2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Weinraub
Button
The board ranout
and Weinraub doubled up his opponent, his stack slipping to 38,000.
.Action checked to Tony G who bet 1,200 and got one caller. After going heads up to the turn, both players checked the
. The river brought the and Tony G's opponent bet 2,000. When Tony G moved all in, his opponent snapped called and showed 
.Tony G mucked his hand in surprise. "You've got the nuts. Nice hand."
and the action was checked to Garrett, who bet 3,000. The button folded, the small blind reraised to 45,000, and the big blind folded. Garrett went into the tank.
"You have queens. Maybe ace-five. I'm not ready to go home yet," he said as he folded.
Garrett begged his opponent to show his hand. The small blind showed
. "OK, buddy. I know where you live! I know where you park your car behind the Rio!" said Garrett, sounding like a man who had folded the best hand. He's down to 30,500 in chips.
, and after a back-and-forth battle, the small blind ended up moving all in. Lester called him down with the covering stack.He was in the lead with
but the small blind was drawing live to six outs with 
. The on the turn was a blank, and the that hit the river was too, spelling the end of the day for the all-in player. Lester earns himself the knockout, moving his stack up to 60,000.
and Matt Woodward check-called his opponent's bet of 5,500. Both players then checked the on the turn and Woodward's opponent moved all in when the 
fell on the river.Woodward went deep into the tank and, eventually, the clock was called. Woodward kept thinking right to the end, waiting until there was just five seconds left before calling the bet. When his opponent showed
, Woodward mucked and departed the Amazon Room.
, Rios' opponent bet 2,500 and again Rios called.The turn was a ten,
. Rios' opponent bet 4,800 and again Rios called. When the board paired with a river , both players checked. Rios' opponent showed down 
for two pair, aces and queens. That was no good against Rios' Broadway straight, 
.Rios is up to 70,000.
That's what you'd think, anyway, except over on Orange 62 (a table that was originally Brasilia 176), there is an unstacked pile of chips and a Day 2 re-draw slip on the table. It seems that Emeline Boich of Las Vegas, NV is supposed to be in that seat. Boich started the day with 18,075 chips and hasn't shown up yet. The stack has already been blinded and anted down to 7,525.
, but ran into Eric Tomberlin's 
. The board ran out 
and Greenstein's Main Event came to an end.With that KO, Tomberlin is up to 85,000.
, and when the bet came to her, Rena Varghese moved all in for just over 18,000. Erik Cajelais was in the next seat over, and he paused to consider for a moment before making the call with the covering stack. Brandon Garrity still had a decision to make though, and he elected to move all in himself, sliding his stack of ~70,000 into the pot. That was enough to fold Cajelais and put him heads up with the at-risk Varghese.Showdown
Varghese:
Garrity:
Varghese was ahead for her tournament life, but Garrity was working with a pair and a flush draw. The
on the turn was a whiff, but the 
hit the river, improving Garrity to the winning two pair and sending Varghese off into the sea of spectators.
