2009 World Series of Poker

Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
$190,770
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
446
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em

Day 3 Completed

Marc Naalden Wins Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em ($190,770)

He was posing for a laugh, but now it's his for keeps
He was posing for a laugh, but now it's his for keeps
It's been a crazy day in the Amazon Room, with Marc Naalden thoroughly dominating this tournament.

He had almost half the chips in play when they were seven-handed, and picked off his opponents one by one. A rollercoaster of a heads-up match saw him lose the chip lead at one point for the first time since there were 25 runners left yesterday evening, but he never lost focus and made back every single chip to take first place -- not forgetting the bracelet.

Indeed, this is only the second bracelet ever to go to the Netherlands, and the excitement of the Dutch crowd was incredibly, audibly obvious. Many of Holland's big stars turned out to rail, including Noah Boeken, Lex Veldhuis, Michiel Brummelhuis and the Netherlands' only other bracelet winner Rob Hollink. Their chorus of "NEEDLEKING!" is still echoing around the final table.

And come to think of it, this has been a great year for Naalden. He started it off with winning the main event at the inaugural PokerNews Cup Alpine, continued with a tenth-place finish at the EPT Grand Final, and now he's gone and topped it all with a bracelet win in his specialty, Limit Hold'em. Many congratulations to Mr. Naalden, and remember his face -- we're going to be seeing an awful lot more of him in tournaments to come.

Tags: Marc Naalden

Shorter Still

...And back down to just 170,000 now for Cowley.

He called Naalden's button raise and they checked it down all the way to the end of the {8-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {J-Spades} {J-Clubs} {9-Spades} board, at which point Naalden showed {A-Hearts} {3-Clubs} and Cowley mucked.

Cowley Needs Help

Wow, Cowley's in some serious trouble now.

He reraised from the big blind to a button raise from Naalden, and then bet out on the {2-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {7-Hearts} flop; Naalden called.

He bet again on the {9-Spades} turn and this time Naalden raised. Cowley called, and both players checked the {4-Diamonds} river -- at which point it transpired that Naalden's {7-Clubs} {6-Hearts} was good to win the pot. Cowley flashed what looked like two paint cards.

He's down to 200,000. Yikes.

Naalden Chipping Away and Chipping Up

Cowley raised it up from the button and then bet to a check from Naalden on the {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} flop. They both cagily checked the {2-Spades} turn, but Naalden came out betting on the {8-Clubs} river and Cowley passed; he's down to 900,000 now.

A couple hands later and it happened again. Naalden called a button raise from Cowley, and this time Cowley gave it up to a check-raise on the {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {9-Spades} flop.

And let's hear it one more time -- Cowley raised his button, but laid it down to a check-raise from Naalden on a {4-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {J-Spades} flop.

One for Cowley

Naalden raised his button again and once more Cowley called.

Cowley check-raised the {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {10-Clubs} flop and Naalden called, but folded when Cowley bet out on the dangerous-looking {4-Diamonds} turn.

One for Naalden

Marc Naalden took down the first hand of level 25 when he raised from the button and Steven Cowley called.

Cowley check-called the {4-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {3-Clubs} flop, and Naalden checked behind on the {J-Hearts} turn. Cowley check-called again on the {8-Spades} river, but mucked to Naalden's pocket {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}.