Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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
After the cash bubble burst late Friday evening and four were quickly eliminated by the end of play, 23 of the original starting field of 201 were still alive when cards went in the air on Saturday. Four players -- Andrew Robl, Frank Kassela, David Chiu, and Neil Channing -- were eliminated within the first half-hour of play. Then it would take another hour-and-a-half before Andy Black was eliminated in 19th place.
Justin Bonomo maintained his chip lead as Matt Glantz, Clark Hamagami, Doshi Suresh, David Baker, and Brian Rast were all eliminated. Then came a huge three-way pot that saw Brian Townsend knocked out in 13th, and Alec Torelli surging into the chip lead with over 5 million thanks to his quad tens.
Haxton next eliminated Matthew Marafioti in 12th when his pocket kings held up against Marafioti's pocket queens. Then Greg Raymer knocked out Keith Lehr in 11th when the Fossilman's pocket jacks outlasted Lehr's ace-queen.
The players reassembled around a single table to play ten-handed. Haxton would assume the chip lead from Torelli in a huge hand in which Haxton flopped trip sixes when Torelli flopped top pair.
Tony G and Noah Schwartz were the short stacks for most of the latter stages of play, and finally Tony G was the one to miss out on tomorrow's televised final table.
Thanks for following today's coverage. And come back tomorrow at 2 p.m. Vegas time for all of the action from tomorrow's exciting final table!
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Seat 1 - Ted Forrest (560,000)
Seat 2 - Noah Schwartz (660,000)
Seat 3 - Alec Torelli (2,340,000)
Seat 4 - Isaac Haxton (5,955,000)
Seat 5 - Greg Raymer (3,345,000)
Seat 6 - Justin Bonomo (1,685,000)
Seat 7 - Lex Veldhuis (3,805,000)
Seat 8 - Dani Stern (1,300,000)
Seat 9 - Vitaly Lunkin (4,565,000)
board. Tony G turned up
for a pair of sevens but Lunkin had him beat with 
for a pair of tens. Tony G exited in 10th place, leaving us with our final table of nine.
Level: 24
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
"All in and a call at Table 144!"
Thus came the announcement. The media and spectators rushed forward in anticipation. The hands were revealed...
Forrest
Raymer
Pocket rockets three times in three levels for Raymer. He lost the first two times. Now this time someone else has them, too!
The board ran out
, and all those chips went back from whence they came.
The flop came
. Raymer checked, Lunkin bet 225,000, and Raymer called. The turn was the . Raymer checked, indicating his intention with just a slight tap of his index finger on the felt. Lunkin checked quickly as well.The river was the
. Raymer again tapped the finger, and this time Lunkin scooted forward in his chair and moved as if to grab some chips. Then he thought better of it, and checked behind. Raymer turned over 
, and Lunkin mucked.Raymer is back to 2.52 million, while Lunkin has 3.95 million.
. Torelli checked, and Haxton bet 400,000. Torelli deliberated for some time, then announced he was all in. Haxton called without hesitation.Torelli
Haxton
Haxton had flopped a set of sixes, and Torelli was in tough shape with his queens. The turn was the
and the river the 
, and Haxton took the hand.Haxton also took the chip lead on that one, surging up to 5.52 million. Torelli, meanwhile, tumbles back down to 2.77 million.