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

07-08-2009 07:39 UTC-12

Paul Parker Delighted

[user46392]

Paul Parker seems to have raised somewhere along the line, as there was 7,000 in front of him when we arrived at the table, and another gentleman had all his chips in the middle, to easily cover him.

After a moment's consideration, Parker tossed the rest of his 29,000 stack into the pot. It wasn't looking good...

Parker: {Q-Spades}

Mr. Opponent: {K-Hearts}

Board:

.....

A very fortunate double-up indeed puts Mr. Parker up to 60,000. The dealer attempted to shortchange him briefly, before correcting his mistake. "I'm just delighted to have any money back," said Parker. "Give me my 29 back and I'm delighted."

Tags: Paul Parker

07-08-2009 07:36 UTC-12

Erick Lindgren Eliminated

donpeters

Vinny Pahuja limped in from early-middle position before Erick Lindgren raised to 2,500 from the hijack seat. The big blind, Craig Ivey, made the call and then Pahuja called as well.

The flop came down {9-Clubs}

and Ivey led out for a bet of 6,000. Pahuja folded and action was now back on Lindgren. He splashed the rest of his chips into the pot for a total all-in bet of 17,500. Ivey made the call.

When the hands were revealed, Ivey showed {J-Diamonds}

. Lindgren tabled a better overpair with {Q-Diamonds}

. The ESPN cameras were on hand to catch the action and the dealer paused before the turn while the film crew got everything set up nicely.

The turn was then dealt and the {7-Clubs}

hit the felt. The look on Lindgren's face wasn't too pleasing. He now knew his opponent could make a straight as well as hit a jack.

Another pause for the cameras and then the dealer dealt the river. The river was the {J-Hearts}

to put Ivey in the lead and with no more cards to come, that would be the end of Lindgren's tournament. He got it in good, but just couldn't hold on. Lindgren grabbed his bag and headed to the exit.

Tags: Craig Ivey Erick Lindgren ESPN Vinny Pahuja

07-08-2009 07:31 UTC-12

Wong Rivered

[user80015]

Steve Wong called an opponent's all in holding {10-Clubs}

to be in great shape against {9-Clubs}

.

The board up until the turn was looking great for Wong with it reading {4-Clubs}

.

However when the river fell the {10-Hearts}

, Wong rivered a set to give his opponent a queen-high straight as he slipped to 26,000 as his opponent doubled back to over 20,000 in chips.

07-08-2009 07:29 UTC-12

The Calm Away From The Storm

[user67765]

While the Miranda Room is a little removed from the heart of the action of the WSOP, the quiet setting of the smaller room actually provides a calming backdrop to probable carnage that is developing in the bigger rooms of the Rio.

Some of the notables players in this area include Justin Bonomo, Alex Bolotin, Jess Lisandro, Chad Brown, John Juanda, Amnon Filippi, Bertrand Grospellier, Dutch Boyd and Phil Ivey. However most appear to have drawn relatively good tables with only Bonomo and Bolotin seated together.

07-08-2009 07:26 UTC-12

Early Double Up for Rousso

Shamus

Vanessa Rousso started the day on the short stack with less than 7,000 chips. She picked up {10-Spades}

here in the early going, and pushed all in and had a caller in Ricky Tang who held {8-Spades}

.

The board came {6-Diamonds}

, and Rousso doubles to 14,800.

07-08-2009 07:18 UTC-12

Up In The Air...

[user76023]

Cards are now up in the air.

Within fifteen seconds we hear two cries of 'all in and a call' next to us in the Orange section of the Amazon room.

Within a minute we hear four more 'all ins', today could see a lot of casualties.

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

07-08-2009 07:04 UTC-12

Coming Soon

Shamus

Not unexpectedly, it is taking a little longer to get everyone seated and chips unbagged -- looks like about 12:15 p.m. before cards go in the air.

07-08-2009 06:50 UTC-12

Day 2b Starting Soon

Shamus

We're just about ten minutes away from the start of Day 2b of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. We have a huge field of over 2,900 players returning to play today. "Every table in the building," said a tourney official when asked where we they would be seated.

Back in just a few.