Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-08-2009 18:05 UTC-12

Quoss the Bully

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Thomas Keller raised it up to 210,000 from the button with chip leader Fabian Quoss moving all in from the small blind. A huge overbet by Quoss as he starts to bully the table with his big stack, but it got the desired result as Keller let his hand go.

06-08-2009 18:15 UTC-12

Mike Sowers Eliminated in 4th Place ($194,931)

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Mike Sowers pushed all in from the button for 1.55 million and got a fairly quick call from Fabian Quoss in the big blind.

Sowers: {Q-Diamonds}

Quoss

The race didn't last long as Quoss flopped a set with the {2-Hearts}

. The hand was over when the turn brought the {K-Spades}

and the river was a meaningless {2-Spades}

.

Sowers left in fourth place and earned $194,931 while Quoss solidified his chip lead and now sits on a stack of 6.4 million.

06-08-2009 18:18 UTC-12

They're Getting a Little Rowdy

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Thomas Keller opened the action with a raise to 200,000 from the button before Brian Lemke announced he was all in from the big blind, to a round of applause from his enthuastic and perhaps slightly intoxicated supporter base on the rail.

Keller folded and and the railbirds went a little nutso with random shouts of encouragement that included the pearler "The boss is in the house! Yeahhhhh!" Whatever that means, it brought mild chuckles around the stage area.

06-08-2009 18:27 UTC-12

Thomas Keller Eliminated in 3rd Place ($280,852)

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Thomas Keller tried to trap chip leader Fabian Quoss and accidentally ended up trapping himself.

Keller limped into the pot from the small blind and and then pushed all in after Quoss raised to 240,000 from the big blind. Quoss made the insta-call and tabled two black aces while Keller showed {J-Diamonds}

.

The flop of {5-Spades}

was no held, though the {4-Diamonds}

on the turn did give Keller a flush draw which didn't come when the {3-Clubs}

fell on the river.

Keller left in third place with $280,852 while Quoss is going into heads-up play with Brian Lemke with a near 4-1 chip advantage.

06-08-2009 18:27 UTC-12

Break

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The players will now take a ten-minute break as they setup the final table for heads-up play. When we return we'll be playing for a coveted WSOP bracelet!

06-08-2009 18:35 UTC-12

Heads-Up Chip Counts

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As we commence heads-up play Fabian Quoss will hold a near 4:1 chip advantage:

Fabian Quoss - 7,666,000
Brian Lemke - 2,150,000

The players are back and the cards are in the air! Who will capture the WSOP gold?

06-08-2009 18:36 UTC-12

Lemke Gets There

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Brian Lemke raised to 275,000 from the button and Fabian Quoss made the call. The flop fell {A-Diamonds}

and Quoss check-called the 375,000 contination bet from Lemke.

The turn was the {9-Spades}

and both players checked. The {7-Clubs}

landed on the river and again it was checked down with Lemke tabling {K-Spades}

for the best hand.

06-08-2009 18:39 UTC-12

Lemke: Slow Play Pays Dividends

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Brian Lemke limped into the pot from the button and Fabian Guoss checked his option in the big blind.

The board of {J-Diamonds}

was checked to the river as it appeared that the pot wasn't going to develop into anything significant. Quoss took a stab with a bet of 325,000 but Lemke sprang to life with a raise of an additional 575,000. Quoss made the call but couldn't beat Lemke's {J-Hearts}

for a full house.

With that pot Lemke has claimed the chip lead for the first time today with around 5.2 million to Quoss' 4.6 million.

06-08-2009 18:41 UTC-12

Lemke Makes an Aggressive Start

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After Brian Lemke limped into the pot from the small blind, Fabian Quoss raised to 160,000 from the big blind. Lemke wasted no time in playing back, quickly pushing all in and forcing a fold from the chip leader.

06-08-2009 18:48 UTC-12

Lemke Chipping Up

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After a series of small pots where the preflop raisor took down the pot, we finally found ourselves seeing a flop when Fabian Quoss raised to 200,000 from the button and Brian Lemke made the call in the big blind.

The flop landed {3-Diamonds}

and Lemke checked to Quoss who made it 250,000 to go. Without hesitation, Lemke moved all in over the top. Quoss quickly let it go and Lemke continues to chip up and reduce the deficit.