2009 WSOP Champions Invitational

Champions Invitational
Day: 2
12
Event Info

2009 WSOP Champions Invitational

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♣9♦
Event Info
Entries
20
Level Info
Level
12
Blinds
1,000 / 2,000
Ante
300
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Harrington Doubles Up

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Down, but not quite out. After pushing his chips in preflop, Dan Harrington doubled through Rob Varkonyi immediately after taking the big hit, with Harrington’s {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs} outrunning Varkonyi’s {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs} on an interesting {K-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} board.

Harrington has since grabbed the blinds a couple of times to move back up to about 25,000.

Tags: Dan Harrington

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Can’t Buy This One

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McEvoy stretches lead
McEvoy stretches lead
Tom McEvoy hung in in a recent hand against Dan Harrington’s action and took down a healthy pot as a reward. With over 7,000 in the middle, the flop came {3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}; McEvoy checked, Harrington bet 4,000, and McEvoy called.

The turn brought the {A-Spades}. McEvoy checked again, and again Harrington fired, this time for 9,000. McEvoy called again after only a brief pause.

The river was the {J-Hearts}. McEvoy checked again, but this time Harrington checked behind. McEvoy showed A-7 for two pair and Harrington mucked.

Tags: Tom McEvoy

First Showdown of Level

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Big slick works for Varkonyi
Big slick works for Varkonyi
Forty-seven minutes into the level, a hand reached showdown. Varkonyi made it 3,500 from the small blind preflop, with McEvoy calling from the big. The flop came {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades}; Varkonyi checked, McEvoy bet 5,000, and Varkonyi called. The action went check-check on the {2-Diamonds} turn. The river brought the {3-Hearts}, and Varkonyi led out for 5,000. McEvoy hesitated but called, then mucked when Varkonyi showed A-K.

Tags: Robert VarkonyiTom McEvoy

Careful Probing

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More than half of Level 10 has elapsed and the players have yet to see their first showdown. It’s turned into a chess match, with a single raise enough to take down the pot in most of the last dozen hands.

Harrington Defends, Too

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Dan Harrington
Dan Harrington
Robert Varkonyi made his third straight button raise, and whereas last time Tom McEvoy played back from the small blind, this time Dan Harrington did the same from the big. Harrington called, then checked the {8-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop. Varkonyi bet 7,000 and Harrington called again. The turn was the {2-Clubs}; Harrington checked and Varkonyi checked behind. The river was the {J-Hearts} and Harrington pushed out a thin bet of 7,000. Varkonyi pondered before tossing his cards away.

Tags: Dan Harrington

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