Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 2 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
770
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Day 2 Suspended
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We knew we were in for a challenge when 221 players returned at 2pm to start the day. Eric Kurtzman was leading them all with 57,000 chips, with Andy Black close behind in second place. Neither player made it to the final three tables returning tomorrow.
At the end of the night, Fabrice Soulier and Brian Malcolm were competing for the chip lead, each with about a quarter million in chips. Also still alive: Shannon Shorr, Vanessa Rousso, Paul Darden, and Bryan Micon and 17 other players, each dreaming about mounting the podium in two days time to claim a gold bracelet.
The suspension in play means our Day 3 restart will be pushed up one hour. We'll see you back at the Rio at 1pm tomorrow for a very, very long Day 3.
Quoth the Raven (Never Moore)
Vassilios Lazarou Eliminated
Vassilios Lazarou: (
-X) 
(X)Opponent: (
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)Opponent: (
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)Vassilios Lazarou couldn't stay in the game after his opponent that was rolled up pulled a full house on the river. Lazarou was out in 25th place and with his elimination, the players will now redraw at three tables.
Robert Lewis Eliminated
It was not the ending that Robert Lewis was hoping for. He started 7-2 / 4 in razz and completed. Mitch Schock called with 7-A / 4. The two players had identical 4-Q-9 boards by fifth street, where Lewis was all in. He was drawing dead by the river, as Schock improved to an 8-7 and Lewis was drawing at a 9. He is the 26th-place finisher.
Black, Devonshire Busto
It was much the same story for Bryan Devonshire, with exactly the same result. He's also out.
Tempers Taut
The other player in the hand, the big blind, yelled it was a string raise. The dealer agreed, prompting the small blind to sputter with rage. A floor was summoned, with the small blind jamming his finger in the face of the dealer. After instructing the small blind to calm down, the floor listened to the story and ruled that the verbal raise declaration was binding.
Now it was the big blind's turn to steam. He argued that it was the wrong ruling, but the floor would not budge. "I've made my decision, sir. You can call or fold."
"Or raise," Bryan Micon helpfully added from the other end of the table.
Maier's Kings Cracked
It hasn't been the best hour for Lana Maier. Her stack seems to slowly be shrinking. We just walked by her table in time to see Maier paying off Fabrice Soulier on the river of a
? board. Maier turned up the black kings, which were no good against Soulier's 
. He flopped the nut straight.
Rouhani Wins a Big Three-Way Pot To Stay Alive
There was a big three-way pot over at one of the tables recently. Both Jim Silveira and Farzad Rouhani were all in. All of the money went in on fifth street and here's how the hands played out.
Silveira: (
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Rouhani: (
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Opponent: (
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Rouhani was able to scoop the entire pot worth almost 90,000 chips with trip aces against his two opponents. Silveira was eliminated on the hand.
Micon Gettin' Mightier
In a hand of stud hi/lo, Bryan Micon scooped a pot with a six-high straight which worked for both halves of the pot. He was able to bust one player on the hand and increase his stack to 80,000.