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They saw a
flop and Adler checked it. Geary promptly pushed his last 700,000 into the middle. Adler removed his sunglasses and pondered for a while, but eventually folded.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
They saw a
flop and Adler checked it. Geary promptly pushed his last 700,000 into the middle. Adler removed his sunglasses and pondered for a while, but eventually folded.
The next hand Adler got a walk, to cheers from his corner of the rail.
Geary:
Harb:
But...
Board:
The fisherman hat goes back on as Geary doubles to over a million to stay in the game.
Adam Adler raised under the gun and Jonathan McGowan flatted on the button. Over to Anthony Harb on the small blind, who reraised to around 600,000. Adler passed, but McGowan announced all in -- and an insta-call later, they were on their backs for McGowan's tournament life. Most unexpected.
McGowan:
Harb:
Both players stood up and sort of swayed nervously, grinning.
Board:
Thus we most unexpectedly lose Jonathan Cosmo McGowan in 5th place. We'll be done by dinner time at this rate.
Anthony Harb: 2,000,000
Adam Adler: 1,900,000
Jonathan McGowan: 1,400,000
Jim Geary: 680,000
A showdown!
Dresel-Velasquez:
Adler:
Board:
Raucous drunken cheering from Adler's rail buddies, and a thoroughly gentlemanly Dresel-Velasquez smiled, shook hands and went on his merry 6th-place way.
coming good against Jonathan McGowan's pocket nines on a 
board. The stacks are hard to see form the press corner, but it looks as though he's over 4,000,000 now -- nearly half the chips in play.
...And McGowan has now sprinted back in, just in time for the second hand -- he got a walk. By the by first hand Geary moved all in from the small blind, but big blind Adrian Dresel-Velasquez wasn't interested.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000