Event 8 - $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-03-2009 09:37 UTC-12

Tony G Doubles Haynie

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From the button, Tony G raised to 2,500. Derric Haynie reraised to 5,900 and was all in. Tony made the call and then stood pat after Haynie drew one card.

Tony G mucked his hand after Haynie revealed a {9-?}

. Haynie doubled to 13,000 while Tony G dropped a little to 57,000.

Tags: Antanas Guoga Derric Haynie Tony G

06-03-2009 09:41 UTC-12

Freeroll Time

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Erick Lindgren just walked over to Daniel Alaei's table and offered Alaei a $10,000 freeroll if he knocks out both John Juanda and Barry Greenstein.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Daniel Alaei Erick Lindgren John Juanda

06-03-2009 09:44 UTC-12

Matusow vs Hellmuth

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Aciton folded to Mike "The Mouth" Matusow in the small blind and he raised to 2,400. Phil Hellmuth called out of the big blind. "I'm just testing the waters," announced Matusow.

Matusow then drew three cards while Hellmuth drew one. Both players checked after the draw and Matusow revealed {K-?}

and said, "You gotta play the nuts around here."

Hellmuth studied his hand for a minute and then showed {9-?}

before mucking his cards.

Round one to Matusow.

Tags: "The Mouth"Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth

06-03-2009 09:52 UTC-12

Jetten Out of Here

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Peter Jetten moved all in from the button for 11,750 and was called by Xavier Laszcz in the big blind. Xavier stood pat and then Jetten studied his hand before drawing two cards.

Laszcz first revealed {Q-?}

and Jetten showed the three cards he kept, {5-?}

. The first draw card he looked at was another four and paired him up. He mucked his hand and was sent to the rail.

Tags: Peter Jetten Xavier Laszcz

06-03-2009 09:55 UTC-12

Hellmuth Bests Golser

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From the cutoff, Phil Hellmuth raised to 3,000 and Markus Golser called from the big blind. Both players drew one card. Golser then checked, but Hellmuth fired 6,000. Markus went into the tank, but then made the call.

Hellmuth showed {8-?}

and Golser mucked, moving Phil up to 70,000 chips.

Tags: Markus Golser Phil Hellmuth

06-03-2009 10:00 UTC-12

The Mouth is Shut

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From middle position, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow raised to 2,400 and Yan Chen reraised to 8,000 after one player called in between. Matusow made it 20,000 total when action got back to him. Chen called.

After all the pre-draw action, both players stood pat. Matusow then moved all in for his last 23,000 and Chen called.

Matusow looked at Chen and said, "You got it." Chen showed {8-?}

and is now our new chip leader with over 100,000.

Tags: "The Mouth"Mike Matusow Yan Chen

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 250

06-03-2009 10:12 UTC-12

Ivey Against Iversen

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Phil Ivey just recently had a showdown with Torstein Iversen. After the draw, Iversen and Ivey both checked. Ivey announced a jack-low and Iversen showed just a ten, the {10-Spades}

. Ivey was about to muck, when Iversen put his entire hand on the felt, {10-Spades}

, Ivey saw the flush and then put his jack-high low on the felt knowing the flush counted against Iversen and he lost the hand.

Tags: Phil Ivey Torstein Iversen

06-03-2009 10:18 UTC-12

Erik Seidel Eliminated

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Erik Seidel moved all in pre-draw for 13,150 and was called by John Monnette. Seidel drew one card while Monnette stood pat. Seidel showed {10-?}

against Monnette's {J-?}

. Seidel squeezed his last card and revealed a {K-?}

, which was not good enough to best Monnette's jack low and he was sent to the rail.

Tags: Erik Seidel John Monnette

06-03-2009 10:25 UTC-12

Markus Golser Eliminated

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Raphael Zimmerman raised to 3,000 from the button before Markus Golser reraised all in for 14,900 from the big blind. Zimmerman made the call.

Golser stood pat while Zimmerman drew one card. Golser showed {9-?}