But wait! She was suddenly moved to a different table and got four free hands, lucky lady. She made the money, and not only that, she's clawed her way up to 65,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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But wait! She was suddenly moved to a different table and got four free hands, lucky lady. She made the money, and not only that, she's clawed her way up to 65,000.
turned out nice on the
board to crack his opponent's pocket jacks.And if that weren't enough, a couple hands later he smacked the river again, this time ending Matt Dames' tournament life.
Board:
Naalden:
Dames: flashed the
before departing.Naalden is now even more chipped up than he was before.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 0
He raised under the gun and called a late position reraise to see an
flop. He checked, Mr. Late Position bet, Martens raised, Mr. Late Position reraised, and Martens called all in for his very last 3,000.Martens:
for two pairMr. Late Position:
for a pair of acesTurn: (look away now if you're of a nervous disposition)
River:
Out he goes.
into another player's
, all in preflop.Board: a very unhelpful
and Rep Porter checked from the BB as did Phil Hellmuth from the cut off. The
turn saw Porter check-call a bet as he did on the
river. Porter tabled
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
Flop:
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:
Thorpe check-called a bet from Keating.
River:
Once more, Thorpe check-called.
Keating turned over
for a full house to put him up to 190,000; Thorpe mucked and is down to 45,000.
from the cutoff but was looked up by Rep Porter on the button holding
.Board: a decisive

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