Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-21-2009 10:38 UTC-12

O'Double Up

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Short-stacked Jared O'Dell raised in late position and Marc Naalden reraised out of the small blind. Tommy Hang called from the big blind, and so did O'Dell.

Naalden bet out on the {2-Hearts}

flop but Hang raised. O'Dell called all in, Naalden folded, and they were on their backs.

Hang: {A-Clubs}

O'Dell:

Turn:

River:

Mr. O'Dell more than doubled to 180,000.

Since then, he's managed to nudge his stack up above the 200,000 mark after pushing Alex Keating off a pot with a bet on the river of a {4-Spades}

board.

Tags: Jared O'Dell Tommy Hang

06-21-2009 10:50 UTC-12

Pocket Rockets Propel Needle King into Outer Space

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Marc Naalden raised under the gun only for Tommy Hang to reraise on his immediate left. O'Dell called from the button and Naalden went ahead and four-bet; both players called and they saw a flop.

Flop: {2-Hearts}

Naalden bet out and both players called; onwards.

Turn: {6-Hearts}

Naalden bet out again and this time Hang decided he didn't like the look of it and folded, leaving himself on 195,000. O'Dell called though.

River: {6-Spades}

Naalden bet out one more time and O'Dell called, but mucked to Naalden's {A-Clubs}

.

Naalden's up over one million, while O'Dell is down to just 110,000.

Tags: Marc Naalden

06-21-2009 10:53 UTC-12

Hang Down

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Tommy Hang is down to 151,000 after calling Alex Keating's bets all the way down the {3-Spades}

board before mucking to Keating's pocket {10-Clubs}

.

Tags: Tommy Hang

06-21-2009 10:58 UTC-12

Danny All Qut Up

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There's no stopping the Needle King -- Marc Naalden is up to over 1.1 million.

He raised in mid position and Danny Qutami, from the big blind, was the only caller.

Qutami check-raised the {5-Spades}

flop but Naalden three-bet, and come the {Q-Hearts}

turn Qutami was reduced to check-calling. Qutami bet out on the {9-Diamonds}

river, but then folded to a raise from Naalden. Curious.

Qutami's down to 275,000.

Tags: Danny Qutami Marc Naalden

06-21-2009 11:04 UTC-12

Going Down the John

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Ian Johns is down to 200,000. He found himself in a four-way pot but it was only him and Tommy Hang left in by the river of the {4-Clubs}

board. Hang bet out on the river, and Johns just folded.

06-21-2009 11:09 UTC-12

Break Time

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20 minutes of glorious, aggressive sunshine. Whoop!

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/15,000

Ante: 0

06-21-2009 11:37 UTC-12

Meet Marc Naalden. He Has a Lot of Chips.

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Marc Naalden, chip leader since halfway through yesterday evening, is absolutely running over the table.

Just before the break, he called an under-the-gun raise from Steven Cowley to see an {8-Clubs}

flop, which Naalden check-raised. No fewer than five bets on the {7-Clubs}

turn made for an enormous pot, and when Cowley called a last bet from Naalden on the {9-Clubs}

river, he was most disappointed to see that his {8-Spades}

for a set was losing to Naalden's {4-Diamonds}

straight. Naalden moved on up to 1.3 million.

Not only that, he won one more pot as everybody else was heading off for the break. He made a full house with {4-Clubs}

on an

board. Tommy Hang mucked, leaving himself on 97,000. Naalden meanwhile was up to 1.5 million.

While he's not a household name in the US, we've been taking notice of Mr Naalden over in Europe in recent months. He made the final table of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo just recently, and of course Mr Naalden took down the inaugural PokerNews Cup Alpine earlier in the year -- you can read about that victory here.

Obviously all sorts of things can happen, but we have to say right now Naalden is looking pretty good to bring home a bracelet for the Netherlands.

Tags: Marc Naalden

06-21-2009 11:39 UTC-12

Trans, Phans and Automobiles

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We've attracted a small but very high quality bunch of railers here at the final table.

J.C. Tran is here, as well as John Phan and Chino Rheem. Over on the other side of the table we have Justin Bonomo and Eric Froehlich, and up on the balcony Rob Hollink is sweating his fellow countryman.

06-21-2009 11:41 UTC-12