2009 World Series of Poker

Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$521,932
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,095
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2095
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Another TKO for ElkY

ElkY's still going at it over there, a man on a mission. He's just claimed another victim with ace-king versus ace-queen. The two men got it all in when an ace flopped, and the rest of the board ran dry.

After notching another elimination, Grospellier is all the way up to 340,000, fighting for the top spot on the board now.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierElkY

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Kings and Axes

After a preflop raise to 6,000, Mike Souza and two other players called before the small blind moved all in for about 25,000 total. The rest of the table passed, but Mike Souza made the call from the button.

He tabled {A-Spades} {K-Clubs} to lead his opponent's {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} . The flop brought another seven for the at-risk player, but it also contained two kings. In the end, the board ran out {7-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} to lock up the pot for Souza and send yet another player to the payout desk.

Souza's now sitting on a stack of 125,000.

Tags: Mike Souza

Praz Makes a Slick Fold

From early position, Eddie Le raised to 4,000 to open the betting. Praz Bansi reraised to 11,500 from middle position, and Andrew Younglood was unimpressed. He moved all in over the top of both raises, committing his last 62,000 chips to the pot.

As soon as he moved in, Youngblood stood up and started pacing around the table. When Le folded, he moved on to Bansi and began chatting it up as the player was considering his decision. Bansi finally got the message and open-mucked ace-king. When Youngblood got back to his seat, he was kind enough to show the table his {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} as he adds more than 15,000 chips to his stack. He's up to 85,000.

Tags: Andrew YoungbloodEddie LePraz Bansi

Payout Desk Clerk Earning Her Pay

We're now down to 135 players. Since we reached the cash, each of those players eliminated has received a payday just under $3,000 (twice the buy-in). Recent eliminations include Eugene Katchalov (158th), Alex Jacob (154th), and David Pleat (148th).

Elk Tracks

Bertrand Grospellier is really moving up today. Over the last 15 minutes, he's knocked out two more opponents (the last coming with ElkY's ace-queen pipping his opponent's king-queen) to move up toward the top of the board with 145,000.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierElkY

Utterback of the Pack

About 20,000 was already piled in the middle of the table when the players saw a flop of {K-Clubs} {8-Spades} {10-Spades}. From the big blind, Paul Darden moved all in for his remaining 21,000. His opponent, Mark Utterback, went deep into the tank for several minutes. A player across the felt eventually called the clock, trying to hurry along the decision. As the countdown neared zero, Utterback finally made a hero call with {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs}.

It turned out to be not very heroic at all as Darden tabled {K-Hearts} {J-Spades}. The {Q-Clubs} and {2-Hearts} filled out the board to give Darden a courtesy double-up to 43,000. Utterback has fallen to 17,500.

Tags: Mark UtterbackPaul Darden

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