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

07-07-2009 07:49 UTC-12

FBT Stands His Ground

donpeters

The button, A.W. Vidmer, raised to 1,500 and then Greg "FBT" Mueller called from the small blind. The flop came down {A-Clubs}

and Mueller checked. Vidmer bet 2,000 and Mueller called.

The turn was the {8-Hearts}

and both players checked. The river was the {7-Diamonds}

and Mueller checked again. Vidmer fired 3,000 and Mueller called.

"Good call." announced Vidmer. Mueller tabled {A-Diamonds}

and Vidmer mucked. Mueller is now up to 49,000.

Tags: "FBT"Greg Mueller

07-07-2009 07:50 UTC-12

That's How We Do It On the Internet

[user25067]

I always look like this when I three-bet

Vitaly Lunkin opened for 1,100 from the cutoff, Gary Ellis flat-called from the button, and Shaun Deeb put the squeeze on from the big blind, three-betting to 3,250. Lunkin got out of the way and Ellis called.

The flop came down {J-Spades}

and both players checked. The turn was the {A-Spades}

and Deeb led out for 6,075. It was enough to induce a fold from Ellis and Deeb took down the pot. He's currently on 54,100 in chips.

07-07-2009 07:51 UTC-12

Riesenberg Turns Rags to Riches

[user66118]

In late position, Jason Riesenberg came in raising to 1,050. He found action from the big blind, heads up to the flop. The dealer spread {10-Diamonds}

, and the big blind led out with a bet of 2,600. Riesenberg made the call, and the turn card brought the {3-Clubs}

. The big blind led out again, this time pushing 3,500 chips into the middle. Riesenberg raised to 15,000, and his opponent called.

The last card off the deck was the {6-Spades}

. Not stopping now, the big blind fired another bet, 25,000 to go. Riesenberg moved all in for just 225 on top, showing down {4-Diamonds}

. His opponent sent his cards go back into the muck, unable to beat Riesenberg's full house. With that double up, he's sitting on 92,000 chips.

Tags: Jason Riesenberg

07-07-2009 07:53 UTC-12

DeMichele Gets His Hall Pass Removed

donpeters

On the turn, the board read {J-Diamonds}

and Walter Hall tank-bet 5,000 into Michael DeMichele. DeMichele tanked and then made the call.

The river brought the {4-Clubs}

and Hall bet 9,000. DeMichele raised all in for a little more than 30,000 and Hall called for less. DeMichele tabled {J-?}

for a set of jacks, but was no good to Hall's {A-Spades}

for a rivered wheel.

DeMichele is down to 15,000 chips.

Tags: Michael DeMichele Walter Hall

07-07-2009 07:56 UTC-12

Black Shoots Down an Opponent with Aces

[user25067]

An unfortunate opponent holding {J-?}

shoved from the cutoff, only to run into Andy Black's {A-Hearts}

in the small blind. No miracles on the board, as it ran out {10-Spades}

and Black took it down, knocking out his opponent and increasing his stack to 87,500.

07-07-2009 07:57 UTC-12

A Cacophonous Chorus

[user75032]

Sitting in the press box all we can hear is calls ringing out, one after another, "All in and call on ____!" Now that many of the short stacks can say they made it to Day 2, they're not showing much hesitation about getting their stacks in the middle.

Meanwhile, tables are being broken out of the back of the Orange section so that tables can be moved into the Amazon Room from the Brasilia Room (logistically, it's difficult to break tables across rooms). Isaac Baron's table was broken and he was sent to a table in Red. Yet a few minutes later he was back in Orange.

"You lose something?" Baron was asked.

"Yeah, I lost a 5k chip," Baron replied. He re-traced his steps and eventually found the wayward chip.

07-07-2009 07:58 UTC-12

Set vs. Set. vs. Aces

[user111541]

At table 22 there was a three way all in after a flop of {Q-Clubs}

.

Alex Barlow: {A-Clubs}

Kirk Banks: {7-Spades}

Martin Raus: {4-Spades}

The board filled out {Q-Clubs}

allowing Kirk Banks to triple up with a set of sevens. He is now at 68,700.

Tags: Kirk Banks

07-07-2009 08:01 UTC-12

Bang! Bang! Turn and River for Nikolay

donpeters

Nikolay Evdakov got all in with his opponent on a flop of {10-Spades}

. Evdakov held {K-Diamonds}

, but was well behind the {7-Diamonds}

of his opponent.

The turn brought the {10-Clubs}

and shed some light on Evdakov's hand, needing some runner-runner held on the hand. The river card was then the {10-Diamonds}

, completing the boat for Nikolay and giving him a runner-runner full house to double up to 60,000.

Tags: Nikolay Evdakov

07-07-2009 08:02 UTC-12

Vengrin Goes Backward

[user108095]

On a flop of {J-Diamonds}

, the big blind led out for 2,100 and Matt Vengrin called from the button. The turn brought the {8-Diamonds}

and a 3,600 bet from the big blind. Vengrin raised to 6,700 and got the call.

When the {6-Diamonds}

hit the river, the big blind led for 12,000 and Vengrin gave up the hand.

07-07-2009 08:02 UTC-12

Mr. All In is All Out

[user75032]

Johnny Chan's 2009 Main Event ends just before 1pm on Day 2a. He was in the big blind, with action folding to small blind Matthew Woodward. Woodward limped in, then called the short-stacked Chan's all-in raise of 6,000. Chan showed down {A-Hearts}

against Woodward's {9-Hearts}

. The board rolled out {8-Hearts}

to send Chan out the door.

Woodward is up to 21,000.

Tags: Johnny Chan Matthew Woodward