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Day 2
Day 2 will take place in the Amazon room and begin at 2:00 PM, well actually 2:15 so a few
stragglers can get down the hall to their seats. On the short stack are Barry Greenstein with
3,600 chips, Annie Duke with 3,400, Jeff Madsen with 1,600, Darrell Dicken 4,200, Darus Suharto
4,200 and Billy Argyros having just 4,300 at his side.
Greenstein went on the first hand of the day as he was busted by Paul Parker. Brett Jungblut, Annie Duke,
Darus Suharto, Dutch Boyd, Jacobo Fernandez and Justin Smith were not far behind. Player Carol
Klien also hit the rail after her opponent managed a A 3 for the low and a 7 straight for the
high. Outside of that there has been much controversy and outright arguments at some tables. Earlier
a pot was awarded to John Juanda because another player had failed to table his cards. Later at
another table the same thing happened, a player failed to table his cards so he was not entitled
to split a pot that had gotten sizable. In both cases you could hear the yelling across the room
as floor persons, supervisors and others had to be called over to diffuse both situations.
Max Pescatori made an 8 high straight and a better low than Todd Brunson resulting in Brunson
heading out for some fresh air. Mike Matusow
began the day with 11,200, fell to 3,200 and then lightning struck as he grew his stack to 38,000
in less than 30 minutes! Not so lucky are Mike Wattel, Mike Sexton, Rep Porter, Andreas Krause,
Jan Sjavik, Thang Luu, Mel Judah, Shannon Shorr, John Racener, Vanessa Selbst and Mickey Appleman.
The day finished with 23 still standing. They will come back on Day 3 to slug it out for the
championship and the gold bracelet that champions wear.
Money for the final table players:
Day 3 -- Final Table
Here is the event summary as given by the WSOP:
The 2009 World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split champion is Derek Raymond.
Raymond is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He earned his degree in
finance and business management two years ago. The day after his graduation, Raymond took
second in a major online poker tournament. He collected a nice payoff and has been playing
poker seriously ever since. Raymond collected $229,129 for first place. He was also awarded
his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Derek Raymond came to the final table on Day Three ranked fourth in chips. The heads-up match
between Mark Tenner and Derek Raymond was a brutal test of patience and willpower. Both players
traded the chip lead back and forth. Just when it appeared Raymond might close out the victory,
Tenner scooped a series of pots which catapulted him into the chip lead. But he ran card dead
late and Raymond managed to come back from a more than 6 to 1 deficit. Raymond won every pot
of consequence in the final 30 minutes of battle and managed to pull off what most observers
would consider an upset, given Tenner’s many years playing Omaha High-Low Split. Tenner was
gracious in defeat, although visibly disappointed with the outcome. Meanwhile, Raymond ran
around the table and hugged his father after winning the most coveted prize in poker. The
final table lasted about 11 hours. The event ran so long that all limits (levels) were
completed on the official WSOP structure sheet. By the end of the tournament, with 3,180,000
chips in play, the blinds were 50,000-100,000 and limits were 100,000-200,000.
The final hand that won the bracelet for Raymond went like this, Tenner went all-in preflop and
was called by Raymond. Tenner had K Q 3 2 and Raymond revealed 3 4 5 10. The board showed
a helpful J 7 2 A 4, giving Raymond a straight Ace to 5 for the win.
Derek Raymond