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

06-07-2009 08:53 UTC-12

Phil Ivey Eliminated in 18th Place ($18,467)

Shamus

It folded to Ivey who pushed all in with his last 36,000 from the button. Then Romeo Piro reraised in from the small blind, causing Oktay Altinbas to get out of the way.

Piro {A-Spades}

Ivey

The board came {A-Hearts}

, and Piro is the one who will get to say he knocked out Ivey. "That's why you pushed me out," said Altinbas to Piro. "You wanted the title."

Piro now has 260,000.

Tags: Phil Ivey

06-07-2009 08:59 UTC-12

Bahador Means Business

Shamus

Bahador Ahmadi raised to 32,000 from late position, Angel Guillen reraised to 81,000 from the cutoff, and when it folded back to Ahmadi he repopped it to 242,000, causing Guillen to skedaddle.

Ahmadi showed his hand -- {A-Clubs}

. Both are close in chips at the moment with Guillen at about 750,000 and Ahmadi about 720,000. Gregg Merkow remains the leader with over 900,000.

Tags: Bahador Ahmadi

06-07-2009 09:10 UTC-12

Two Pair Okay for Oktay

Shamus

Oktay Altinbas limped in from the cutoff, Gregg Merkow completed from the small blind, and Kirill Gerasimov checked from the BB. The flop came {A-Spades}

, and the blinds checked to Altinbas who bet 20,000. Merkow check-raised to 60,000, Gerasimov folded, then Altinbas pushed all in for his last 120,000 or so. Merkow called, turning over A-10, but Altinbas was ahead with A-8.

The turn was the {K-Hearts}

and the river the {4-Hearts}

, and Altinbas doubles to 285,000. Merkow falls back under 800,000 on that one.

Tags: Oktay Altinbas

06-07-2009 09:13 UTC-12

Keeping It On the Level

Shamus

There was a pause in the action earlier during this first level of play, which means we still have about 20 minutes left in Level 21.

06-07-2009 09:16 UTC-12

Ahmadi Takes Chip Lead

Shamus

Bahador Ahmadi put in a preflop raise from under the gun, and Philip Sousa called from the cutoff. The flop came {10-Diamonds}

and both checked. The turn was the {5-Spades}

. Ahmadi bet 70,000, and Sousa called.

The river was the {10-Clubs}

. This time Ahmadi bet 120,000, and Sousa again called. Ahmadi showed {8-Clubs}

, and Sousa mucked.

Ahmadi is now the chip leader with 850,000. Sousa has 205,000.

Tags: Bahador Ahmadi Philip Sousa

06-07-2009 09:20 UTC-12

Kirill Gerasimov Eliminated in 17th Place ($18,467)

Shamus

A series of preflop raises ended with Kirill Gerasimov all in with {10-Hearts}

against Angel Guillen's {A-Spades}

.

The board came {Q-Spades}

, and Guillen's aces held. Gerasimov is out in 17th place. Meanwhile, it looks like Guillen is our first million-chip man, taking the chip lead with 1.1 million.

Tags: Kirill Gerasimov

06-07-2009 09:27 UTC-12

Lynn Takes One

Shamus

Shawn Glines raised to 40,000 from middle position, Matthew Lynn reraised all in for 245,000 from the button, and Glines thought better of it.

Glines is at 370,000 at present, while Lynn has 315,000.

Tags: Matthew Lynn

06-07-2009 09:31 UTC-12

Philip Sousa Eliminated in 16th Place ($18,467)

Shamus

The table folded to Philip Sousa who pushed his stack of 185,000 chips into the middle from the cutoff, and Garrett Beckman called from the big blind.

Beckman turned over pocket sixes, while Sousa showed A-4. The board came {K-Spades}

, and Sousa is out in 16th place.

Beckman has about 600,000 at the moment.

Tags: Philip Sousa

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

06-07-2009 09:40 UTC-12

Roland de Wolfe Eliminated in 15th Place ($25,824)

Shamus

Keven Stammen opened with a raise to 41,000 from under the gun. Seemed a little unusual, since the minimum raise would have been to 40,000.

Roland de Wolfe, sitting to Stammen's left, raised an eyebrow. "You got aces?" he asked. Stammen replied that he didn't realize the blinds had just gone up (from 8,000/16,000 to 10,000/20,000).

De Wolfe then decided to raise more than an eyebrow -- he reraised all in! And when it folded back to Stammen he quickly made the call. As it happened, the answer to de Wolfe's question was yes:

Stammen {A-Clubs}

De Wolfe

The community cards were dealt -- {Q-Clubs}

-- and de Wolfe hits the rail in 15th place.

That pot carries Stammen up over 1.1 million.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe