on a 
board against a player who had decided to slowplay 
preflop. All the money went in on the flop but the turn left Violette drawing needing a or a which didn't come on the 
river
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2b
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on a board against a player who had decided to slowplay preflop. All the money went in on the flop but the turn left Violette drawing needing a or a which didn't come on the river
board, Nick Binger bet 50,000, enough to cover Hal Lubarsky. Lubarsky called all in for his last 20,000 or so, but mucked when Binger turned over 
.Binger up to 156,000.
against Mizrachi's 
.Board:
Phil Hellmuth had a terrific start today, boosting his below average stack up to 140,000 within the first two levels. He then settled back around the 120,000-chip mark and has been there for most of the day. We just now caught an intriguing hand in which the Poker Brat was involved.
A player in middle position bet 2,700, and Hellmuth, sitting to his left, made the call. The blinds folded, and the flop came
. The raiser continued with a bet of 4,700, and Hellmuth wasted little time calling.The turn was the
, pairing the board. This time Hellmuth's opponent checked. Hellmuth sat up straight, rechecked his cards, looked to his right at his opponent, then gathered some chips. Finally he tossed out a smallish bet of 4,800, and his opponent called.The river was the
, provoking a "oooh" from the crowd. Hellmuth's opponent again checked, and this time Hellmuth pushed out 12,000. His opponent rechecked his cards, then folded.Hellmuth then flipped his cards face up to the dealer --
-- provoking a louder response from the crowd.As we move towards the last half-hour of play for the night, Hellmuth has about 135,000.
against a button raiser's but caught better on the 
board to make a straight.
A player in late position had raised and Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul called from the button, as did the big blind. The flop then came
. The big blind checked, and the preflop raiser surprisingly shoved all in for 116,700.Saul had only 8,000 more than that, and so had to give it a think before finally announcing he was calling. The big blind folded, and Saul showed
for the flush.His opponent's cards?
.The turn was the
and the river the , and another player has hit the rail. After suffering through the early going today with the short stack, Saul is now way up to 246,000.
The soon-to-be-busted player raised to 2,500 and Dang called. He bet 6,000 on the
flop, and Dang called that too. He bet 20,000 on the 
turn, and this time Dang put him all in for another 20,000. The gentleman called, and found that his 
were beaten by Dang's 
. No re-suck on the river, and the gent with kings hit the rail.
and got called in two spots. The big blind then pushed all in on the river and the late position player called as well.Medic:
for super giant draw-y goodnessBig Blind:
for two pair and a better flush draw.Late Position:
for a pair and a gutshot.The river was the
and the big blind eliminated Medic and more than doubled up at the same time.
