Luck of the Draw

You show up for Day 2a of the WSOP Main Event, having slogged your way through Day 1. You're feeling pretty good about things, until you see your table draw for the day: Mike Matusow, Isaac Baron and John Hennigan. That's what greeted six players at Orange 65 today.

Baron has already been active. He lost 10,000 chips to Hennigan after raising 1,200 preflop, betting 2,400 on a flop of {6-Clubs}

, checking the {2-Clubs}

turn and calling 6,500 on the {7-Spades}

river. Baron's {A-Diamonds}

pocket aces were cracked by Hennigan's {7-Clubs}

, which turned a club flush.

"John Hennigan, ladies and gentleman," said Matusow.

A few hands later, Baron called a short stack's all in. Baron's {7-Diamonds}

was in rough shape against the short stack's {A-Spades}

but flopped a set, {K-Diamonds}

. The set held through the river.

"Seven right in the window," exclaimed Matusow. "Isaac Baron, ladies and gentlemen. Loses 10,000 with aces and gets 4,000 back cracking someone else's aces."

Tags: Isaac Baron John Hennigan Mike Matusow

2009 World Series of Poker

2009 World Series of Poker

Luck of the Draw