The First Break of the Day
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
280
Level
15
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Messed with the Wong Man
flop. After due thought Hougaard called and then bet the 
turn when Wong checked. The bet worked as Wong folded.
Nordberg's Lucky Double
and Peter "Nordberg" Feldman's all in had just been called by Ryan Hughes with 
. Feldman was way behind with 
.The
turn changed all that though and after the river came Feldman saw his small stack double to 82,000. Hughes on 136,000.
Mark Teltscher Eliminated in 22nd Place ($16,740)
and a bet of Mark Teltscher amounting to 33,200.Danny Wong sat in the tank for just over two minutes before making the call to see the
land on the river.Teltscher took his turn this time, sitting in the tank for near on three minutes before announcing all in.
Wong double-fist-pump-snap-called and slammed down his
for the nuts. Teltscher shook his head, flashed his 
and threw them into the muck to walk away in 22nd place for a payout of $16,740.
Amit Makhija Eliminated in 23rd Place ($16,740)
and was in good shape against Makhija'a 
.The board ran
to leave us heads up at this table.
No Chop For Lex
Makhija slowly sweated his cards to find before announcing fold.
"Look my first one was good" stated Makhija as he flashed the
. Veldhuis joined in showing the
. "Oh man" commented Makhija as he showed both cards to read .As Veldhuis raked in the pot he tabled both his cards too;
to see both players, along with tablemate Maxim Lykov burst into a state of laughter.
Lichtenberger Likes Double
and was called by the at risk Andrew Lichtenberger.Isra:
Lichtenberger:
When the turn fell the
Isra commented, "I've got outs to chop now" but when the river landed the Lichtenberger doubled to 195,000 as Isra slipped to 220,000.
Jonathan Heath Eliminated in 24th Place ($16,740)
flop between Jonathan Heath and Lex Veldhuis. Heath held 
for a flopped flush and open-ended straight flush draw. Veldhuis held for the nut flush draw.The turn came
before the river 
sent the pot Veldhuis' way and eliminated Heath. Veldhuis has 620,000 chips now.
Hougaard Doubles
Hougaard was in dominating shape holding
to Teltscher's , and with all the money going in preflop the board ran out 
to see Hougaard double to 260,000 as Teltscher slipped to his starting stack.
Jeffrey Frerichs Eliminated in 25th Place ($16,740)
Frerichs:
Heath:
In a race situation to stay alive, the flop of
would be pretty much the best Frerichs could ask for.When the
dropped on the turn, all Frerichs would have to evade is any repeating card. However when the peeled on the river he would exit the tournament in 25th place and collect $16,740 to aid the pain.