and unfortunately ran into a player holding pocket rockets. The board came 
, and Kwikfish is out.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,095
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2095
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and unfortunately ran into a player holding pocket rockets. The board came , and Kwikfish is out.
trying to survive Frederiksen's 
.The flop would be very helpful indeed for the at-risk Mackey, coming
to put him in the lead. The 
and 
that followed would keep him there, notching him a huge double up. Mackey was very short stacked with about 1,000 chips left yesterday, but this most-recent win bumps him all the way to 125,000.Frederiksen is down to 42,000 after working himself up over the century mark early on.
, and was up against another short-stacked player (who had him barely covered) who held 
.The community cards were
, and Hansen is out. Hansen reports this is the fourth straight event in which he has cashed, his best finish among those four being a ninth place in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event (Event No. 16).
Grospellier showed
and his opponent 
. The board came 
, and another player hit the rail. ElkY now has 32,000.
. Giving his opponent a brief stare, Hellmuth moved all in for just about 25,000 total. His opponent, Scott Dorsch, would eventually fold.Hellmuth decided to open up his hand, revealing two more tens for a set. "Beat that, baby!" He's back up to 45,000, and he's decided to take a little walk, heading out into the corridors.
, two opponents checked to Dennis Phillips, and he moved all in for 27,000. After some deliberation, Mark Friedman would make the call, folding the third player involved.Phillips tabled
, trailing Friedman's 
. Looking for a six or an eight, Phillips found none. The filled out the board, and America's favorite truck salesman has been eliminated.As he left the room, Phillips was all smiles, beaming from ear to ear. And it may take weeks to wipe that smile off of his face. Dennis spent the early part of the afternoon decked out in a personalized St. Louis Blues jersey, playing poker with a group of hockey players including Alex Ovechkin, Jeremy Roenick, and Eddie Olczyk over in the ESPN arena.
Howe showed
and de Wolfe 
. The board came 
, and de Wolfe claimed the pot. Howe is out, and de Wolfe now up to 90,000.
We pick him up involved in a three-way pot. Paul Wasicka was the preflop raiser, and both Miller and one other opponent matched the 2,700 chips to see the flop.
It came
, and all three men checked. Fourth street brought the 
. The bet was passed to Miller, and he laid out 7,000 chips. The first opponent ducked out, but Wasicka made the call. Both players again checked the 
on the river.Miller tabled
, and it was good enough to win him the pot. It wasn't a life-changing hand, by any means, but it was just the most recent in a long string of chip-up pots for Miller. Coming into the day with just 7,700 chips, he has now worked that short stack up to a respectable 58,000.
