Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-19-2009 11:25 UTC-12

Going, Gavin, Gone

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Gavin Smith had somehow dropped down to, er, 250 chips. So he did the decent thing and called all in to a raise in a five-way pot, but come the river of the {2-Diamonds}

he couldn't beat the winner's {A-Hearts}

; he mucked, and he departed.

Tags: Gavin Smith

06-19-2009 11:35 UTC-12

Prize Pool Announced

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446 runners coughed up the $2,000 for this event, generating a prize pool of $811,720, with 45 places paying out and a cool $190,770 going to the winner. Whoop!

06-19-2009 11:36 UTC-12

20 Minute Break

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It's time for another brief spell of Vegas sunshine. Back soon.

06-19-2009 11:52 UTC-12

Lurking outside the Poker Kitchen at the break, Dragan Galic was very frustrated. Turns out there was a raise preflop and Galic reraised with pocket aces; a third player called.

Galic bet out on the raggy flop and the initial raiser folded, but the third player called. A king came on the turn and a ten on the river -- and Galic's opponent flipped over {K-?}

. "This is the last limit event I play in the US," sighed Galic.

Tags: Dragan Galic

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-19-2009 11:56 UTC-12

Back We Go

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Two more hours and then we all get to eat dinner.

06-19-2009 12:04 UTC-12

Kings for Von Halle

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Jan von Halle bet in position on a {2-Clubs}

flop and then called the check-raise from his opponent.

He bet to another check on the {4-Spades}

turn, and once more on the {9-Spades}

river. His opponent finally folded on the river, and von Halle showed him pocket kings for his trouble while he raked in the sizable pot.

Tags: Jan von Halle

06-19-2009 12:13 UTC-12

Cunningham Sinking

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Dreadfulness for Allen Cunningham. We caught up with him on the turn of a {7-Clubs}

board, when he raised from the button to a bet from the small blind.

The small blind checked the {6-Clubs}

river and then called the bet from Cunningham -- and then proceeded to take the pot when his {K-Hearts}

stayed good against Cunningham's {K-?}

.

Cunningham is down to just 1,000.

Tags: Allen Cunningham

06-19-2009 12:14 UTC-12

Missing, Presumed Busto

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- Shannon Elizabeth
- Jim Sachinidis

06-19-2009 12:24 UTC-12

Pam Brunson Bullies Mueller

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An enormous three-way pot for Pam Brunson, who played it aggressively enough to push Greg Mueller off what he says was pocket queens.

A gent in mid-position raised and Brunson reraised in late position. Mueller flatted out of the big blind with, as we've mentioned, his alleged pocket queens, and the original raiser called too.

Flop: {10-Spades}

It checked around to Brunson who bet, and Mueller raised; the original raiser in mid-position called, and both Mueller and he called the reraise from Brunson. Interesting.

Once again the action checked around to Brunson on the {6-Hearts}

turn and once again she bet; Mueller now decided he was beaten and laid it down. Mr Mid-Position called.

River - hilariously, provided that Mueller passed pocket queens -- {Q-Diamonds}

Mr Mid-Position check-called Brunson's bet, and mucked when she turned over {J-Spades}

.

"I just bullied Greg Mueller out of a pot," said Brunson happily." "Yeah, retorted Mueller, "She bullied me with top set." Our bully is up to 7,000.

Tags: Greg Mueller Pam Brunson