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

06-29-2009 12:42 UTC-12

Top Pair No Good for Liu

[user75032]

"I guess you don't have aces then," said J.J. Liu's opponent as he opened {K-Hearts}

. The flop was showing {3-Hearts}

and Liu, sitting in the blinds, had her initial lead of roughly 10,000 raises all in by her opponent to 31,200. Liu tanked before calling.

It turned out that Liu did not have aces. She had top pair, {Q-Clubs}

, and did not improve on the turn {3-Spades}

or river

. That hit knocked Liu's stack back down to 80,000.

Tags: JJ Liu

06-29-2009 12:53 UTC-12

One Table Away

[user75032]

We're down to 90 players remaining in this event. Hand-for-hand play begins at 82 left; the money starts at 81 left. Expect things to tighten up for a bit now.

06-29-2009 12:56 UTC-12

Top Stacks

donpeters

Here are some of the top stacks in the room over 150,000 in chips.

Jason DeWitt - 363,000
Karga Holt - 230,000
Joe McGowan - 230,000
James Taylor - 205,000
Tim Horan - 190,000
Shane Schleger - 155,000
Jon Van Fleet - 150,000

06-29-2009 13:00 UTC-12

Gerasimov Doubles An Opponent

donpeters

After a raise to 4,800, Kirill Gerasimov reraised to 12,800. A player in later position then reraised all in to 36,500 total. The original raiser folded before Gerasimov made the call.

Gerasimov held {9-Hearts}

and his opponent held {A-Hearts}

. The flop came down {A-Clubs}

and wasted little time in putting Gerasimov behind in the hand. The turn was the {6-Spades}

and the river the {2-Diamonds}

. Gerasimov is now down to 75,000 chips after doubling the player up.

Tags: Kirill Gerasimov

06-29-2009 13:00 UTC-12

Lisandro Still Can't Get Anything Working

[user75032]

We were excited yesterday about the faintest hint of an idea that Jeff Lisandro could be gearing up for another deep run. Unfortunately today he's lost every key pot. It happened again after J.J. Liu opened for 5,500. Lisandro called that raise, then saw the big blind reraise to 22,000. Liu folded, but not Lisandro -- he called.

The rest of the big blind's chips (40,000 total) were in on a flop of {J-Hearts}

. Lisandro called with pocket tens; the big blind showed pocket queens. There was no help for Lisandro on the {6-Hearts}

turn or

river.

Lisandro is down to 49,000.

Tags: Jeff Lisandro JJ Liu

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

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 13:15 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}