Brock Parker wins second bracelet of 2009 WSOP

Brock Parker became the first multiple bracelet winner of the 2009 World Series of Poker last night by winning Event 19 – $2,500 NLHE 6 Max. His previous bracelet came just days earlier when he took down Event 14 – $2500 LHE 6 Max. With his victory Parker has now made $776,433 at the 2009 WSOP, and his amazing run of back-to-back bracelets brings back memories of Jeff Madsen in 2006 and John Phan in 2008.

To read more about Brock Parker’s impressive online poker and live poker resumes be sure to check out our report on his previous victory in 2009 WSOP Event 14.

Here’s how the day three action unfolded

2009 WSOP Event 19 – $2500 NLHE Day 3 Report

The field’s original 1,068 entrants had been narrowed down to just eleven players the night before, as the survivors sat down at the Rio for hopes of winning a 2009 WSOP bracelet. The man second in chips Brock Parker was actually here vying for his second bracelet of this series having won one a couple days earlier, while chip leader Joe Serock was hoping to hang on to the lead and improve on his eleventh place finish a few days earlier in the 2009 WSOP Event 12, Mixed Event Championship.

Brian Friesen was the day’s first casualty after his AK failed to out race Alexander Wilson’s pocket nines. Once the field was down to ten the Joe Serock show began. First he eliminated Alex Ivarrson out in tenth place. After Jay Kinkade was outed in ninth, Serock sent two more players to the rail: Brian Meinders in eighth place, and James Sudworth in seventh place.

When the final table of six was reached Serok had 40 percent of the chips in play as the chip counts were:

Joseph Serock — 3.396 million
Brock Parker — 1.477 million
Alex Wilson — 1.305 million
Jesse Rios — 1.095 million
Russell Crane — 472,000
Clayton Newman — 266,000

The first final table player voted off the island was Clayton Newman after he pushed all in on the cutoff with 2s 2c and found himself in bad shape and eventually beaten by Jesse Rio’s 10s 10d as the board ran 5d Qc 3h Qs Kd. Newman collected $76.123 for his sixth place finish.

Alex Wilson made his final stand with Kh Qs and was slightly behind Serok’s Ad Jh. However when the final board read Qh 8c As Th 2s Wilson was out in fifth collecting $104,323.

Brock Parker got himself past the three-million-chip mark when he eliminated Jesse Rios in fourth place. On this hand Parker raised from the button with Ah Qs, and Rios moved all in with Ac Jd. The board didn’t catch Rios any of his outs and he was out in forth receiving $148,661. Rios commented after this match with multiple cashes already in this series he’s going after Nikolay Evdakov’s record of ten cashes set at last year’s World Series.

When three handed play began Russell Crane was short stacked and looking for a chance to get some chips. He finally made a stand holding Jc Th and got action from Serok. The board ran 9c 5d 7d Ah 6s and Crane was out in third place with $220,633.

Joe Serock took the lead he had throughout the entire day three into the final table. However, over time Brock Barker chipped away and grabbed the lead for the first time on a hand where Serock raised to 150K, Parker called and the flop came Ad 4d 3s. Both players checked the flop, the turn came 2d, Serok bet 200K and Parker called. When the 3c fell on the river Parker bet 475K and after tanking for a while Serok finally folded.

Parker moved to a commanding lead after a hand where he raised to 200K was called and the flop came Kd 9h 6h. Serock checked the flop, Brock Parker bet 325K, Serock check raised to 825K and Parker flat called. When the turn came 5c both players checked. The Qd on the river was slowly checked by Serock and Parker checked as well. Serock showed Tc 8s and Parker K-8 good for top pair and the over 2 million chip pot.

On the very next hand Serock was dealt pocket tens, Parker pocket queens, both players got their chips in and the board ran 7s As 2c Kc Qc, eliminating Joe Serock in second place for $341,783.

Brock Parker said, “I can’t describe this. This is just unreal,” after securing his second bracelet of the 2009 WSOP which also came with $552,745 top place prize money.