. This time Halle checked, Engelbert bet, and Halle folded, conceding the side pot.

Engelbert turned over {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} for aces, and Holmes {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. The river was the {K-Clubs}, and Holmes is out. Engelbert is up to 64,500. Van Halle still has a big stack as well with 71,000.

Darden Darting Up Leaderboard

Paul Darden raised from middle position, and it folded back around to the big blind who made the call. The flop came {A-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}. The player in the big blind checked, Darden bet, and his opponent folded.

Darden has one of the bigger stacks in the room, up to about 75,000 at the moment.

Tags: Paul Darden

Level: 13

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0