2009 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$1,891,012
Event Info
Buy-in
$40,000
Entries
201
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Chris Ferguson Eliminated; Moneymaker Continues to Roll

Sorry Jesus...No Miracles for you
Sorry Jesus...No Miracles for you
After a flop of {J-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {8-Spades} and with 23,000 in the pot, Chris Moneymaker bets 9,000 from the small blind and Humberto Brenes calls from the big blind. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson then moves all in from the high jack for 71,000. Moneymaker tanks for a moment before making the call. Brenes gets out of the way.

Chris Ferguson shows {10-Hearts} {10-Spades} for a pair with a open ended straight draw. Moneymaker has him in bad shape with {J-Clubs} {10-Clubs} . Jesus can only hit one card to win and only has about a 30% chance to split the pot.

The turn and river are blanks and Ferguson is eliminated. Meanwhile, Moneymaker appears to be one of the current chip leaders with 415,000.

Tags: Chris FergusonChris Moneymaker

Rouas Rocks Rosenkrantz

On a flop of {2-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, Jay Rosenkrantz checked, Philippe Rouas bet 10,000, and Rosenkrantz called. The turn brought the {10-Hearts}. Rosenkrantz checked, Rouas bet 50,000, Rosenkrantz check-raised all in for 86,200, and Rouas called with the rest of his stack.

Rouas showed {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} for the turned full house, meaning Rosenkrantz was drawing dead with his {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. Rouas is now up to 210,000, while Rosenkrantz has fallen to 11,000.

Tags: Jay RosenkrantzPhilippe Rouas

Adams Flushed by Haxton

Three players saw a flop of {2-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Isaac Haxton led out for 13,000 from UTG, Brandon Adams called from middle position, and the third player dropped out. The turn brought the {A-Clubs}. This time Haxton bet 25,000, and Adams raised all in to 50,000. Haxton snap-called, turning over {A-Spades}{8-Spades} for top pair and the flush draw. Adams showed {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for two pair.

The river was the {K-Spades}, bringing Haxton his flush and eliminating Adams. Haxton now has chipped all of the way up to 324,000.

Tags: Brandon AdamsIsaac Haxton

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Table 70 Gets Tougher

Scotty Nguyen and Phil Ivey
Scotty Nguyen and Phil Ivey
Earlier in the day, PokerNews reported about the toughest table in the room at table 70. In the past few hours it has become even more stacked with the addition of Bertrand Grospellier and Steve Billirakis

Table 70:
Seat 1: Scott Seiver
Seat 2: Scotty Nguyen
Seat 3: Phil Ivey
Seat 4: Brett Richey
Seat 5: David "The Dragon" Pham
Seat 6: Alan Sass
Seat 7: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 8: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (replaces Corwin Cole)
Seat 9: Steve Billirakis (replaces Unfortunate unknown player)

Raymer Eliminates Thuritz

A short-stacked Mikael Thuritz shoved all in for 8,000 from late position, and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer made the call from the button. The blinds folded, Thuritz showed {A-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Raymer {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, putting Raymer in front. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and the river {J-Clubs}. Thuritz is out, and Raymer now has 152,000.

Tags: Greg RaymerMIkael Thuritz

Bloch's Hero Call No Good

Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch
On a board of {Q-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {K-Spades} {4-Spades} and with 53,000 in the pot, Andy Bloch faces a 40,000 bet from Alec "traheho" Torelli. Bloch tanks for several minutes before making the call. Torelli shows {Q-Hearts} {8-Hearts} for fours full of queens. Bloch tosses his cards into the muck and Torelli takes it down.

Alec Torelli - 210,000
Andy Bloch - 65,000