Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 2a | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-07-2009 12:11 UTC-12

El Doble for Michael Gracz

[user25067]

Michael Gracz got his last 13,500 in the middle with {5-Diamonds}

against

. This time, the proverbial coin fell in his favor, the board running out {K-Spades}

to double his stack to 29,000.

07-07-2009 12:03 UTC-12

Value Betting Works for Baron

[user66118]

Isaac Baron opened the pot with a mid-position raise to 1,600. One opponent further down the line gave him action, and it was heads up the rest of the way.

The flop came out {A-Spades}

, and both players checked. When the {8-Diamonds}

hit fourth street, Baron led out with another 2,100 chips, and his opponent called. The river card was the {10-Spades}

. Baron loaded another bullet and fired 3,900 chips at the pot. After some debate, his opponent made the call. Baron tabled {A-Hearts}

, and it was good enough to win the pot.

Baron is up to 72,000 after that nice little pot.

Tags: Isaac Baron

07-07-2009 12:00 UTC-12

The Farha Yo-Yo Spins Up

[user75032]

Sammy Farha's still in this year's Main Event but he needed a river two-outer to do it. Farha was all in with {7-Clubs}

against an opponent's {A-Hearts}

. Things looked pretty grim for Farha after a flop of {A-Clubs}

and a turn of {K-Diamonds}

, but Farha spiked the {7-Spades}

on the river to make a set of sevens and overtake his opponent's pair of aces.

"Ooh, good card Sammy," said one of the other players.

"That's not me, is it?" Farha replied with a grin. He's once again sitting behind 40,000 chips.

Tags: Sam Farha

07-07-2009 11:56 UTC-12

Cajelais' Worthless Diamonds

[user66118]

Erik Cajelais raised from the button, and the player in the big blind came along to a heads-up flop. It showed up {K-Diamonds}

, and the big blind checked. Cajelais continued out with a bet of 4,175. His opponent then check-raised all in for 22,225, and Cajelais made the call with the covering stack.

Showdown
Cajelais: {6-Diamonds}

Opponent:

The news was no fun for Cajelais as his flush outs were dead, leaving him drawing to a five or a six. The turn and river came {9-Clubs}

and

respectively, and the all-in player notches a double up with his ace kicker.

Cajelais has slipped to 57,000.

Tags: Erik Cajelais

07-07-2009 11:53 UTC-12

Shaun Deeb Eliminated

[user25067]

A raising war had already broken out when we came upon Shaun Deeb's table. Deeb put in a reraise to 13,275 from late position and Corwin Cole reraised again to 29,750. After tanking for a minute or so, Deeb moved all in for about 60,000 and Cole snap-called.

Deeb {A-Spades}

Cole

Deeb turned around and started walking away as soon as he saw the flop come down {J-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {K-Hearts}

, the river was the {8-Hearts}

and Deeb's Main Event was at an end.

07-07-2009 11:50 UTC-12

Ahmadian Misses

donpeters

Elia Ahmadian check-called a bet of 5,000 on a board that read {8-Hearts}

. There was about 9,000 chips in the pot at the time.

The river brought the {7-Diamonds}

. Ahmadian paused for a moment, then fired in a bet of 10,000. His opponent immediately called. "I missed." announced Ahmadian. The other player tabled {J-Hearts}