Event 9 - $1,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-04-2009 19:23 UTC-12

Bansied

MarcC

Ben Yerushalaim moved all in for his last 72,000 and was looked up by Praz Bansi in the BB. Yerushalaim held {J-?}

but would need to hit as Bansi held {K-?}

. He didn't manage to catch up though and heads for the pay out desk. Bansi is up to 450,000 as a result.

06-04-2009 19:22 UTC-12

Oh, those pesky 50-50s. Joe Parille found himself staring down the barrel of one against Bobby Firestone. Parille opened for 50,000 preflop, then called all in for about 200,000 after Firestone put him all in. It was {A-Spades}

for Firestone and {4-Hearts}

for Parille. A board of {A-Hearts}

sent Parille packing.

Firestone is up to 1.1 million.

Tags: Bobby Firestone Joe Parille

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

06-04-2009 19:09 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air.

06-04-2009 19:03 UTC-12

Just a Warning This Time

MarcC

A small bit of controversy happened just before the break. Peter Radonjic made a raise to 25,000 from the button before Allan Puzantyan teased his stack back and forth without announcing if he was all in or not. He eventually left it forward but Radonjic was not happy and called the floor as he thought it was a type of string bet. The floor agreed and he was given a one hand penalty. His all in bet for this hand stood though.

The raise was 53,000 more and Radonjic made the call with {10-Clubs}

and was shown the inevitable {A-Hearts}

that held up. Radonjic on 300,000 to Puzantyan's 170,000.

06-04-2009 18:50 UTC-12

Players on a 20 Minute Break

MarcC

Time out for the players as we reach nearer and nearer our final table.

06-04-2009 18:48 UTC-12

Bansi Runs Goot!

[user75032]

Praz Bansi has clearly used several of his nine tournament lives during the course of the day. He was all in again, with {8-Clubs}

against Allan Puzantyan's {K-Hearts}

. No help on the flop for Bansi, but he turned the {8-Diamonds}

to make a set that held up when the river bricked.

Puzantyan is down to 65,000; Bansi is now on 360,000.

06-04-2009 18:40 UTC-12

Plans for Table Redraws

MarcC

We're still spread over three tables right now and there will be a standard table redraw when we reach 12 players. In an unusual step we will then merge to one table when 7 players remain. Some players had expressed concern about having a 3 handed and a 4 handed table. There would be the potential of collusion against a short stacked player at the 3 handed table for example.

06-04-2009 18:33 UTC-12

Mathieu Clavet Eliminated

[user75032]

It took Peter Gould two hands to get Mathieu Clavet, but he did knock Clavet out of the tournament. The first hand was about what you'd expect at this stage: all in with pocket queens for Gould and {A-Clubs}

for Clavet. Gould made a full house by the turn to cripple Clavet to 20,000.

Clavet was soon all in with {3-Hearts}

. Gould got in there again, this time with {K-?}

. He flopped a king, but Clavet flopped a gutshot straight draw. It never filled.

Tags: Mathieu Clavets Peter Gould

06-04-2009 18:21 UTC-12

Ed Sukkar'd

MarcC

Edward Sukkar has just been eliminated over the course of two hands. It was the first hand that did the major damage as he doubled up Jack Densing whilst holding {K-Clubs}

to Densing's {A-Diamonds}

in a blind battle. The chips went in on a {6-Spades}

flop and the deal was sealed when the {A-Spades}

fell on the turn. That sent Densing up to 225,000.

The Sukkar got the rest in and was called by two players but it was chip leader, Carmen Cavella, who struck the killer blow making a flush to take the three way pot and see his stack rise to over a million.