Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-13-2009 20:05 UTC-12

Kenny Tran Out; Evan Roberts Moves On

[user66118]

Kenny Tran won't be around long enough to defend his title

Kenny Tran opened the pot with a raise to 7,600. Evan Roberts pounded a big stack of pink chips into the middle of the table, enough to cover his opponent. After some deliberation, Tran made the call for his last ~30,000, putting his tournament life in jeopardy.

Showdown
Roberts: {8-Spades}

Tran:

The board was a big dry desert for Tran, running out {9-Diamonds}

. Roberts' eights full was the winner, and he has advanced to tomorrow's Round of 64. He did it in fine fashion too, knocking off Alexander Kostritsyn in the first round and the defending champion in the second round.

We'll have a new champion this year, that much is certain now.

06-13-2009 20:02 UTC-12

Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier vs. James D'Ambrosio; ElkY Runs Into Aces

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From the button, James D'Ambrosio raised to 5,2000 and Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier three bet to 14,400. D'Ambrosio moved all in for 47,500 and Elky called.

Elky - {A-Hearts}

D'Ambrosio - {A-Spades}

The board comes {9-Hearts}

giving D'Ambrosio a set to double up.

D'Ambrosio - 95,000
Elky - 25,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

06-13-2009 19:58 UTC-12

Unknown Player Moves On

[user66118]

Claudio Rinaldi is the latest victim of this round. We're not sure who beat him, because there is a repeat name on the seat draw from Harrah's, but we should have that info shortly. In any event, "Swissy" is out.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi

06-13-2009 19:52 UTC-12

A Happy Tune

[user66118]

It's about that time of night when Gavin Smith just spontaneously breaks into song. Benjamin Springer had a front row seat for the latest performance:

"You got a lot of chips,
I got a lot of heart,
I'm not giving up,
I'm playing strong from the start"

Springer does indeed have a of chips with about a two-to-one lead over the songful Smith.

Tags: Benjamin Sprenger Gavin Smith

06-13-2009 19:48 UTC-12

Matches Still Going

[user66118]

There are still six matches running in Round 2:

Bertrand Grospellier - 68,000
James D'Ambrosio - 52,000

Kenny Tran - 49,000
Evan Roberts - 71,000

Gavin Smith - 42,000
Benjamin Sprenger - 78,000

Michael Baxter - 60,000
Jared Ingles - 60,000

Claudio Rinaldi - 59,200
Unknown Opponent - 60,800

Alexey Popov - 88,000
Kenneth Middleton - 32,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

06-13-2009 19:40 UTC-12

Stokes Not Taking Any Flack

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On the button, Layne Flack raised it up to 8,700. Jamin Stokes reraised all in for 43,000, and Flack made the call.

Showdown
Flack: {K-Hearts}

Stokes:

The board failed to improve Flack as it came {4-Diamonds}

. Stokes' tens full was good to win the big double up, and he now has a three-to-one lead over Flack. "Back to the grind," was all Flack could say after the hand.

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A few hands later, Flack was down to about 15,000 and he moved all in before the flop with {Q-?}