Recent Eliminations
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65th - James Schaaf
66th - Thomas West
67th - Eric Kurtzman
68th - James Wheatley
69th - Frank Selberis
70th - Faud Koubi
71st - Quincy Crawford
72nd - John Comer
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
65th - James Schaaf
66th - Thomas West
67th - Eric Kurtzman
68th - James Wheatley
69th - Frank Selberis
70th - Faud Koubi
71st - Quincy Crawford
72nd - John Comer
Double-Up for Micon
Bryan Micon was in good spirits earlier in the day, playfully irritating his table mates. Now he's just trying to hang on.
Micon was all in on the
flop in the Omaha round with a bad ace, 
. He didn't improve to anything on the turn 
, but the river 
gave Micon a set to overtake the better ace of his opponent. He's back up to 30,000 chips.
Another Scalp for Van Alstyne
James Van Alstyne really seems to be hitting his stride in this event. In position, he reraised an early position raiser, then capped after the small blind put in the third raise. Those two players were heads up to the flop, when came down
. The small blind check-called one bet, then check-called the 
turn and finally check-called all in on the 
river. Van Alstyne turned up 
. It was the winner over his opponent's 
.Van Alstyne is up to 117,000.
Recent Eliminations
57th - Reginald Simmons
58th - Jason Yano
59th - Doug Saab
60th - Rolando Lozano
61st - William Eichel
62nd - Vincent Lonardo
63rd - Alan Dvorkis
64th - David Golding
Amir Nematinia Eliminated
Amir Nematinia: (
) 
Fabrice Soulier: (
) 
Nematinia was all in on fifth street against Soulier. Soulier was able to pull an eight-five low when all Nematinia could muster was a ten-seven low. Amir was eliminated on the hand and Soulier moved up to 168,000.
Oh Dear -- Maier's Playing the Wrong Game
Maier: x-x /
/ xOpponent: x-x /
FOLDO'Dell: x-x /
/ xIverson: x-x /
/ xI came to Brasilia 189 to see one of the PokerNews reporters standing over a four-way pot on fourth street that had lots of bets in the middle already.
"Stud-Eight?" I asked.
"No, Stud High," he replied with some surprise. He recounted the action for me. Maier opened by completing. She was called by one opponent with the
before O'Dell raised. Iverson called two bets cold, Maier called and the fourth player called.On fourth street, O'Dell had first action and bet all in. Iverson called before Maier raised. That raise drove out the fourth player, but Iverson called.
Maier bet fifth street and was called. On sixth street and seventh street, both Maier and Iverson checked.
"I have 8-7 low," said Maier. And then an expletive slipped out of her mouth as she realized that the game was Stud. O'Dell started shouting at the dealer and the floor person about... something, we're still not sure what, and in the confusion we missed Iverson's hole cards. But his open pair of queens was enough to take down the pot.
Maier's blunder has knocked her back to 130,000 in chips. Iverson is up to 105,000. And O'Dell was eliminated on the hand.
Recent Eliminations
49th - Peter Feldman
50th - Damon Shrader
51st - Frank O'Dell
52nd - Adam Kipnis
53rd - Amir Nematinia
54th - Ari Bluman
55th - Keith Ezykowich
56th - Marco Traniello
Level: 16
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Schiffman Sends Thor to the Rail
Schiffman:
/ / Hansen:
/ 
/ XEven the mighty Thor was most likely destined to bust out of this tournament. Thor Hansen is out with six tables remaining. He called Ron Schifman all the way down on every street, finally calling all in on sixth street. Schiffman rivered an unnecessary full house to take down the pot and eliminate Hansen from the tournament.
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