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

07-07-2009 15:43 UTC-12

Bechtel Doubles the Hard Way

[user75032]

Jim Bechtel got all of his chips in on a flop of {J-Spades}

holding

. He was in a bad position when he was called by an opponent holding {A-Diamonds}

. It was no problem for Bechtel as he caught running diamonds, {3-Diamonds}

, to make a diamond flush and double up to 71,000.

Tags: Jim Bechtel

07-07-2009 15:35 UTC-12

Matusow Just Can't Catch a Break

[user75032]

Since it seems likely that we may not have the privilege of Mike "the Mouth" Matusow's table talk much longer, we stationed a reporter at his table to see what the talkative Matusow might have to say after dinner.

"14 hours of play and I've won two pots at showdown," Matusow complained to Greg "FBT" Mueller. "And one of 'em was a limped pot that I won with three-four. Now that's impressive."

Mueller laughed.

"I'm serious," continued Matusow. "Two people limped. I was in the big blind and it checked the whole way down. The board was 7-10-J-3-5 and I won with three-four."

Nobody else at Matusow's table is shedding many tears that his stack contains only 10,600 remaining chips.

Tags: Mike Matusow

07-07-2009 15:32 UTC-12

Schneider Steamrolls Brunson

[user75032]

We must have missed something at Pam Brunson's table just after the players got back from dinner break. She raised her button to 2,000, then called a reraise to 7,400 from small blind Tom "DonkeyBomber" Schneider. Schneider bet 9,000 on a flop of {5-Clubs}

.

"Are you steaming?" Brunson asked. "I have a hand."

Schneider made no response. He was awarded the pot when Brunson laid down her hand. His count is about 140,000, while Brunson has about 57,000.

Tags: Pam Brunson Tom Schneider

07-07-2009 15:28 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

[user111541]

Mike Gracz, Todd Brunson and Alex Kravchenko have been eliminated within the first few minutes after the dinner break.

Tags: Alex Kravchenko Mike Gracz

07-07-2009 15:28 UTC-12

No Dinner Coma

[user66118]

The players are back in action with full bellies, and it seems like there's no time to be wasted. "All in and a call," has already been heard at least a dozen times around the Amazon Room in just about seven minutes of action.

07-07-2009 15:23 UTC-12

How Many Left?

[user25067]

Of our 1,989 starters, 896 are still in the field. The average chip count in the room is 66,595.

07-07-2009 15:21 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user111541]

Players return from the dinner break to level 8 with blinds of 400 - 800 and a 100 chip ante.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-07-2009 13:42 UTC-12

Dinner Break

[user111541]

Players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.

Cards will be back in the air at 8:20pm PST.

07-07-2009 13:42 UTC-12

Ship it to Ireland

[user25067]

A late position player raised to 2,000, the cutoff reraised to 4,200, Andy Black flat-called on the button and the initial raiser folded.

The flop came down {10-Hearts}