2009 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠10♦
Prize
$569,199
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
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Live Poker Is Rigged

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A very fortunate double up for Howie Widman, in one of those great runner-runner hands that online players don't think happen in live poker.

Widman got it in with {A-?} {10-?} preflop, thoroughly dominated by Trevor Hackworth's {A-?} {J-?}.

The very unlikely board: {2-?} {8-?} {K-?} {J-?} {Q-?}

Widman doubled to 75,000 or so, while a giggling Hackworth apologized to the table and told them, "Man! I'm tilting so hard right now!"

Assorted Chip Counts

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Michael Dyer: 155,000
Alex Millar: 70,000
Mike Carlson: 205,000
Jonathan McGowan: 96,000
Tom McEvoy: 28,000
Faraz Jaka: 38,000
Zachary Weiler: 350,000
Terry Stewart: 150,000
Scott Hall: 76,000

Franklin, My Dear, I Don't Have Any Chips

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Three players liked the {7-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {2-Spades} flop enough to stick their chips in the middle in a three-way all-in confrontation.

Captain Tom Franklin: {J-Spades} {10-Spades}
A gent whose name we didn't manage to catch before he left: {7-Spades} {9-Spades}
Scott Hall: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

Turn: not a spade but {4-Clubs}
River: also not a spade -- {6-Hearts}

Thus Franklin and the other player are bust, while former big stack, latterly middling stack Scott Hall is back up to a comfortable 150,000.

Tags: Scott HallTom Franklin

Hellmuth Is Here to Win

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Buy one of his books, son
Buy one of his books, son
Phil Hellmuth means business: a player raised, but passed when Hellmuth went over the top.

"I'm here to win world championships, not play games," he announced, "That's why I came." And in case it wasn't clear, "I came to win."

Someone else at the table piped up, but Hellmuth quickly told him, "If you want to learn, read one of my books, son."

The next hand, the same player who had raised and then folded to Hellmuth's reraise limped in. Hellmuth raised to 12,000, and the player called. They both checked the {Q-Spades} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts} flop, and then the other player check-called a 9,000 bet from Hellmuth on the {5-Spades} turn. They checked the {K-Diamonds} on the river, and Hellmuth turned over {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} to win the pot while his hapless opponent mucked. Hellmuth is now up to 155,000.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Hit the Jaka-Pot

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Faraz Jaka wasn't messing about with his {7-Clubs} {7-Spades} -- he stuck all his chips in under the gun, and it folded right around to the big blind who made the call with {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}.

Board: {8-Spades} {2-Spades} {3-Hearts} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs}

Thus the big blind is down to 70,000, while Jaka is up to 70,000. All very friendly.

Tags: Faraz Jaka

Lamb to the Slaughter

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Looks as though we have a new chip leader.

A player in mid position raised, and Olav von Sachsen reraised. The original raiser decided it was a bad idea and folded, but von Sachsen went all in. A swift call from Lamb, a horrible outdraw, and while Lamb is down to mere shrapnel, von Sachsen is up to 385,000 and is very happy indeed.

Von Sachsen: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}
Lamb: {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}

Board: {J-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}

Oh dear.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

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