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

06-20-2009 17:50 UTC-12

Noooooo Nooooooo

A funny moment occurred a short while ago when Phil Hellmuth was moved from his table to take the seat vacated by Daniel Negreanu.

Mike Thorpe was Hellmuth's table mate and obviously enjoyed having him at his table but for what reason I'll leave up to you. He showed his disappointment though with yelling "Noooooooooo, Noooooooooo" followed by "Damn you floor person".

Hellmuth just had a big smile on his face the entire time. Any attention is good attention to some folks.

06-20-2009 17:45 UTC-12

Rodriguez Back Down, No Up This Time

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...And after that tiny recovery for Julio Rodriguez, back down he went, and this time he's out for the count.

Whatever Rodriguez was holding at the end of the {A-Diamonds}

board, it couldn't beat Mike Thorpe's {A-?}

, and he becomes our 24th place finisher.

06-20-2009 17:45 UTC-12

Player Outed in Blind War

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Brian Cospolich had fallen at the hands of Steve Cowley. There was action preflop and on the flop before the last of the chips went in on the turn when the board read {J-Hearts}

.

Cospolich opened {A-Spades}

to Cowley's {Q-Spades}

. The river came {10-Diamonds}

and we lose another.

06-20-2009 17:40 UTC-12

The Kid's No More

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Daniel Negreanu has just been eliminated in 26th place after a tangle with Ron Burke. Burke raised UTG and was called by Negreanu in the BB before we saw a {10-Diamonds}

flop. Negreanu bet out and was called before the rest of his chips went in on the {3-Hearts}

turn. Burke called and tabled {Q-Spades}

. Negreanu opened a drawing {4-Hearts}

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The river came {A-Spades}

to confirm Negreanu's exit. Another impressive cash for the limit maestro.

06-20-2009 17:39 UTC-12

Rodriguez Down, Then Up, But Only Slightly Up

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Disaster for Julio Rodriguez -- and then a slight recovery.

Most of his chips disappeared in David Baker's stack after Baker turned over {6-Clubs}

on the river of the {3-Hearts}

board to put him up to 250,000. Rodriguez mucked -- and was left with just 10,000.

However, he got those 10,000 in from the big blind to a raise from Jared O'Dell, and after an incredibly exciting board, he doubled up to 25,000.

Rodriguez: {A-Diamonds}

O'Dell:

Board:

06-20-2009 17:33 UTC-12

Matt Finish

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Finding himself with only 2,000 in chips come the redraw, Matt Kelly wasted no time in shipping them in. He called all in under the gun with {K-Clubs}

but Matt Lichtie picked up {A-Hearts}

to his left, and with no spiky little helpers for Kelly on the {4-Clubs}

board, Kelly is out in 27th.

06-20-2009 17:31 UTC-12

Redraw at 27 Players

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Table 58
1. Tommy Hang
2. Alex Keating
3. Tony Pirone
4. Yan Li
5. Henric Strath
6. Daniel Negreanu
7. Ron Burke
8. Matt Kelly
9. Matt Lichtie

Table 61
1. Jared O'Dell
2. Jameson Painter
3. Rafe Furst
4. Marc Naalden
5. Eric Rivkin
6. Danny Qutami
7. Julio Rodriguez Jnr
8. Rep Porter
9. David Baker

Table 64
1. Brian Cospolich
2. Mike Thorpe
3. Robert Laberge
4. Nancy Blaustein
5. Ian Johns
6. Shawn McBride
7. Douglas Young
8. Steve Cowley
9. Phil Hellmuth

06-20-2009 17:28 UTC-12

Haakens-out

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Very short-stacked after that encounter, Erik Haakenson got it in preflop with {A-Hearts}

from the cutoff but was looked up by Rep Porter on the button holding {A-Diamonds}

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Board: a decisive {10-Spades}

We're down to 27 and there's been a redraw for seats.

06-20-2009 17:25 UTC-12

Keating Up

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Alex Keating raised from the cutoff and Erik Haakenson on the button reraised. Over to Mike Thorpe in the big blind who called, and back to Keating who called too.

Flop: {3-Spades}

It checked around to Haakenson who bet -- but Thorpe raised, and then Keating reraised. Haakenson got out of the way (incidentally leaving himself rather short) and Thorpe called.

Turn: {K-Diamonds}

Thorpe check-called a bet from Keating.

River: {7-Spades}

Once more, Thorpe check-called.

Keating turned over {3-Clubs}

for a full house to put him up to 190,000; Thorpe mucked and is down to 45,000.

Tags: Alex Keating

06-20-2009 17:10 UTC-12

Catch Him If You Can

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The flop was out and read {2-Spades}

and Rep Porter checked from the BB as did Phil Hellmuth from the cut off. The {7-Diamonds}

turn saw Porter check-call a bet as he did on the {Q-Clubs}

river. Porter tabled {A-Hearts}

that was good for the pot as Hellmuth mucked.

"I'm going to catch you" needled Porter at Hellmuth "You play too many pots".

Hellmuth -- 70,000
Porter -- 183,000