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
Total 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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Three of a Kind for Tomko

On a flop of {3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, action checked to Dewey Tomko who bet 1,000 from early position. He got called by the big blind and the turn brought the {9-Spades}.

Action checked to Tomko again, and he bet 2,000. After another call, both players checked the {10-Clubs} on the river and Tomko took the pot when his {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} bettered his opponent's {10-Spades}{6-Spades}. Tomko now has 34,000.

The Wrong Man to Double Up

Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson
Ken Kelly opened with a button raise to 2,000, and Chris Ferguson made the call from the small blind. The flop showed up {Q-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}, and Ferguson led out with an overbet, firing 8,000 chips into the middle of the table. Kelly considered for just a minute before making the smooth call.

On the turn, the {7-Hearts} drew another bet from Ferguson, 17,000 this time. Kelly moved all in, and Ferguson quickly called made the call to put his own tournament life in danger.

Ferguson flipped over {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades}, and his opponent had nothing. "I didn't put you on a queen," he said, sheepishly tabling {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}. The river was a meaningless {9-Diamonds}, and Jesus earns himself a huge double up. He's sitting on 145,000 now.

Tags: Chris FergusonJesusKen Kelly

Johnny World Bids Adieu

John Hennigan is out of the 2009 Main Event. He seemed to be motoring along just an hour ago, but we saw him get his chips in the middle preflop with pocket eights and was called by a player with pocket jacks. A jack on the flop took away any drama the hand might have provided.

Tags: John Hennigan

He Wasn't Player of the Year for Nothing

A player in late position raised to 1,400 and was called by two WSOP bracelet winners. Tom Schneider called on the button and Mike Spegal also called out of the big blind. The flop came down {K-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {9-Spades} and Spegal checked. The preflop raiser fired 2,600 and only Schneider called.

With one of the bracelet winners gone, the turn brought the {6-Diamonds}. The late-position player fired again into the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year and two-time bracelet winner, Schneider, for 5,000. Schneider took a moment and then stuck in a raise to 15,000. The player tanked for a minute or two, but eventually folded.

Tags: Mike SpegalTom Schneider

Mike Sexton Hits His Flush

After a flop of {10-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {2-Spades} Mike Sexton led out for a 1,500 bet from the big blind and his opponent in early position raised to 4,500. Sexton made the call and both players checked when the {9-Diamonds} hit on the turn.

The river paired the board with the {4-Spades} and Sexton bet 8,000. His opponent made the call and Sexton rolled over {K-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for a flush. His opponent mucked and Sexton raked in the pot, moving up to 79,300.

Tags: Mike Sexton

The WSOP's Oldest Player, Jack Ury, Eliminated

See you next year, Jack
See you next year, Jack
The blinds both checked to 97-year old Jack Ury on a flop of {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}. Ury bet 3,000, the small blind called and the big blind folded. The turn came the {5-Diamonds} and the small blind set Ury all in for his remaining 7,800. He made the call.

Ury's {A-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} was way behind his opponent's {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} and he was looking for a ten or a diamond on the river to survive. He couldn't get there, the {8-Clubs} falling to eliminate him from the Main Event to a round of applause from the Amazon Room.

Corkins Ropes a Double Up

Hoyt Corkins was all in for just over 4,000 before the flop holding {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}. The cowboy had gotten himself very low in chips, but he was in good shape to double up against his opponent's {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts}. A clean board of {4-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {5-Hearts} meant that he would do just that, holding his ace-king to bump him up to 8,900. It's still a long, hard climb back for Corkins, but he's at least taken the first step now.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins

Williams Badly Outflopped

All of the money was in the middle between Jeff Williams and one opponent on a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}. Williams tabled pocket kings, {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}, and found himself drawing very thin against his opponent's {Q-Clubs} {9-Hearts}, trip queens. The turn {2-Clubs} was not a king or a Broadway card; the river {9-Clubs} made an unnecessary full house for Williams' opponent.

When the stacks were counted down, Williams was forced to pay off 41,000 chips. That lowered his own count to 21,000.

Tags: Jeff Williams

Seidel Sucks Out To Double Up

Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel
A player raised from under the gun and a short stacked Erik Seidel raised all in from behind. Action folded back around to the original raiser who made the call.

Under the gun: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Seidel: {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

The board came {K-Spades} {J-Clubs} {6-Spades} {2-Clubs} {A-Spades} giving Seidel a set to double up to 25,200.

Tags: Erik Seidel