2009 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jq
Prize
$657,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,715
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Moving Along

The table is playing fast now, and the dealer can barely keep up with the action. Here are the last three relatively uninteresting hands:

First, Alex Jacob raised to 125,000 in early position. Two seats over, Richard Lutes reraised to 375,000. When it came back to the afro, he asked for a count on Lutes. His opponent had exactly 1,000,000 chips, and that was all Jacob wanted to know; he folded.

On the next hand, action folded all the way around the table, and Brandon Cantu got a walk in the big blind. He clenched his fists and flung his cards into the muck face-up: {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}.

With Cantu in the small blind next hand, he opened for a raise to 200,000. Alex Jacob didn't have anything to play with. He showed {2-?} {3-?} and mucked.

A Small One for Alex

Alex Jacob opened to 125,000 from middle position, and Chairud Vangchailued came along from the big blind.

The board ran out {9-Spades} {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {3-Hearts}. On the flop and turn, both players checked. The river saw Vangchailued check once again, and a bet of 150,000 was good enough to win Jacob the pot.

Tags: Alex Jacob

Updated Chip Counts

Ray Foley - 2,800,000
Brandon Cantu - 2,480,000
Alex Jacob - 1,520,000
Chairud Vangchailued - 1,350,000
Tyler Spalding - 1,270,000
Wei Mu - 975,000
Richard Lutes - 760,000
Jonathan Markham - 720,000

Vangchailued and Spalding Trade Places

With the action folded around to the blinds, Chairud Vangchailued limped in from the small, and Tyler Spalding announced a raise from the big. He put out another 150,000, and Vangchailued matched it.

Heads up, the flop came {A-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}. Vangchailued checked, and Spalding quickly announced, "All in." His opponent nodded and sputtered an, "I call," fumbling to flip over his {A-Spades} {8-Hearts}. Spalding shook his head and tabled his {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}.

The turn and river bricked off with the {7-Hearts} and {10-Diamonds} respectively, and the man with the long name gets a huge double up. He had 635,000 behind his all in, and his stack has now swelled to 1,710,000.

Tags: Chairud VangchailuedTyler Spalding

Foley Not Backing Down

In the first pot back from dinner, Alex Jacob opened from early position with a raise to 125,000. Right next to him, Ray Foley reraised to 350,000. After the table folded around, Jacob tried to engage Foley in a little chit-chat before shaking his head and mucking his two cards.

Foley is not to be messed with.

Tags: Ray Foley

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Counting Chips

Ray Foley - 2,735,000
Brandon Cantu - 2,055,000
Tyler Spalding - 1,845,000
Alex Jacob - 1,765,000
Wei Mu - 1,110,000
Jonathan Markham - 995,000
Richard Lutes - 880,000
Chairud Vangchailued - 840,000

Chow Time

We've reached the end of level 25, and the players are taking a time out for dinner. Play will resume at 9:20pm, one hour from now.
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