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Day 2
Today will be the money day so about 270 players will be very happy. The field still needs narrowing
down to get there, but over 2,300 players were sent railside yesterday, so can another 100 follow
at the same pace? We will see.
Things slowed down at position 272, but at 3:35 PM it was announced that the bubble had burst
and of course grown men and women started acting like little kids. In the next hour and 45 minutes,
70 of them teetered, crawled and drooled toward the cashier's cage for their winnings. But then it was
back to business. Christopher Wong lost to the set of 9's belonging to Amanda Baker and was busted.
Jeff Williams had his A J against a player with A K and could not improve, resulting in his dismissal.
And for those in the UK, boxing champ Audley Harrison busted out after making the money and a good
effort. (Don't want to insult that guy!)
By the end of the night at 3:00 AM, there were 26 left in the field. These will come back and
battle it out for the championship bracelet.
Day 3 -- Final Table
Here is the final table news on Event #39 from the WSOP:
The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Holdem champion is Ray Foley. Foley
is a 37-year-old employee of Chrysler Financial. He works as a business manager in financial
services. Foley is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University. He earned his degree in
accounting, followed by an M.B.A. Foley plays poker recreationally. He started playing
about five years ago. However, he is a winning player who has supplemented his income in
recent years by playing poker. Foley has been contemplating turning to poker full time,
given the problems of the American automotive industry. He states that decision might be
easier to make now that he has won such a large cash prize. Foley collected $657,969 for
first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet. The defending champion
from 2008 was David Woo, from Atlanta, Ga. He entered this event but did not cash.
The chip leader at the start of the final table was Ray Foley. He lost the lead early
and had to play catch up most of the way. But Foley overcame a 2 to 1 chip disadvantage
to Brandon Cantu when play went heads-up and won a few momentous pots that determined
the outcome of the match. Foley was all-in for his tournament life a few times, but
got very fortunate to avoid elimination. He had A-7 and was all-in against Cantus
A-Q. But a split pot saved Foley. The final hand of the tournament came when Foley
ended up having the best hand J-Q versus Cantus J-7 after the flop came jack-high.
Foleys queen kicker ended up playing, which scooped the final pot of the tournament.
Ray Foley