Farha Straightens Out an Opponent
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Farha:
Opponent:
When the cards were shown, Farha's opponent was drawing dead and the
on the river was just an unnecessary needle on his way out the door. Farha is up to 72,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
Farha:
Opponent:
When the cards were shown, Farha's opponent was drawing dead and the
on the river was just an unnecessary needle on his way out the door. Farha is up to 72,000.
Elezra Doubles but Still Remains Short
Elezra:
Cut Off:
The board came
allowing Elezra to double up to 15,500.
Table of Death
Seat 1: Shane Warne
Seat 3: Ludovic Lacay
Seat 6: Luca Pagano
Seat 7: Isaac Baron
Seat 8: Grant Levy
Seat 9: Tom Schneider
Edler Slips
.Action folded to the cutoff who bet 9,500, inducing one fold and a check-call from Edler. Edler then checked the
on the turn and went deep into the tank when his opponent moved all in for 36,000.Calling would cost Edler most of his stack and, after a few minutes, he reluctantly mucked his hand. After he folded, one of the other players asked the cutoff to show his deuce. Edler responded, "That's what I had, but I had no kicker. He had to have a bigger deuce."
When all was said and done, Edler was left with 42,000 after the hand.
All In and Ahead-lund
. His lone opponent didn't look too happy about it, but he made the call with 
. Hedlund was at risk but in the lead with .The turn bricked off with the
, and the on the end locked up a double for Hedlund. He's back up to just over 50,000 now.
Amarillo Slim Preston Eliminated
, Amarillo Slim tried to push his opponent off his hand, but the lad called with pocket nines. The nines held and Slim bid adieu to the 2009 World Series of Poker.
Not Much Value for Boutin
flop. When the turn fell 
, the small blind bet 5,100. Boutin raised that bet to 15,100 and was called by the player behind him. The small blind folded.The river paired kings,
. Boutin checked and watched the action check behind. His 
, trip kings, was a winner. Boutin has 130,000 after adding that pot to his stack.
Crowe Gets a Huge Fold
, Owen Crowe bet 32,000, leaving himself 15,000 behind. His opponent made a huge laydown and open-mucked pocket tens, which had flopped top set.With that pot Crowe climbed to 124,000.
Taxi!
against Andrew Black's . As ESPN arrived at the table, Black told the cameras that he got in a taxi two years ago, and it was his opponent that picked him up.
The board fell
giving Black a pair of aces, eliminating his opponent.As he got up to exit the tournament area, the former cab driver quipped, "I guess I should have asked for a bigger tip when I dropped you off."
Andrew Black - 225,000
Not Mizz-ing a Bet
. Sorel Mizzi led out for 11,000 and the button called. The landed on the river and Mizzi fired another 28,000. The button gave up his hand and Mizzi raked in a hefty pot, taking his stack up to 140,000.