2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Boutin's Gamble Pays Dividend

Burt Boutin must have been looking for a good spot to gamble. He found one when he pushed all in on a flop of {9-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {2-Clubs} with {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. One opponent called with {K-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} and the race was on. The {K-Clubs} that hit the turn was a great sweat card; it filled Boutin's flush but also gave his opponent a ten-card re-draw to a full house or quads. None of those ten cards hit the river. Instead it fell {3-Hearts} to secure the double-up to 65,000 for Boutin.

Tags: Burt Boutin

Davis Exits Stage Left

Raymond Davis on Day 1b
Raymond Davis on Day 1b
"All in and a call, Table 153!" The cries are coming more frequently now from the dealers.

We hustle over to that table to see that the community cards are all out in the middle of the felt, showing {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}. The betting action isn't certain, but it appears that Raymond Davis led out with a bet, and Samer Rahman moved all in. Davis apparently called all in, but either way his tournament life was at risk. Rahman tabled {5-Spades} {3-Spades} for the trip threes, and Davis mucked his hand. He then grabbed them back from the muck, double-checked them, and then re-mucked them before heading out the door.

Davis' day is done.

Tags: Raymond Davis

Baron Calls a Bluff

The board read {2-Clubs}{9-Spades}{J-Hearts} when the big blind bet 4,600 and Isaac Baron called from the cutoff. Both players checked the {7-Diamonds} on the turn and the big blind bet 12,000 when the {4-Spades} hit the river.

Baron counted out the chips for a call and pondered his action for more than 30 seconds before making the call. When his opponent showed {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a busted straight draw, Baron tabled {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for top pair and took the pot.

Wild Ride for Farha

Sammy Farha's been involved in a few recent hands on Orange 59, with mixed results. First Farha check-called a bet of 12,000 on the river of a board that showed {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}. Farha's opponent in that hand showed down {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} for two pair, kings and sevens. Farha mucked and dropped to 14,000.

A few hands later, a three-way pot developed with Farha involved again. 12,000 chips were in the middle preflop, with the action checking all the way to the river on a board of {J-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {2-Hearts}. It was there that Farha moved all in for 11,025. He was called by one opponent. Farha showed {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} and dragged the pot to climb back up to 32,000.

Tags: Sam Farha

Slim Fattens Up His Stack

Amarillo Slim - My hand was this big.
Amarillo Slim - My hand was this big.
Amarillo Slim Preston and his opponent both checked a flop of {10-Spades}{K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} before the board paired with the {K-Spades} on the turn.

Preston's opponent bet 2,800 and Preston raised the action to 9,800. The call brought the {2-Spades} and both players checked before Preston showed {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for a full house. He now has 80,000.

Garrity Gambling for a Knockout

We join a hotly-contested pot in progress, three-handed to the flop. It showed up {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}, 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: {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Garrity: {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}

Varghese was ahead for her tournament life, but Garrity was working with a pair and a flush draw. The {6-Spades} on the turn was a whiff, but the {7-Spades} hit the river, improving Garrity to the winning two pair and sending Varghese off into the sea of spectators.

Tags: Brandon GarrityErik CajelaisRena Varghese

Barry Greenstein Busto

Kings? Seriously?
Kings? Seriously?
Barry Greenstein got his remaining 10,825 in the pot before the flop holding {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts}, but ran into Eric Tomberlin's {K-Hearts} {K-Spades}. The board ran out {10-Spades} {6-Spades} {4-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {Q-Spades} and Greenstein's Main Event came to an end.

With that KO, Tomberlin is up to 85,000.

MIA

Several people turned up late today. Eddy Sabat was thirty minutes late to his chair; according to Jimmy Fricke's Twitter, Fricke overslept and missed most of the first level of the day. But now that we're three hours into play, everyone should be in their seats, right?

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.

Rios Gets Gun-Shy

Jesse Rios made the nuts on the turn, then decided to slow down on the river when his hand was no longer the nuts. Rios, sitting in position, called a raise to 1,500. On a flop of {Q-?} {J-?} {4-?}, Rios' opponent bet 2,500 and again Rios called.

The turn was a ten, {10-?}. Rios' opponent bet 4,800 and again Rios called. When the board paired with a river {Q-?}, both players checked. Rios' opponent showed down {A-?} {A-?} for two pair, aces and queens. That was no good against Rios' Broadway straight, {A-?} {K-?}.

Rios is up to 70,000.

Tags: Jesse Rios