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2009 WSOP Champions Invitational
Champions Invitational
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 WSOP Champions Invitational
Entries
20
Level
12
Blinds
1,000 / 2,000
Ante
300
Johnston showed a five after the table folded around to him. He's since picked up another small pot but remains the short stack in play.
against Tom McEvoy's 
after a 
flop. The kings held when the turn and river came 
and 
. Varkonyi moved over 15,000 with the much-needed pot.Varkonyi is again wearing his trademark NY Yankees ballcap, after spending much of Day 1 seated next to Dan Harrington and Harrington's noted "St. Patrick's Day" green BoSox cap. Harrington has returned with his cap today as well.
, with nearly 7,000 in the pot at that point.Brunson led out for 7,000, McEvoy quickly made it 20,000, and Harrington folded. Brunson hesitated only a short time before pushing all in for a total of 16,275. He turned over
for the flush draw against McEvoy's pocket jacks.The crowd exhorted a heart from the deck but neither that nor an ace would appear, with the turn the
and the river the 
. Brunson exited to the largest round of applause on the day.
Mortensen stabbed at by betting about three-fourths the pot on the river after the complete board read
. Varkonyi and Bechtel folded and Mortensen gained back some ground.
. Mortensen checked, McEvoy bet 5,000, Mortensen check-raised to 10,000, and McEvoy immediately pushed all in, for another 16,750.The day��s first long think went to Mortensen, who finally laid it down after several minutes. McEvoy moved into the lead with the pot.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Eastgate's three-bet all-in pre-flop was met by Harrinton's easy call, and it looked like a rout:
for Harringtion against 
for Eastgate.The flop, though, was a suspenseful
, giving Eastgate a pair and the open-ended straight draw. After a round of gasps from the audience, the turn brought the 
, the river the 
. Harrington raked in the big pot to jump into second place, while the reigning Main Event champ exited here in ninth spot after only three hands.