2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
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, action checked to Dewey Tomko who bet 1,000 from early position. He got called by the big blind and the turn brought the
.Action checked to Tomko again, and he bet 2,000. After another call, both players checked the
on the river and Tomko took the pot when his 
bettered his opponent's 
. Tomko now has 34,000.
, 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
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
, and his opponent had nothing. "I didn't put you on a queen," he said, sheepishly tabling
. The river was a meaningless
, and Jesus earns himself a huge double up. He's sitting on 145,000 now.
and Spegal checked. The preflop raiser fired 2,600 and only Schneider called.With one of the bracelet winners gone, the turn brought the
. 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.
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
hit on the turn.The river paired the board with the
and Sexton bet 8,000. His opponent made the call and Sexton rolled over
for a flush. His opponent mucked and Sexton raked in the pot, moving up to 79,300.
. Ury bet 3,000, the small blind called and the big blind folded. The turn came the
and the small blind set Ury all in for his remaining 7,800. He made the call. Ury's
was way behind his opponent's
and he was looking for a ten or a diamond on the river to survive. He couldn't get there, the
falling to eliminate him from the Main Event to a round of applause from the Amazon Room.
. The cowboy had gotten himself very low in chips, but he was in good shape to double up against his opponent's
. A clean board of
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.
. Williams tabled pocket kings,
, and found himself drawing very thin against his opponent's
, trip queens. The turn
was not a king or a Broadway card; the river
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.
Under the gun:
Seidel:
The board came
giving Seidel a set to double up to 25,200.