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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$40,000
Entries
201
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
. The flop came 
, putting Lisandro in front. But the 
on the turn propelled Lee back into the lead. The river was the 
, and Lee now has 200,000. Lisandro has slipped to 180,000.
Bloch opened the action with a raise to 5,500 from UTG and Torelli called from the cutoff. The flop came down
and Bloch led out for 6,000. Torelli flat-called. Bloch slowed down and checked the 
on the turn, then called a 13,000 bet from Torelli. The river was the 
. Bloch checked again and Torelli made a 25,000 bet. After over five minutes in the tank, Bloch made the call. Torelli turned up
and Bloch mucked. With that pot, Torelli's stack soared past 270,000 while Bloch was left with only 22,000.
The flop came
. Sass led out for 19,400, and Hellmuth called. The turn was the . This time Sass checked, Hellmuth bet 35,000, and Sass called. The river was the
. Sass checked, and Hellmuth bet 183,000, more than enough to put Sass all in for his remaining 153,000 chips. Sass thought for about three minutes, then made the call. "You got it," said Hellmuth. Sass turned over
for a pair of kings, and Hellmuth mucked. Sass is now up to 450,000, while the Poker Brat has tumbled all of the way down to 37,000.
, and Garza hit the rail. Galfond is up to 320,000.
The flop came
. It checked to Zolotow who continued with a bet of 18,000. Demjan folded, and Forrest called. The turn was the . Forrest bet 10,000, Zolotow raised to 40,000, and Forrest called.The river was the
. Forrest checked, and Zolotow shoved all in for 63,900. Forrest tanked for a while, then gave it up.Forrest now has 260,000, while Zolotow has chipped up to 235,000.
and was called by Lex Veldhuis with 
. The better hand held up and Elezra was eliminated.After action folded around to Gavin Smith on the button, he moved all in and was called by former November Nine member Dennis Phillips. Smith showed
but was in bad shape against the 
of Phillips. Big Slick held up and Smith hit the rail.Jennifer Harman has also been eliminated.
Rosenbloom
Rouas
The board came
, and Rosenbloom pushed up to 200,000. Rouas now has 113,000.
flop and Richey called. Both players checked the on the turn, but Pham fired 10,600 on the river when the 
fell. Richey made the call, but mucked at the sight of Pham's 
. Richey was left with 46,200 after the hand while Pham was up to 235,000.