Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-17-2009 16:23 UTC-12

Taylor Hitting All the Right Notes

[user66118]

James Taylor raised to 10,500, and a player in late position moved all in for 18,000. When it came back to Taylor, he made the call with {A-Clubs}

. His opponent sheepishly tabled {2-?}

. The flop paired him, coming {3-Hearts}

, but the

and

that followed did nothing to get him over the hump, and he has been sent off.

James Taylor is running hot, carving his way through this field nicely. He's up to 390,000 now, in the mix of chip leaders.

Tags: James Taylor

06-17-2009 16:12 UTC-12

Pelton Out

Shamus

Joe Pelton was down to about 30,000 when he went ahead and committed the last of his chips preflop with {A-Spades}

. He was up against Leeroy Fernandez's {K-Diamonds}

.

The flop was fine for Pelton -- {3-Clubs}

. But the turn and river were not -- {K-Hearts}

. Pelton is out, and Fernandez now has 160,000.

Tags: Joe Pelton Leeroy Fernandez

06-17-2009 16:06 UTC-12

Queens Fail Ma

Shamus

Tony Ma was all in before the flop with {Q-Hearts}

against Dana Davidson's {A-Clubs}

. The flop brought an ace -- {A-Spades}

-- and Ma was looking for a queen to survive. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and the river the {3-Spades}

, and Ma is out.

Davidson now has 118,000.

Tags: Dana Davidson Tony Ma

06-17-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Glines Gone, Taylor Trucking

Shamus

With the board showing {5-Hearts}

and more than 50,000 already in the middle, James Taylor bet 41,000, and Shawn Glines made the call. The river brought the {K-Diamonds}

. Taylor pushed all in. Glines considered what to do, then said "I think it's a terrible call, but I call."

Taylor turned over {K-Clubs}

-- he'd flopped an open-ended straight draw, then hit a king on the end. Glines mucked, having been eliminated.

The table broke soon thereafter, and Taylor carried about 330,000 to his new seat across the room.

Tags: James Taylor Shawn Glines

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

06-17-2009 15:43 UTC-12

Haag Rides the Elevator

[user66118]

Marc Whitford opened with a raise, and Michael Haag moved all in for just about 30,000. Whitford called, turning up {A-Spades}

. Haag was racing for his tournament life with {10-Clubs}

. The board ran safe for him, coming {3-Spades}

, and he doubled up to 62,000.

On the next hand though, he would take those newly attained chips and give them away to someone else. On a flop of {J-Diamonds}

, Mikael Olsson bet out, and Haag again moved all in. Olsson instantly called for his own tournament life and showed {J-Clubs}

for top set. Haag was trying to run down his straight draw with {K-Spades}

. The turn and river blanked off though ( {8-Hearts}

and

), and Haag has slipped all the way back down to 7,000.

06-17-2009 15:31 UTC-12

Mullaghy To the Nines

Shamus

Sean Mullaghy was just the big beneficiary in a huge hand between him and Melchor Taclan. We came on this one as the chips were being pushed Mullaghy's way. He held {9-Hearts}

, Taclan held {K-Clubs}

, and the board read {K-Spades}

.

Mullaghy's quads gave him the approximately 200,000-chip pot, and knocked Taclan out in 85th place.

Mullaghy is currently sitting across the table from Roland de Wolfe and Bertrand Grospellier. "Nice hand, buddy," said de Wolfe afterwards. "What's your name?"

Tags: Sean Mullaghy

06-17-2009 15:20 UTC-12

A Pause for Some Applause

Shamus

All tourneys were just paused for 10 minutes for the daily bracelet ceremonies. Three bracelets were awarded tonight.

Adding to the festivities, the Stanley Cup is here, as is NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who happens to be WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack's half-brother. Bettman was given the honor of telling the dealers to go back and "shuffle up and deal."

06-17-2009 15:07 UTC-12

Ayoub Over Andrey

Shamus

Martsev Andrey raised to 8,000, Steven Ayoub reraised to 20,000, and Andrey made the call. The flop came {8-Hearts}

. Martsev pushed all in for 33,000, and Ayoub went into the tank before finally making the call.

Ayoub had guessed right, as Martsev showed {A-Spades}

for overcards, while Ayoub held {10-Spades}

for sevens and a gutshot straight draw.

The turn was the {K-Spades}

and the river the {8-Spades}

, and Ayoub ended up with a flush. Martsev is out, and Ayoub is now up to 275,000.

Tags: Martsev Andrey Steven Ayoub