2009 World Series of Poker

Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Matt Graham
Winning Hand
101065
Prize
$679,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
295
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

No Sign of Nam

We suspect that Nam Le must be doing pretty well over at the $1,500 No Limit Holdem event as he has been rarely sighted today in this neck of the woods.

His stack is now blinded down to 72,000, which doesn't put him in desperation mode here just yet, but it's starting to get close to the point where he's going to have to make a decision. With a $25,817 bubble over here, he's going to have to go very deep in the other event to match that kind of money.

We'll keep an eye on his progress!

Tags: Nam Le

Williams and Medic Avoid Big Clash

Nenad Medic
Nenad Medic
We just witnessed an interesting hand between David Williams, Nenad Medic and a third opponent. After a 6,500 chip bet on the flop of {A-Spades}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}, the three players all checked down the {8-Hearts} turn and {10-Diamonds} river.

Williams opened {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Hearts} for the third nut flush as Medic was probably relieved he didn't get too excited with his set of aces.

Medic stays near the top of the leaderboard with 285,000 with Williams moving up to 170,000.

Tags: David WilliamsNenad Medic

Flip for 600k?

Van Marcus yells out across the floor, "Hey Zigi, if we win, you wanna just coin flip for 600k?"

Ilari Sahamies looks up from his massage, gives a wry smile and nods his head in approval.

Grundy Falls to Gabriellson

The biggest pot of the tournament has just gone the way of Ferit Gabriellson as he sent Ben Grundy crashing to the rail.

We arrived at the table with the chips in the middle on the turn on a board of {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} with Grundy commenting, "If you've got a set then you've got me."

That was exactly the case as Gabriellson tabled {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Clubs} for top set on the turn to leave Grundy needing to hit a river card with his {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}.

The river was the {8-Spades}, and Grundy makes a hasty exit as Gabriellson storms to our chip lead with over 500,000 chips.

Tags: Ben GrundyFerit Gabriellson

Thorson Wins Pot with Large River Bet

On a board of {10-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} and with about 125,000 already in the pot, William Thorson bet pot.

The bet would put his opponent all in. Thorson's opponent tanks for almost two minutes before asking, "Will you show if I fold?" Thorson remained motionless and silent.

Another two minutes passed and finally, Thorson's opponent tossed his cards into the muck. Thorson takes down the large pot and moves to 366,000 in chips.

Tags: William Thorson

Ladines Triples as Greenstein Takes a Fall

We caught the action on a flop of {6-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, with a bet of 14,500 from Mikael Thuritz being called by both Barry Greenstein and Joshua Ladines.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and this time the bet from Thuritz was 62,600. Greenstein called as Ladines called for the last of his chips and a huge pot developed.

The river brought the {a-Spades}, and the two live players checked it down.

Ladines revealed {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} for a set of sixes to win the the main pot as Greenstein takes a hit but gains the consolation prize of the side pot with his {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}.

Ladines is up to 175,000 while Greenstein down to 115,000.

Tags: Barry GreensteinJoshua LadinesMikael Thuritz

Play Delayed

It appears that there has been some confusion following the color up that occurred before the dinner break.

There will be a short delay as the tournament staff are going to the security tapes to review the situation.