2009 World Series of Poker

Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$247,033
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
770
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Changing Fortunes

Lana Maier, from Day 1 action
Lana Maier, from Day 1 action
Stud:

Kurtzman: x-x / {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {6-Spades} / x
Maier: x-x / {8-Spades} {J-Clubs} {7-Spades} {8-Clubs} / x

Fortunes are slowly changing here in the back of the Brasilia Room. Eric Kurtzman started the day as the chip leader (really he did -- Sebastien Sabic's starting chip count was mistaken due to poor penmanship) but he's now solidly in the middle of the field. He seemed frustarted after a recent hand of stud against CardRunners Director of Marketing Lana Maier.

We caught the action on sixth street, where Maier check-raised Kurtzman. He tanked a fairly long time for a fixed-limit game -- about thirty seconds -- before tossing in a call. On the river Maier led out and Kurtzman called.

"Do you have a boat?" he asked.

Maier let her cards do the talking. She turned up {3-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {8-Hearts} in the hole for eights full of sevens. That pot pushed Maier's count up to 54,000 (we think - her stacks aren't even) and dropped Kurtzman to about 36,000.

Tags: Eric KurtzmanLana Maier