2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2b
Hal-Lo, Goodbye
Binger up to 156,000.
Mizrachi Moves Up
Board:
Big Hand, Modest Pot for Hellmuth
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.
Big Stack Watch from the Brasilia Room
We Want to Be at Table 199
Eastgate Survives
Going All in to See Where You're At?
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.
Hot Dang!
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.
Need a Medic!!!
Medic: for super giant draw-y goodness
Big 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.