2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2b
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Little Legged

Jonathan Little eliminated
Jonathan Little eliminated
Jonathan Little has just been sent packing when his {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} could not improve against his opponent's {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

All the money went in on the turn with the board reading {J-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades}, and when the river landed the {2-Diamonds}, Little missed both his pair, straight and flush outs and was headed to the rail.

It's All Over Baby

Scotty Nguyen has been knocked out by Brandon Lee after all the money went in a board of {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {K-Spades}. Nguyen was in fine shape with {A-?} {A-?} but Lee's {K-Hearts} {10-Spades} got there on the {K-Clubs} river to make a very disappointed Nguyen head for the rail.

Mariduin' It

Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck
Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck
Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck is at the secondary feature table along with Dennis Phillips and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Just now, the button had raised to 6,000, and Mayrinck reraised all in for 15,075 from the small blind. The BB folded, and her opponent called.

Mayrinck showed {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and her opponent {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. The board came {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, and Mayrinck doubles to 32,000.

Meanwhile, Phillips has chipped up to 100,000, and Mizrachi is still trying to make something happen with his stack of 22,000.

Tags: Maria Mayrinck

Strangeness Abounds

A very curious hand.

A gentleman raised under the gun, only for the gent to his immediate left to reraise hard -- to about 10,000, with 20,000 behind. Adam Latimer, who had been sitting to the immediate left of the reraiser, scurried over to tell me that this raising war had somewhat freaked him out, and he'd folded {A-?} {K-?} suited.

Back to the original raiser, and he four-bet to cover the reraiser. A long dwell, during which time Latimer opined quietly that the original raiser was unlikely to have anything if how he'd been playing all day was anything to go by -- and then the reraiser unexpectedly folded. Very odd indeed.

Rousso Out

Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso made through one level today with her short stack, but just now found herself racing with ace-king versus her opponent's pocket fours. No ace or king came to save Rousso, and out she goes.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

Bread Falls Rutter Side Up

Peanut Rutter
Peanut Rutter
Stuart Rutter has been having a good Day 2, upping his stack to 105,000 through the time-honoured technique of, "Playing badly and getting lucky."

Most of his new-found chips came from a hand where he somehow got involved with a gent who was holding jacks, with Rutter holding a mere {6-Spades} {4-Spades}. They saw a ten-high flop with two spades on it and neither player was laying down his respective hand; the chips went in the middle, the flush was dealt out, and Rutter moved on up.

Tags: Stuart Rutter

Mo' Money for Wayans

Marlon Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Following a flop of {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, the big blind bet 2,800, and two players called behind, including Marlon Wayans in the middle. The turn was the {8-Spades}. The BB checked, Wayans bet 10,000, the player behind him tanked for a while and then raised all in for 15,000, and it folded back to Wayans who quickly called.

Wayans showed {Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts} for the queen-high straight, while his opponent had {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for the lesser straight, making the river {A-Diamonds} just a bit of trivia.

Another player hits the rail, and Wayans is now up to 42,600.

Tags: Marlon Wayans

Geller Gets Aggressive

Maya Geller
Maya Geller
When we came upon the table, Maya Geller had two yellow (1000) chips sitting before her, next to the dealer's button, and the table had folded back around to Lee Childs sitting to her left who had reraised to 5,400 total. Geller thought for some time, then quietly she announced she was all in.

Geller had Childs well covered, and he tanked for a couple of minutes before finally letting the hand go. Geller is at 42,000 now, while Childs slips to 12,000.

Tags: Maya Geller

Schneider Running Well

Mike Schneider raised his cutoff and got looked up by Mr. A on the button and Mr. B in the big blind. They saw a three-way flop.

Flop: {J-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {8-Clubs}

It checked to Schenider , who bet 3,500. Mr A called, but Mr. B check-folded. Heads up to the turn.

Turn: {K-Clubs}

Schneider now just checked, but called a 6,000 bet from Mr. A.

River: {4-Spades}

Both players checked, and Schneider took the pot with {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts} for a flush draw that had turned into top pair. He's now up to 58,500.

Tags: Mike Schneider