Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-21-2009 15:04 UTC-12

Hooks Unkind to Fish

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Darryll Fish came in raising to 8,000, but Raymond Davis wanted to play for more, reraising to 50,000. Fish then moved all in for somewhere in the neighborhood of 75,000, and Davis quickly called.

Showdown
Fish: {J-Spades}

Davis:

Fish was in a good spot to double up, but trouble would find him. An ace on the flop put him behind, and the board ended up {10-Spades}

to end his tournament.

Davis, on the other hand, has moved up once again, sitting with 350,000 now -- still in the mix for the chip lead.

Tags: Darryll Fish Raymond Davis

06-21-2009 15:15 UTC-12

The 300 Club

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We now have three stacks that have crested the 300,000-chip mark. Shawn Glines is still leading the tournament, but he is hotly trailed by Ray Davis and Brandon Cantu, each of whom is sporting about 310,000 chips. Each player also seems well in control of his table. We can perhaps expect them to crash into one another at some point later in the night as tables consolidate.

06-21-2009 15:16 UTC-12

Get Your Double Ups!

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Albert Iversen limped into the pot from early position, and Butch Evans made a raise to 8,000. Iversen was the lone caller, and the two men watched the flop deliver {A-Diamonds}

. Iversen checked, then called a bet of 12,000 from Evans.

The turn was the {K-Diamonds}

. Iversen checked once again, and Evans moved all in for 25,300. After a bit of debate, Iversen called to put his opponent to the test. He turned over {A-Hearts}

, only to find that he was already drawing stone dead to Evans' {A-Spades}

.

Albert Iversen has been in the business of doubling people up since he returned from dinner, and he has tumbled all the way down to 19,000 as a result. Evans, meanwhile, has been on the upswing, sitting now with 110,000.

Tags: Albert Iversen Butch Evans

06-21-2009 15:28 UTC-12

Easy For You to Say

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We pick up the action in a heads-up pot between two of the big stacks from early in the day, Mohsin Charania and Chairud Vangchailued. On the turn, the board showed {6-Hearts}

. Charania was first, and he bet 15,500, which his opponent called.

The river card came the {9-Hearts}

. Charania led again, this time betting 24,000. Vangchailued popped it up to 60,000, and Charania called. Vangchailued tabled {A-Hearts}

for the nut flush, and Charania slid his cards toward the muck. As soon as he did though, he reached for his cards and flashed the {9-Diamonds}

before sending them back again.

After that exchange, Charania is down to 87,000, while Vangchailued is charging toward the top, sitting on 245,500.

Tags: Chairud Vangchailued Mohsin Charania

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-21-2009 15:31 UTC-12

Kang Frustrated

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Benjamin Kang has several stacks that are taller than 200,000 chips to deal with on his left-hand side. That's probably frustrating enough, but it must be even more frustrating to lose a pot to one of the shorter stacks.

Kang opened preflop for 8,500 and was called by the cutoff and the big blind. The big blind checked a flop of {10-Spades}

to Kang, who made a continuation-bet of 15,500. Only the cutoff called.

When the turn fell {10-Clubs}

, Kang checked. His opponent thoughtfully pushed 25,000 chips into the middle after getting a rough eyeball count of Kang's stack. Kang immediately mucked and could be seen shaking his head and talking to himself after the hand.

Tags: Benjamin Kang

06-21-2009 15:37 UTC-12

Von Halle Crippled, Eliminated

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After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 72,700, and Jan Von Halle looked him up with his slightly larger stack. Von Halle showed down {J-Diamonds}

, but he was in awful shape, having run into {Q-Diamonds}

.

The board ran dry: {A-Diamonds}

. 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.

Tags: Jan Von Halle

06-21-2009 15:46 UTC-12

Clark Gets Sent Off

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Zachary Clark opened with a raise, and after an opponent re-raised, he moved all in for about 55,000. His opponent called, tabling {K-Spades}

to put Clark's {7-Clubs}

in grave danger.

The board came {J-Clubs}

, changing nothing. Clark's three pair were no good, and he has been sent to the exit with just about 100 players left.

Tags: Zachary Clark

06-21-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Kang Rising

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Benjamin Kang is making some progress despite his unfavorable table position. He and his opponent got all in before the flop in a recent hand, with Kang the one at risk of elimination. He turned over {A-Diamonds}

, content to race for his tournament life against the {7-Clubs}

of his opponent.

The board smiled on the altitudinous pro, coming {K-Spades}

. Improving to aces full, Kang notches a big double up to 83,000.

Tags: Benjamin Kang

06-21-2009 16:02 UTC-12

Iversen Iced

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On a flop of {A-Spades}

, Albert Iversen got the rest of his short stack into the middle holding {5-?}

. He was called down by an opponent with no pair either, but the {J-Spades}

was well ahead of Iversen.

The turn {10-Clubs}

was a blank, and the {K-Spades}

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.

Tags: Albert Iversen