2009 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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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
Players Left 1 / 2,715
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Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Breaking Things

The clock has been paused, and the players are taking a 20-minute break. During the stretch, the grey/purple/periwinkle T500 chips will be colored up and raced off.

Kang Doing More Than Just Hanging On

Benjamin Kang
Benjamin Kang
Lucas Priour opened the pot to 18,500 from the button. The small blind ducked out, but Benjamin Kang came along from the big.

The flop rolled out {A-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}, and Kang moved all in for 79,500. Priour made the call, tabling {9-Hearts} {3-Clubs} for a paltry pair of nines. Kang was ahead with {A-Spades} {2-Spades}. The {7-Diamonds} on the turn was a good card for the short stack, blocking Priour's two pair outs. The {K-Diamonds} was a blank on the river, and Kang has earned another nice pot.

He's still climbing, just nudging 200,000 chips now.

Tags: Benjamin Kang

Monica's Flush Doesn't Hold

We came to see big stack Conrad Monica trying to eliminate another of the short stacks, who was all in for 88,000 with {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs}. Monica showed {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}, which was flipping both before and after a flop of {9-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {9-Spades}. Monica filled his flush with the {2-Spades} turn, but his opponent found an unlikely full house with the river {9-Clubs}.

Monica is down to 360,000.

Tags: Conrad Monica

Le Slides a Bit

Nam Le just doubled up an opponent, dropping about one third of his chips. All in before the flop, Le showed down {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}, in bad shape against the at-risk player's {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}.

A blank board of {6-Spades} {8-Spades} {10-Spades} {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} meant a double up for the short stack. 59,000 of Le's chips go to him, dropping the multi-tabling pro down to 241,000.

Tags: Nam Le

Another Scalp for Banner

Steve Banner keeps adding notches to his belt and chips to his stack. He took out another short stack, all in preflop. Banner tabled the best hand, {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} against his opponent's {A-Hearts} {8-Clubs}. The flop brought hope of a chop, {2-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {2-Clubs}, but the turn {9-Hearts} and river {j-Spades} scuttled that possibility. Banner took down the pot with two pair, jacks and deuces. His opponent was off to the payout table.

Tags: Steve Banner

Chairud Vangchailued: A Name Not Conducive to Puns

Chairud Vangchailued
Chairud Vangchailued
Chairud Vangchailued has been riding the roller coaster today. He was in the mix of the leaders around 240,000 a few hours ago, but his stack took a turn for the worse from then on. Eventually, Vangchailued moved to a new table with just 2,000 chips. With the blinds at 3,000/6,000, he posted a 500 ante and was all in for 1,500 from the big blind. He's multiplied his stack several times since then, and we pick him up involved in another recent pot.

On a turn board showing {9-Spades} {9-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}, his foe for this hand bet out 55,000, and Vangchailued made the call for more than half of his remaining stack. The river came the {A-Hearts}, and our hero moved all in for 43,500. His opponent called, tabling {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}. It was no good though; Vangchailued turned over {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades}, having flopped a full boat.

After a long grind in the doldrums, Chairud Vangchailued has now doubled all the way back above average, sitting now with right at 250,000.

Tags: Chairud Vangchailued

Flipping Coins with Alex Jacob

Big-haired Poker
Big-haired Poker
There's only one player left in this tournament with really big hair, so when we see a player with really big hair putting chips in the pot we know it's Alex Jacob. Jacob was all in preflop and called by Lucas Priour. Jacob was drawing with {A-Hearts} {j-Diamonds} against Priour's pocket eights. An ace but no eight on the flop left Jacob in great shape for a double-up, which he secured when the turn and river came running tens.

Despite that setback, Priour still has 370,000 chips. Jacob now has 150,000.

Tags: Alex JacobLucas Priour

Kang Still Hanging On

The blinds are 4,000 and 8,000 now, which is making Benjamin Kang's short stack seem a little shorter. But he's still grinding out pots where he can. He opened preflop for 18,000 and was called by the big blind.

On a flop of {6-Clubs} {10-Spades} {10-Clubs}, Kang bet 21,000 after his opponent checked. Once his opponent called, Kang shut down for the rest of the hand. Both players checked the turn {5-Diamonds} and the river {9-Hearts}. Kang showed down {7-Hearts} {6-Hearts}, two pair tens and sixes, which was enough to take down the pot.

Kang's count is now 150,000.

Tags: Benjamin Kang

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000