was in big trouble against his opponent's 
and never improved.After his elimination, Matusow turned to Greg Mueller and said, "That was the best hand I've had all day."
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
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was in big trouble against his opponent's and never improved.After his elimination, Matusow turned to Greg Mueller and said, "That was the best hand I've had all day."
. The big blind checked over to Fricke, who bet out 3,600. The player tossed in a raise and announced,"8,200." With action back on Fricke, he opted to put in another raise to 19,000. The player made the call.The turn brought the
and the big blind checked this street as well. Fricke counted out some chips and then paused. After his brief pause, he threw out a 28,000-chip bet. It only took a moment for his opponent to announce that he was all in. Fricke snap-peeked at his cards and quickly mucked his hand.
The flop came down
, prompting Sineath to push all in for 40,200. His opponent studied the board."I'm pretty sure you just three-outed me," Sineath's opponent said. "But I do have backdoor hearts..." He decided to call.
Sineath:
Opponent:
Sineath's opponent hit his gutshot Broadway draw with the turn
to cinch the hand and send Sineath to the rail.
It was a classic race with Levy's
up against 
. Levy, however, came out on the right end of the coinflip, the board running out 
to double him up to 98,000.
against the pocket eights of his opponent.The flop came
giving Gavin a heart flush draw and two live overcards. However, when the board filled out 
he failed to improve and was eliminated from the tournament.
Rios, who called a preflop raise of 2,200 from the button with
said he knew the hand was was horrible but, "I just had a feeling about it." When the flop came 
, Rios moved all in for 21,400 and got check-called by a player in middle position holding .When the board finished
, Rios' instincts proved right as he made his flush and doubled to 55,000.
. The player held 
. As the ESPN cameras rushed on over to catch the action, Garrett began going into his normal comedic self. The player looked worried and Garrett's antics and jokes seemed to ease him and settle him down.The flop came down
and Garrett said, "Look! There ya go!"The turn brought the
and Garret began yelling for a king. His pleas were not fufilled as the river fell the . It was only a small hit to his stack though, as Garret dropped to 58,000.
Makowsky
Bright
The board ran out
and Bright doubled up to 67,000. Makowsky was left with 130,000.
Just seconds later, we heard, "All in and a call on Table 152," which is directly across the isle from the other table. Wandering over there, we see a battle of the blinds with fours and tens again. The small blind had
and he had raised to open the pot. From the big blind, Kenneth Smith moved all in with 
, and his opponent quickly made the call with the covering stack.This time though, the board would run out in more interesting fashion. Right in the door came the
, and the dealer paused for a beat with just that one card visible before rolling out the flop of 
! The on the turn would end the hand, and the 
that hit the river was too little too late for the small blind. With his crucial quad fours, Smith has doubled up to about 40,000.
The flop came
. Pickering had first action and bet 12,000. That was enough to fold Sebok, but the third player called again. On the turn, Pickering moved all in for 23,000. His opponent double-fist-pump-snap-called with the nuts, 
. That left Pickering's pocket pair, , drawing dead. He is eliminated.
