Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-07-2009 11:16 UTC-12

Play Resumes

Shamus

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

06-07-2009 10:55 UTC-12

Break Time

Shamus

That big chopped pot between Glines and Merkow was the last hand of the level. Players are now taking a 20-minute break.

06-07-2009 10:54 UTC-12

On the fourth hand of the ten-handed final table, we had more excitement without much consequence.

Garrett Beckman raised to 48,000 from late position, and Shawn Glines reraised to 145,000 from the cutoff. Gregg Merkow then tanked before shoving all in for 487,000 from the big blind.

Beckman folded, then Glines called, turning over {A-Hearts}

. Merkow showed {A-Clubs}

.

The board came {K-Diamonds}

, and we had another big chopped pot.

06-07-2009 10:41 UTC-12

First Hand Excitement

Shamus

On the first hand of the ten-handed final table, Torrey Reily pushed all in from late position and Oktay Altinbas made the call from the small blind. Reily had {A-Spades}

and Altinbas {K-Diamonds}

.

But it didn't matter what their hole cards were, as the community cards were {9-Diamonds}

to put a straight on board.

06-07-2009 10:36 UTC-12

Seating Assignments for the Ten-Handed Table (With Updated Chip Counts)

Shamus

Seat 1 -- Oktay Altinbas (500,000)
Seat 2 -- Shawn Glines (700,000)
Seat 3 -- Antoine Berube (425,000)
Seat 4 -- Keven Stammen (1,500,000)
Seat 5 -- Gregg Merkow (505,000)
Seat 6 -- Bahador Ahmadi (1,750,000)
Seat 7 -- Matthew Lynn (425,000)
Seat 8 -- Torrey Reily (400,000)
Seat 9 -- Angel Guillen (1,440,000)
Seat 10 -- Garrett Beckman (420,000)

06-07-2009 10:29 UTC-12

Romeo Piro Eliminated in 11th Place ($35,584)

Shamus

Angel Guillen raised to 50,000 from under the gun, and Romeo Piro decided the time was right, reraising all in for 235,000. It folded back to Guillen who called, turning over {K-Clubs}

to Piro's

.

The board came {9-Spades}

, and Piro is out in 11th.

A short pause now while players are now redrawing for seats around a single ten-handed table.

Tags: Romeo Piro

06-07-2009 10:20 UTC-12

In a Hand and Not Knowing Wherefore Art Thou

Shamus

It folded to Angel Guillen who raised 3x to 60,000 from the small blind. Romeo Piro called from the big blind.

The flop came {K-Hearts}

. Guillen checked, Piro bet 75,000, and Guillen called. The turn was the {4-Clubs}

. Guillen checked again, this time Piro bet 100,000, then Guillen check-raised to 300,000.

Piro went into the tank. He had only 260,000 left behind. Finally he folded, saying that if we weren't on the final (ten-handed) table bubble, he might've gone for it.

Guillen showed one card, the {A-Clubs}

, as he dragged the chips. He's now up over 950,000.

Tags: Angel Guillen Romeo Piro

06-07-2009 10:14 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts, 11 Remain

Shamus

With 11 players left, we now have one six-handed table and one five-handed. One more elimination and the players will combine to play a single ten-handed table.

Here's a quick look at the current chip counts:

Bahador Ahmadi -- 1,480,000
Keven Stammen -- 1,195,000
Angel Guillen -- 920,000
Shawn Glines -- 765,000
Gregg Merkow -- 700,000
Garrett Beckman -- 650,000
Oktay Altinbas -- 500,000
Antoine Berube -- 480,000
Romeo Piro -- 470,000
Torrey Reily -- 470,000
Matthew Lynn -- 205,000

06-07-2009 10:11 UTC-12