against his opponent's 
. The flop brought hope of a chop, 
, but the turn 
and river 
scuttled that possibility. Banner took down the pot with two pair, jacks and deuces. His opponent was off to the payout table.
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 / 2715
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against his opponent's . The flop brought hope of a chop, , but the turn and river scuttled that possibility. Banner took down the pot with two pair, jacks and deuces. His opponent was off to the payout table.
, in bad shape against the at-risk player's 
.A blank board of
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.
. Monica showed 
, which was flipping both before and after a flop of 
. Monica filled his flush with the 
turn, but his opponent found an unlikely full house with the river 
.Monica is down to 360,000.
The flop rolled out
, and Kang moved all in for 79,500. Priour made the call, tabling 
for a paltry pair of nines. Kang was ahead with . The 
on the turn was a good card for the short stack, blocking Priour's two pair outs. The was a blank on the river, and Kang has earned another nice pot.He's still climbing, just nudging 200,000 chips now.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
; Le called with and turned a queen on a board of 
to send Suckman to the rail.
Preflop action was opened by Matt Livingston for 26,000. Steve Banner and one other player called that raise before Glines raised the button to 105,000. Zach Gilbert moved all in from the small blind for 105,000 and then Chairud Vangchailued moved all in from the big blind for 225,000!
Livingston, Banner and the other caller folded, but Glines quickly called Vangcahilued's all in and found himself in great shape:
Glines:
Gilbert:
Vangchailued:
Glines was in great shape to increase his count by more than 450,000 chips, but saw the sickest flop he could see:
. Glines needed to fade a spade on two consecutive streets. He did it when the turn fell 
, but the 
was a disaster card for Glines and a miracle card for Vangchailued. Vangchailued collected the side pot and the main pot to rocket all the way up to almost 700,000. Glines is now hurting with about 150,000. Gilbert is out.
On a flop of
, Brandon Cantu was heads up in a raised pot with Mary Jones. Cantu checked, and Jones put out 70,000 chips. Without too much hesitation, Cantu moved all in with a covering stack. Jones called for her tournament life, pushing all ~310,000 chips into the pot.Showdown
Cantu:
Jones:
Cantu had flopped it rich, leaving Jones with one foot out the door. Lightning struck the turn though, as another
ripped off the deck, improving Jones to the higher two pair. The river was a blank, and a very frustrated Brandon Cantu started counting out the double-up chips.Cantu has been atop the pack for most of the day without a slip-up. All that hard work is washed away with the turn of a card though, and Cantu is all the way back to 160,000.
Jones, meanwhile, is now the one chasing the top spot. She's been given a big boost up to 645,000.
