2009 World Series of Poker

Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9j
Prize
$673,276
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,846,570
Total Entries
2,818
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,818
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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Gray Chipping Up

With a raise before, Craig Gray bumped the action preflop with his opponent making the call.

The flop fell down {6-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Gray led out for 15,000, only to have his opponent move all in.

Gray called for not much more tabling {Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a flush draw against his opponents {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

The {9-Clubs} would fall on the turn to end his opponents tournament, and as the meaningless {5-Diamonds} landed on the river Gray climbed to 162,000 in chips.

Amit Makhija Eliminated

Amit Makhija in action
Amit Makhija in action
Amit Makhija opened to 6,000 from under the gun before an opponent made it 15,000 to go. Makhija moved all in for his last 32,400 and his opponent made the call for his tournament life.

Makhija: {K-?}{K-?}
Opponent: {A-?}{A-?}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and even though Makhija had his opponent covered by 200, he headed to the payout booth to signify the end of his tournament.

Second Level Payouts

The following players each received $2,923 for their play.

208 Jennifer Richie
209 Xavier Jacquet-Duval
210 Franck Calonnec
211 Jody Howe
212 Eric De Grande
213 Tom Blackwell
214 Daniel Falkenstein
215 Zhiliang Chen
216 Peter Jelinek
217 Antonio Maestro
218 Enrico Lazzari
219 Andres Rey
220 Diana Grimme
221 Bryan Paris
222 Eugene Tito
223 Richard Wyrick
224 Lee Biddulph
225 Todd Arnold
226 Julien Legros
227 Timothy McKernan
228 Olivier Decamps
229 Matthew Mille
230 Men Nguyen
231 Dean Hamrick
232 Lance Yuen
233 Aaron Crislip
234 Tom Daly
235 Andras Kovacs
236 James Husain
237 Tom Percy
238 Ingo Becker
239 Hevad Khan
240 Antonino Karman
241 Jeffrey Casas
242 Gavin Tamashiro
243 Jeffrey Joseph
244 Howard Smith
245 David Warady
246 Gerald Eberle
247 Jan Romate
248 Michael Noon
249 John Reinhold
250 Chris Wunderlich
251 Julien Lanne
252 Robert Edenshaw

First Round of Payouts

Theo Tran
Theo Tran
The following players each earned $2,769.

253 Garrett Harper
254 Russ Krueger
255 Robert Thrane
256 Alexey Tkachencko
257 Costantino Rao
258 Scott Epstein
259 Todd Richardson
260 Jules Dreamell
261 Anthony Varriano
262 Jos Urhausen
263 Waylon Frey
264 Rizziero Osso
265 Geoffrey Brooks
266 Michael Jones
267 Lambert De Vries
268 Claude Narcisse
269 Philip Brautigam
270 James Matteucci
271 Benoit Rossignon
272 Tom Scudieri
273 Gustavo Nazario
274 Scott Dorsch
275 John Hom
276 Tom Inuie
277 Alexander Borteh
278 Chris Dolan
279 Frank Sinopoli
280 Christian Bowerman
281 Heriot Mungo IV
282 Jeff Gore
283 Daniel Minor
284 Mark Compton
285 Theo Tran
286 Brent Joost
287 Patrick Shane Devan
288 Craig Hower
289 Mark Gearhart
290 Kenneth Skidmore
291 Denise Molloy
292 Frederick Jensen
293 Allyn Shulman
294 Alan Steer
295 Terry Brackenbury
296 Taylor Shpur
297 Chris Alchenberger

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Christensen Clipped

Catching the action with the board reading {7-Spades}{J-Clubs}{J-Spades}{4-Spades} David Woo led out for 8,000 before Jon Christensen raised it to 24,000.

Woo made the call and checked the {A-Diamonds} on the river, only to be faced with an all in bet for his tournament life.

Woo ummed and ahhed for nine minutes before eventually making the call for his last 93,800 holding {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

Christensen tabled his {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} for a bluff as he slipped to 275,000 while Woo soared to over 250,000 in chips.

Master'D Out

The Master hits the rail
The Master hits the rail
Amit Makhija opened {8-?}{8-?} on the button, only to have Men 'The Master' Nguyen push his last 22,000 into the middle from the big blind with {9-?}{8-?}.

Makhija called, and once the board bricked out Nguyen hit the rail for his 65th WSOP cash.

On a site note, Nguyen's wife Van is still in, but struggling on a low 11,000 in chips.

Harb Starts Motoring

Can we have another multi-bracelet winner?
Can we have another multi-bracelet winner?
With an all in ahead of for 6,900, Anthony Harb pushed all in from the small blind for 16,700. The big blind made the call and the cards were tabled.

Harb: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Big Blind: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Opponent: {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and Harb more than doubled to 42,000 as one player hit the rail.