Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-29-2009 21:00 UTC-12

A Millie, A Millie, A Millie

donpeters

With that last elimination of Jon Van Fleet, Jason DeWitt has become the first player to build his stack to over one million chips. DeWitt is currently sitting with around 1.1 million chips and looking extremely strong as he tries to set himself up for a deep final table run tomorrow.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Jon Van Fleet

06-29-2009 20:57 UTC-12

Jon Van Fleet Eliminated in 22nd Place ($14,967)

donpeters

Action folded to Jason DeWitt in the small blind and he raised into Jon Van Fleet's big blind. DeWitt made it 25,000 to go. Van Fleet moved all in for around 200,000. DeWitt made the call after a minute or two of thought.

DeWitt held {K-Hearts}

against Van Fleet's {A-Hearts}

. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}

, pairing up Van Fleet's seven, but adding a gutshot for DeWitt. The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

and it looked as if Van Fleet's hand was going to hold, until the river landed the final blow with the {10-Diamonds}

. He was eliminated in 22nd place.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Jon Van Fleet

06-29-2009 20:46 UTC-12

Mike Caro Eliminated in 23rd Place ($14,967)

[user75032]

Shortly after losing "The Magician" we also lost "The Mad Genius". Mike Caro was short-stacked and moved all in preflop for 62,000 with {K-Spades}

. Benjamin Gilbert looked Caro up with {6-Clubs}

. No love on the board for Caro meant that he was eliminated, leaving with $14,967. Gilbert is up to 375,000.

Tags: Benjamin Gilbert Mike Caro

06-29-2009 20:42 UTC-12

Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated in 24th Place ($14,967)

[user75032]

In the end not even "The Magician" could create chips out of thin air. After Wes Watson opened with a raise, Antonio Esfandiari moved all in. Watson quickly called with {Q-Clubs}

, leaving Esfandiari's {A-Clubs}

in bad shape. The flop rolled out {8-Spades}

, giving each player a sweat. If Esfandiari could spike an ace or a spade he would stay alive.

It didn't happen. The turn was the {k-Clubs}

and the river bricked {7-Diamonds}

. Esfandiari headed to the payout table while Watson stacked up 370,000 chips.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Wes Watson

06-29-2009 20:42 UTC-12

Alexey Popov Eliminated in 25th Place ($14,967)

donpeters

Alexey Popov moved all in from the small blind and Karga Holt called from the big blind. Popov held {7-Spades}

and Holt held {A-Diamonds}

.

The flop was clean for Popov as it came {J-Diamonds}

. The turn added a gutshot to Holt with the {Q-Hearts}

and then the river was the {A-Spades}

.

"Sick, sick game, huh?" said Antonio Esfandiari after the ace hit the river.

Holt is back up to 365,000 chips and Popov has been eliminated.

Tags: Alexey Popov Antonio Esfandiari Karga Holt

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

06-29-2009 20:30 UTC-12

Play Resumes

donpeters

Cards are back in the air.

06-29-2009 20:09 UTC-12

Donnacha O'Dea Eliminated in 26th Place ($14,967)

donpeters

Donnacha O'Dea raised and then Darryl Ronconi reraised. Alex Millar then shoved all in and only O'Dea made the call. O'Dea held pocket rockets, {A-Spades}

, and was ahead of Millar's jacks, {J-Clubs}

.

The flop came down {6-Spades}

. The turn is where the excitement happened though, when the {J-Hearts}

hit the felt to put Millar in the lead. The river was the {10-Clubs}

and O'Dea couldn't pull it back. He was eliminated in 26th place while Millar moved up to 730,000.

Tags: Alex Millar Darryl Ronconi Donnacha O'Dea

06-29-2009 20:08 UTC-12

Break

donpeters

The last 20-minute break of the evening has commenced. See you shortly.

06-29-2009 20:07 UTC-12

Van Fleet Loses Huge Pot

[user75032]

Just as players were coming up to the last break of the night, Jon Van Fleet and Joe Patrick got all of the chips in the middle preflp. Patrick was at risk of elimination but showed the best hand, {J-Hearts}

to Van Fleet's {9-Diamonds}

. Nothing changed by the river of a {2-Hearts}

board. Van Fleet was forced to pay off 277,000 chips, more than half of his stack. He fell to 235,000 while Patrick is now among the leaders with 574,000.