Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-04-2009 08:58 UTC-12

Max Longwith Makes the Long Walk Home

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Max Longwith shoved for 176,000 from the button and got called by Jim McClain from the big blind with {Q-Hearts}

. Longwith showed {A-Diamonds}

and couldn't improve his hand when the board ran out {J-Diamonds}

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McClain now has 920,000 chips.

06-04-2009 08:53 UTC-12

Brian McInnis Doubles Up

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We picked this hand up after a flop of {9-Hearts}

when Brian McInnis pushed all in and got called by Tom Koral.

McInnis showed {10-Diamonds}

for a set while Koral was drawing thin with {A-Diamonds}

. The

on the turn brought some outs, but the {2-Clubs}

on the river didn't deliver and Koral's stack fell to 103,000 while McInnis doubled to 500,000.

06-04-2009 08:45 UTC-12

Aces vs Kings Good For Salinaro

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Mark Salinaro has doubled through Michael Pesek with the last 102,000 going in on the turn on a board of {10-Spades}

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Pesek made a reluctant call with {K-Spades}

but he'd run into the {A-Clubs}

of Salinaro.

The river was the {5-Clubs}

, leaving Pesek with 270,000 while Salinaro now stacks up over 600,000 chips.

Tags: Mark Salinaro Michael Pesek

06-04-2009 08:42 UTC-12

Ken Krouner Eliminated

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Walter Wright raised to 30,000 from early position and Ken Krouner pushed all in for 110,000 from the small blind. Wright made the quick call, showing {K-Spades}

while Krouner held {A-Clubs}

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A flop of {6-Spades}

provided no help, and the {K-Hearts}

on the turn sealed the hand for Wright. When the {3-Clubs}

hit the river, Krouner made his exit while Wright stacked up his chips, which now total 1.1 million.

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

06-04-2009 08:38 UTC-12

So Long Sarang

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On a flop of {3-Clubs}

Jim McClain moved all in covering his opponent Sarang Ahuja who insta-called with {10-Hearts}

, however McClain had flopped the nuts with his {9-Hearts}

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The turn was the {2-Hearts}

and river the {A-Hearts}

as the chip leader for most of Day 2 hits the rail as McClain moves up to 600,000 chips.

Tags: Jim McClain Sarang Ahuja

06-04-2009 08:36 UTC-12

Passavant Busts

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Walter Wright is having a good day so far after just eliminating another opponent. This time his {Q-Diamonds}

were too good for the {J-Hearts}

of James Passavant. All the chips were in preflop with the board running out {A-Clubs}

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Passavant busts as Wright moves up to 975,000 chips.

Tags: James Passavant Walter Wright

06-04-2009 08:32 UTC-12

Jeremy Joseph raised to 35,000 from the small blind and Justin Kuzmicki re-raised all in for 105,000 from the big blind. Kam Low, who had limped into the pot from middle position, made the call, as did Joseph who checked a flop of {2-Spades}

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When Low pushed all in, Joseph folded and Kuzmicki asked Low if he had a pair. Low showed {A-Clubs}

for top pair, top kicker, out-flopping Kuzmicki's {A-Spades}

. The

and

provided no help for Kuzmicki, while Low is now just shy of 1 million chips.

06-04-2009 08:29 UTC-12

Fett Doubles Through Kalb

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Jacob Kalb has just taken a dent to his big stack after doubling up Robert Fett.

Kalb opened with a raise from early position to 30,000, getting one caller, before Robert Fett squeezed all in for his 165,000 chips. Kalb called as the third player stepped aside.

Kalb: {A-Diamonds}

Fett:

The flop was all Fett when it arrived {Q-Spades}

. The turn was the {K-Spades}

and Kalb clapped his hands in delight thinking that his straight was good, but it gave Fett an unbeatable full house.

The river landed the {2-Diamonds}