Almost Out of Brasilia
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
Brodie Goes Bust
with a bet laid out by the first player for 1,200. The next player raised to 5,200 and then Richard Brodie made the call. The first bettor folded.The river brought the
and the first player checked. Brodie moved 7,700 chips into the middle and then his opponent check-raised all in. Brodie tanked for a short amount of time and then made the call.Brodie couldn't beat the full house his opponent held with the
and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Laak's Stack Decimated
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, Jani Sointula checked, the UTG+1 player bet 5,600, another early position player called, and Phil Laak moved all in for 53,200 from the cutoff. "This is called being pot committed. We're going to run it twice, right boys?" quipped Laak as Sointula tanked.
Ultimately the small blind made the call. Laak started putting on his shoes. The two early position players folded, and the cards went on their backs...
Laak
Sointula
Both players had a flush draw, Sointula's the higher one, but Laak was actually ahead on the flop with a pair of threes. That all changed when the
hit the turn. "That's it! Ha ha ha. That'll do it!" laughed Andy Black, who peered over the table to watch the hand.
The river was the
and Laak shipped 45,500 over to Sointula, leaving himself with only 11,025.
Those Don't Sound Like Nice Words
with a draw, 
. Thater was in the lead with 
, leaving her opponent looking for one of the other eight hearts or the other two tens. The hit the river, giving Thater a set of tens that she desperately didn't want as it also made a straight for her opponent.After the hand, which lowered Thater's stack to 10,000 chips, Thater stood up from the table and let loose a stream of angry-sounding German.
Brian Townsend Busto
, but ran into pocket jacks. No help for Townsend on the 
board and he hit the rail.
Veldhuis Sliding
, and there were about 15,000 chips already in the pot. Veldhuis was first to speak, and he led out with a bet of 12,000. His lone opponent made the minimum raise to 24,000, drawing a puzzled look from Veldhuis."Please don't have aces," he said as he threw in the extra bet for the call. "You know what I got man," came the reply. It was indeed aces for Veldhuis' opponent, and his
gave him the big book. Lex flashed the and sent his cards back to the muck. Veldhuis' stack took another hit, and he's down to 22,000 now, just about one quarter of his starting stack.
Konst Doubles, Plain and Simple
, against his opponent's 
. There wouldn't be any spectacular fireworks this time as the board ran out a plan old 
to keep Konst in the lead and double him up to 55,000.
Slim Slips
and Preston bet 2,000 when the board paired with the 
on the turn.When his opponent raised to 6,100, Preston looked at his cards in disgust before tossing them in the muck. He has 29,000.
Jack Ury Avoids Disaster
. At 96 years young, Jack Ury led out from the big blind for 3,000. A player under the gun called and the other two players in the hand got out of the way.The turn paired the board with the
and Ury bet again, this time for 5,000. His opponent made the call.The river brought the
. Ury checked and his opponent moved all in for 11,400, just a few hundred more than Ury had in his stack.Ury asked for a count from his opponent, several times, until he was finally able to hear the tally.
After a few moments he mucked his hand. The player under the gun flashed pocket aces to which Ury replied "i had a pocket pair too."
Jack Ury - 10,675.
Hearn's Misfire Works Out
Both players checked all the way to the river as the board developed
. At the river, Hearn took down the pot with a bet of 3,000."Sorry," she said as she collected the chips.