Event 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-01-2009 14:09 UTC-12

Dinner Please...

[user76023]

Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break.

06-01-2009 14:09 UTC-12

We'll See Cuu Later I'm Sure

MarcC

Cuu Hoang has just rocketed up to 200,000 after eliminating two players in two consecutive hands. Both were pre flop all-ins. Hoang had {A-Hearts}

versus

in the first hand and the board ran {A-?}

. The second hand he had {K-?}

versus

that held also to add more chips to his now massive stack.

06-01-2009 14:08 UTC-12

Armstrong is Stack Strong

[user76023]

John Monnette raised to 5,000 and Jamie Armstrong made it 14,600 from the blinds. Call

The flop was {A-Diamonds}

and both players checked, on the {J-Diamonds}

turn, Armstrong checked again but called 16,000 when Monnette bet. A {Q-Clubs}

came on the river and again both players checked. Armstrong showed {A-Hearts}

and Monnette just mucked.

Armstrong is on 130,000 now while Monnette drops to 85,000.

06-01-2009 13:59 UTC-12

Sung Stings

[user76023]

Steve Sung is on about 90,000 after he cracked {A-Clubs}

with

after all the money went in preflop. A groan was heard throughout the room as the dealer put out a {J-Diamonds}

board as Sung quietly stacked the chips up.

06-01-2009 13:53 UTC-12

Eric Mizrachi and another short stack just did battle to the death. There was a raise all-in before Mizrachi moved in too for a little more. Everyone else folded so we were at showdown. Mizrachi had his adversary dominated with {A-Diamonds}

to

.

The board ran {8-Hearts}

. Mizrachi up to 25,000 now but still desperately short.

06-01-2009 13:46 UTC-12

Powell...Or Possibly Not

[user76023]

The debate on table 183 in the Brasilia room is whether Jack Powell looks like the actor Paul Dano, best known from Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood.

Make up your own minds...

06-01-2009 13:33 UTC-12

Zach Attack

MarcC

JC Tran is a raising machine right now but he has a few big stacks at his table so some caution is needed too. In this hand he raised up from mid-position and found a caller from the big blind before the flop came down {7-Spades}

. It was checked to Tran who bet 5,000, call. The turn {10-Spades}