WSOP.com Event #25: No Limit Hold'em Summer Saver

The 2009 World Series of Poker stood out in history for several things. It was the second year of the now-defunct November Nine, when Joe Cada became the youngest-ever world champion at 21 after defeating Maryland logger Darvin Moon heads-up. Phil Ivey finished seventh in the event, ensuring massive coverage throughout the Main Event and the final table in November.

While the 2009 Main Event is probably what's remembered most from that year, there was another story brewing that year when Australian professional Jeff Lisandro went on an unprecedented tear in the stud portion of the WSOP, and pulled off a feat that's yet to be matched: winning three stud-events in a single year.

To this date, Lisandro remains the only player to have pulled off that feat in nothing but stud events, and was the first player since Ivey in 2002 to win three bracelets in a single summer.

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Just before the level went up, the blinds were still 140/280 when "smokrokflok" raised to 625 from early position and Patrick "redpill" Curran three-bet to 1,500 next to act. Action folded back to "smokrokflok" and he called to see a     flop.

"smokrokflok" checked, Curran bet 2,345, and "smokrokflok" sprung to life with a check-raise to 6,277. Curran called, the   appeared on the turn, and "smokrokflok" returned to checking.

Curran bet all in for 10,126 and "smokrokflok" gave it up.

Patrick "redpill" Curran

26,415

26,415

Joe "Jumpinjo79" Altman opened for 660 from early position and then called "UrNotSoSharp's" 2,235 three-bet from late position.

The flop came     and Altman check-called "UrNotSoSharp's" 2,355 continuation bet and did the same for 3,250 after the   appeared on the turn.

Once the   completed the board on the river, Altman jammed for 11,974 and "UrNotSoSharp" called off their 6,641 stack.

Altman rolled over    for a pair of aces but it was no good as "UrNotSoSharp" flopped the nuts    and double-up.

"D.E.Fresh" raised to 720 from early position and "MoreRon" three-bet to 1,800 from the cutoff. Srikar "redraider" Chadhivae called from the small blind, "D.E.Fresh" came along, and the trio saw a flop of    .

Two checks saw "MoreRon" bet 3,000 and Chadhivae woke up with a check-raise to 6,960. "D.E.Fresh" folded, "MoreRon" moved all in for 17,570, and Chadhivae called.

Srikar "redraider" Chadhivae:  
"MoreRon":   

"MoreRon" had the bigger pocket pair in the hole and they shipped the double after the   appeared on the turn followed by the   on the river. Chadhivae was left with 1,451 after the hand, but went bust and rebought a short time later.

Ryan "joeyisamush" Depaulo, who won Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold'em a couple weeks ago, limped from the lojack and watched Byung Jun "YESUM1987" Kim three-bet to 432 next to act. "FISHandCHIPS" came along from the big blind, Depaulo called, and it was three-way action to the     flop.

Two checks saw Kim continue for 688 and "FISHandCHIPS" check-raised to 2,976. Depaulo called off for 2,359 and Kim got out of the way.

"FISHandCHIPS":   
Ryan "joeyisamush" Depaulo:   

Depaulo had flopped top pair but was way behind the set of "FISHandCHIPS." The   turn left Depaulo drawing dead and the   river saw the pot pushed to his opponent.

Depaulo opted to re-enter and reloaded with a 20,000 starting stack.

When Florida's Marvin "mkarlins" Karlins, better known to the poker world as the "Duckman" given his affinity for pocket deuces, heard there was going to be a World Series of Poker (WSOP) online series, he was quick to leave his home in Florida and set up shop in Las Vegas.

The 78-year-old Karlins has a passion for poker, which is a welcomed escape from his highly-successful professional career, which includes serving as a Professor of Management at the University of South Florida. He has written two dozen books and over 200 articles in professional, academic and popular journals. while also serving an international consultant to major companies specializing in the aviation industry (he worked with Singapore Airlines for 20 years).

In the poker world, Karlins has amassed $316,690 in live earnings including a career-best $119,957 for finishing fourth in the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville. As for online play, this summer's WSOP.com events are Karlins' first foray into the online poker landscape, and despite his lack of online experience, he has shied away from competition. In fact, he's participated in all the hold'em events up until this point.

While he's still looking for his first deep run, he's hoping a bracelet run might be in store, maybe even today!

Marvin "mkarlins" Karlins

34,722

14,722

Ryan "bitc0in" Riess raised to 300 from the cutoff and then called when Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett three-bet jammed for 2,520 from the small blind.

Ryan "bitc0in" Riess:   
Michael "annie_r_u_ok" Trivett:   

Riess had the superior aces and he claimed the pot after the board ran out      . Trivett, last year's WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood Main Event winner, opted to immediately re-enter for a fresh 20,000 starting stack.