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

06-04-2009 18:20 UTC-12

Ward Crane Eliminated

[user75032]

Win a flip and continue in the tournament; lose a flip and go home. For Ward Crane, it was the latter. He got his very short stack in the middle with {K-?}

; Bryn Kenney got in there with pocket nines. Pocket nines were good when the board bricked out.

Tags: Bryn Kenny Ward Crane

06-04-2009 18:05 UTC-12

You Say Joe, I Say Parille

[user75032]

It's mostly preflop action at this point of the tournament. Joe Parille got his stack in the middle preflop ahead of Bobby Firestone, with Parille's {A-Hearts}

the favorite over Firestone's {A-Spades}

. He secured a pot worth 194,000 chips when the board came {A-Diamonds}

.

Firestone is down to 535,000.

Tags: Bobby Firestone Joe Parille

06-04-2009 17:50 UTC-12

Swapping Places

MarcC

Peter Radonjic raised it up before Mathieu Clavet set him all in trying to force him off the pot. Radonjic was having none of it and called for the rest of his chips with {A-Hearts}

. Clavet was behind but live with {9-Clubs}

as the board came {J-Clubs}

. Two pair good for the pot and a new stack of 310,000. Clavet down to 190,000.

06-04-2009 17:47 UTC-12

Rob Heroy will undoubtedly be disappointed about coming up short of today's final table. He's just been eliminated by Carman Cavella. Heroy opened for 17,500, then shipped for 142,000 after Cavella three-bet the small blind to 51,000. Cavella snap-called with {J-Diamonds}

and found himself sitting pretty against Heroy's {7-Spades}

. Heroy needed help, but it was only Cavella who improved on a board of {6-Clubs}

.

The rich get richer -- Cavella's tournament-leading stack is now up to 910,000, while Heroy is left to wonder what could have been.

Tags: Carman Cavella Rob Heroy

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

06-04-2009 17:36 UTC-12

Bansi Backed Up

MarcC

Praz Bansi has just doubled up Ramin Henke after a preflop all-in confrontation. Bansi was way behind with {4-Diamonds}

to Henke's {K-Diamonds}

. The board ran {Q-Hearts}

to see Henke up to 165,000 and Bansi down to 80,000.

06-04-2009 17:29 UTC-12

Jonas is Told to Mackoff

MarcC

Robert Lipkin raised to 15,500 before Jonas Mackoff reraised all in. Lipkin called with {A-Hearts}

but was behind to the shorter stack's {A-Diamonds}

. The board changed everything as it came {5-Hearts}

.

Mackoff is flushed down and out of the tournament as the trend for killer rivers continued. Lipkin is up to 480,000.

06-04-2009 17:27 UTC-12

Big Pot, No Whammies.... Stop!

[user75032]

It's a whammy for Allan Brown. He opened with a preflop raise that was reraised by Carman Cavella. Brown responded by pushing all in for 240,000 total, a bet which Cavella instantly called.

Cavella: {10-Hearts}

Brown:

We like Cavella's hand more than Brown's, and so did Cavella when the board rolled out {2-Spades}

. That board was a win for Cavella, pushing him up to the top of the counts with 825,000 chips and pushing Brown out the door.

Tags: Allan Brown Carman Cavella

06-04-2009 17:14 UTC-12

A Ripple of Luck Can Turn into a Wave of Fortune

MarcC

On the bubble yesterday Bryce Yockey was all in for his tournament life with two callers. He held ace-king on a queen high board and unfortunately for him an opponent held ace-queen. He stood up to contemplate his seemingly doomed fate, that was until a magical king fell on the river to triple him up and see him through in to the money.

Fast forward a day and Yockey has just eliminated Jason Melnick to see his stack grow to 515,000. Where will a small bit of luck end up taking Yockey.

06-04-2009 17:02 UTC-12

David Baked by Carman

MarcC

Carmen Cavella raised from the high-jack before David Baker shipped the lot in from the next seat. Cavella called creating a really big pot. It was {J-Hearts}

for Cavella and {3-?}

for Baker.

The board ran {2-?}

to stop Baker's rise but Cavella is full of yeast at 528,500.