2009 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Hey Ho, Foley-o

Big pots, big pots, no whammmies... stop! No whammies for Ray Foley. He raised to 25,000 from early position, then called Chris Crockett's late-positiong reraise to 65,000. Foley checked the {J-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} flop over to Crockett, who came out for 80,000. When Foley check-raised all in for 148,000, Crockett probably felt he had no choice but to call.

Crockett's pocket tens had been out-flopped by Foley's pocket sixes, which made a set of sixes. The turn and river popped off completely harmlessly, giving Foley the pot. He doubled up to about 445,000 while Crockett slipped to 160,000.

Tags: Chris CrockettRay Foley

Second Bracelet in the Works for Jones?

2006 WSOP Ladies champion Mary Jones may be our new chip leader. She opened a pot preflop for 30,000, then called after Dmitry Boshenyatov reraised all in for 180,000. Each player had two clubs. Jones showed {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} while Boshenyatov showed {5-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. It was Boshenyatov who paired up on the {8-Clubs} {4-Spades} {5-Diamonds} flop. The {3-Hearts} turn was safe, but Jones paired up on the {A-Spades} river to end Boshenyatov's day.

Jones is now on about 860,000 chips.

Tags: Dmitriy BoshenyatovMary Jones

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Iacovone First to One Million

We feel like pots should not be this big at this stage of the tournament -- but they are. First Michele Iacovone called a 28,000 raise from Kwan Leung. Leung moved all in on a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds} and Iacovone quickly called. Leung's {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} had completely missed, putting Iacovone in great shape to knock Leung out with {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}. He did just that when the turn and river bricked.

Iacovone is up to 1.2 million.

Tags: Kwan LeungMichele Iacovone

Mary Jones Eliminated

We may have spoken too soon about Mary Jones' chances for a bracelet in this event. In the span of two hands, she went from chip leader to eliminated. First, she and Ray Foley got all of the chips on the middle on a flop of {2-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {8-Clubs}. Mary had the overpair, {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}; Foley had the two-overcard flush draw, {A-Clubs} {k-Clubs}. The {3-Spades} changed nothing, but the {j-Clubs} made Foley's flush. That hand pushed Foley to 1.1 million and left Jones with about 150,000.

Shortly thereafter, Foley and Jones tangled again, this time with Jones moving all in preflop. Strangely, the hands were almost the same -- {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} for Jones and {A-Spades} {K-Spades} for Foley! Foley's Big Slick won again on a board of {K-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Spades}. He got the rest of Jones' chips to climb to 1.25 million, while Jones got a purple payout slip and headed to the payout table.

Crockett's Horse Runs Too Slow

Chris Crockett - Out
Chris Crockett - Out
Chris Crockett got the rest of his ~150,000 chips into the pot before the flop with pocket sixes. Wei Mu had him covered, and he called with ace-king offsuit to put his opponent to the test.

The flop ran {J-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {2-Hearts}, and the {10-Hearts} on the turn would be all she wrote for Crockett. Mu's Broadway straight does him in, sending him over to the payout desk with his buddies who've been on the rail all day.

Tags: Chris CrockettWei Mu

Programming Notes

Rule 96 of the 2009 World Series of Poker Rules states that no Day 2 shall be required to play past 3am if the next day's final table is not scheduled to be broadcast on television or the internet. Practically speaking, no tournament has been forced to play past 3am.

With still more than 30 players remaining and the hour already approaching 2am, we're a long way away from our final table of 9. With about 35 minutes remaining on the tournament clock, the staff have a problem -- the next scheduled 20-minute break will fall at 2:20am. It's not very practical to send players on break for 20 minutes and then have them come back for just 20 minutes more of play.

The decision, therefore, is that if we reach 27 players (the last three tables) before the end of the level, we will suspend play for the day. Otherwise we'll play until 3am.

31 players remain.

Double for Davis

At some point in most no-limit hold'em tournaments, it comes down to a race. Ray Davis won his race. He moved all in for 277,000 after a player in middle position opened for 32,000. That player called with pocket tens; Davis tabled {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and won the hand by flopping an ace. He's up to 574,000.

Tags: Ray Davis

Two for the Price of One

Benjaming Kang - not hanging on any longer
Benjaming Kang - not hanging on any longer
We've just had a double elimination from the far side of the tournament. Benjamin Kang tabled the best hand, {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs} in a three-way all in with Rich Lutes and super short stack Luke Priour. But in the end it was Lutes' {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} that took down the pot on a board of {9-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {k-Spades} {3-Hearts}. Lutes climbed to 275,000 while Kang and Priour are off to be paid.

Iacovone Claims Another

Javier Corzo opened with a raise to 48,000 from early position. In the small blind, big stack Michele Iacovone moved all in, putting the decision on Corzo. There wasn't much else to do; Corzo committed all 180,000 of his chips to the pot.

Showdown
Corzo: {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}
Iacovone: {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}

The board ran out dry: {7-Spades} {3-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {4-Spades}. Iacovone's kings hold, sending Corzo to the exit here very late in Day 2.

Tags: Javier CorzoMichele Iacovone