and found himself newly ahead of Naalden to take the pot.Board:
Naalden flashed him the
.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
446
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 446
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and found himself newly ahead of Naalden to take the pot.Board:
Naalden flashed him the
.
flop, then betting out on the 
turn and 
river. Naalden called, but mucked to Cowley's trip-tastic 
. Cowley's grossly outnumbered railers applauded very loudly, as if trying to make up for their small numbers and relative sobriety.
Cowley bet out on the
flop and Naalden flatted, but when Cowley bet out again on the 
turn, Naalden raised. A call from Cowley, but he opted to check the river -- and then fold to a bet from Naalden.Since then Naalden has gently whittled away at Cowley's stack, causing Cowley to drop another 100,000 or so. The current chip counts are somewhere in the region of 1.9 million for Naalden, 700,000 for Cowley.
dominating Cowley's 
. But the board in question ran out 
-- they chopped the pot, and no change in the stacks.
Cowley raised from the button and Naalden reraised. Call.
Naalden bet out on the
board and Cowley flatted. Naalden bet out again on the 
turn and this time Cowley raised. Naalden reraised, and a flat call from Cowley led them to see an river. Naalden bet one more time and Cowley called. Cowley turned over pocket , and Naalden announced that he was playing the board and just mucked.Cowley: 1.1 million
Naalden: 1.5 million
turned into a full house on the river of the 
board. Naalden just mucked.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
Naalden bet out on every street of the
board and Cowley just called until the river, when he raised. Naalden called, but he just mucked when Cowley turned over .Cowley's up to 500,000, but no feeling sorry for Naalden -- he's still on over 2 million.
Steven Cowley: 325,000
Marc Naalden: 2.3 million
finally stayed ahead of a dominated hand -- namely the in the hands of Marc Naalden -- on a 
board.But Naalden took all those chips back again a hand or two later when his continued betting on the
board forced Johns to lay it down on the river.So Johns was down to 30,000 when he moved in on the button. Both players called, and they checked down the
board until Naalden bet out on the river; Cowley folded.Naalden turned over
again which had this time made a flush, and Johns just mucked as he exited in third place.
