2009 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,715
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,715
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against the all-in player's 
. The board flopped and turned monsters for the all-in player, 
. But the river was the dreaded two-outer, the 
. It gave Banner another pot as we approach the next break.
Showdown
Button:
Nam Le:
The flop was favorable for Le, giving him another king. In the end, the board read
. Le wins the race, doubling his way up to 144,000 or so.It's quite an accomplishment for Le, who as we mentioned, is playing two Day 2's today. That ace-king double up bumped him back to a slightly above average stack here in Event #39. He's also still plugging along with 40,000 in Event #40.
Kang opened the pot for 10,500 from middle position. Action folded to Davis in the big blind, who quickly pushed a whole bunch of chips in the middle. The exact count was 54,000. Kang sighed, shooked his head, and pitched his cards to the dealer.
against an opponent's .The community cards ran out
. Both players played the flush on board, and no chips changed hands.
We walked past his table just in time to spot him calling down Mark Newhouse in a preflop all in. Newhouse showed pocket eights, and Cantu had two queens. The board improved neither player, and Cantu eliminated Newhouse.
Just moments later, Cantu opened a pot from middle position, raising it up to 13,100. A few seats down, Mimi Tran moved all in for about 45,000, and Cantu called her down as well. She showed
, in bad shape against her opponent's 
. The board was empty: 
, and Cantu's ace-king high took it down.In the span of just two or three minutes, Cantu has eliminated two very dangerous players, leapfrogging to the top spot on the leader board with 485,000.
, Albert Iversen got the rest of his short stack into the middle holding 
. He was called down by an opponent with no pair either, but the 
was well ahead of Iversen.The turn
was a blank, and the that hit fifth street sealed the deal for Iversen. After running his stack over 200,000 this morning, Iversen could not stop the skid this evening, and he now finds himself down to the felt.
, content to race for his tournament life against the 
of his opponent.The board smiled on the altitudinous pro, coming
. Improving to aces full, Kang notches a big double up to 83,000.
to put Clark's 
in grave danger.The board came
, changing nothing. Clark's three pair were no good, and he has been sent to the exit with just about 100 players left.
, but he was in awful shape, having run into .The board ran dry:
. With fours full of queens, the unknown player doubled through Von Halle up over 150,000, leaving the pro with just 8,300 funny money.Von Halle would make his exit just a couple hands later.
