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

06-29-2009 13:59 UTC-12

The Real Johnny Lodden

donpeters

While on the bubble, there's often a lot of downtime between hands as you wait for the other tables to finish up action. After his hand, Johnny Lodden wandered over to Antonio Esfandiari's table and tapped him on the back.

"Johnny Lodden!" announced Esfandiari. "I can't wait to hang out with you, when do we get to hang out and play Lodden Thinks?"

Lodden laughed and then Esfandiari continued, "I can't wait to play Lodden Thinks with the real Johnny Lodden. There will be no replacements. Will the real Johnny Lodden please stand up!?!"

"I can't wait." responded Lodden.

"No, really. How can I hang out with Johnny Lodden, really? What do I have to do?" questioned Esfandiari.

Lodden just shrugged and smiled before wandering back over to his table.

"I promise I won't ask you to teach me how to play poker, I just wanna hang out." finished Esfandiari.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Johnny Lodden

06-29-2009 13:42 UTC-12

Somerville Can't Bust the Bubble

donpeters

Paul Testud was all in preflop and called by Jason "JCarver" Somerville. Somerville held {Q-Clubs}

and was trying to bust the much short stacked Tested's pocket tens. The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Testud was able to double up, stay alive, and preserve the bubble.

Tags: "JCarver""Taknapotin"Jason Somerville Paul Testud

06-29-2009 13:39 UTC-12

Hand-For-Hand Begins

[user75032]

We're down to 82 players. As a result hand-for-hand play has begun. We'll be in the money after the next elimination.

06-29-2009 13:38 UTC-12

Somerville Busts Gerasimov Near Bubble

donpeters

Jason Somerville moves way up the leaderboard

We're just a couple spots off the money and a big hand just went down between Jason "JCarver" Somerville and Kirill Gerasimov.

From the cutoff seat, Somerville raised to 5,500. Gerasimov fought back from the small blind with a reraise to 14,500, which Somerville called. The two players saw the flop come down {10-Spades}

. Gerasimov checked first and Somerville checked behind.

The turn brought the {7-Spades}

and Gerasimov checked once again to his counterpart in position. Somerville fired a bet of 19,500 after taking his time making a decision. Gerasimov then went into the tank. Eventually, he fired all in, making the total bet 75,500. Now it was Somerville's turn to go into the tank. When he emerged, his decision was to make the call.

Showdown
Somerville: {Q-Spades}

Gerasimov: {J-Spades}

The dealer burned one last time and then dealt the river card... the {10-Diamonds}

hit the felt and Somerville breathed a big sigh of relief. Gerasimov was sent to the rail just short of the money while Somerville bumped himself way up to 270,000 chips.

Tags: "JCarver""Taknapotin"Jason Somerville Kirill Gerasimov

06-29-2009 13:31 UTC-12

Bansi Folds Under Pressure

[user75032]

Praz Bansi was the pre-flop aggressor, but his opponent showed the most post-flop aggression. Bansi opened with a raise to 6,000 preflop that was called by the big blind. On a flop of {K-Spades}

, the big blind checked and then raised Bansi's bet of 8,700 to 21,700. Bansi tanked for more than a minute, staring at his opponent as he tried to get a read. He finally folded, preserving a stack of 80,000 chips.

Tags: Praz Bansi

06-29-2009 13:21 UTC-12

The Iceman Thaws Out

donpeters

Jeff "The Iceman" Lisandro raised in preflop action and was reraised by an opponent. Lisandro called the raise and the flop was put down {J-Diamonds}

. Lisandro moved all in and his opponent called. Lisandro held a pair of nines, {9-Diamonds}

, against his opponent's two queens, {Q-Diamonds}

.

The turn and river were no help for Lisandro as it came {5-Hearts}

,

to send him to the rail.

Tags: Jeff Lisandro

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

06-29-2009 13:15 UTC-12

McGowan Losing Steam

[user22113]

Shane Schleger opened the pot to 5,500 from late position. After a call from the button, Joe McGowan raised it to 15,500 total. Max Greenwood, out of the big blind then moved all in for 76,000. Everyone folds back around to McGowan who makes the call.

Greenwood showed {A-Spades}

and McGowan tabled {Q-Spades}

.

The board ran out {10-Hearts}

. This took McGowan down to 190,000.

The very next hand Mcgowan got it all in preflop against another opponent. Once again McGowan found himself in the same situation.

McGowan: {10-Diamonds}

Opponent:

McGowan held the lead on the flop of {J-Hearts}

but when the {K-Diamonds}

fell on the turn McGowan once again was looking to lose. The river came the {K-Spades}

and McGowan is down to 106,000.

06-29-2009 13:12 UTC-12

DeWitt Still Leading

donpeters

Mike Caro opened the action with a raise from under the gun to 6,000. Jason DeWitt called from middle position and Sean Getzwiller called from the button.

The flop came down {J-Hearts}

and Caro eased off the accelerator with a check. DeWitt fired out a bet of what looked like 12,000 chips. Getzwiller folded and then Caro slid his hand in as well. DeWitt now has slightly above 375,000 chips and is the clear chip leader.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Mike Caro Sean Getzwiller

06-29-2009 13:09 UTC-12

John Juanda Eliminated

donpeters

John Juanda moved all in from the hijack seat and the player on the button woke up with pocket tens to make the call. Everyone else folded. Juanda held {A-Diamonds}

and the board ran out {8-Clubs}

to eliminate Juanda just a few spots short of the money.

Tags: John Juanda