Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-10-2009 10:07 UTC-12

Rios Breaks The Clay-ton Mould

[user76023]

Clayton Newman now flush with chips makes it 48,000 to play and Jesse Rio calls from the cutoff.

The flop is {7-Clubs}

and Newman bets 60,000 and Rios calls. They then check the {K-Hearts}

turn and

river. Rios wins with {A-Clubs}

beating Newman's {Q-Diamonds}

06-10-2009 10:02 UTC-12

Newman Doubles Through Parker

Shamus

Clayton Newman moved all in from the cutoff seat for 212,000, and Brock Parker called him from the big blind.

Parker {6-Spades}

Newman

The flop came {9-Clubs}

, putting Newman in front. The turn was the {Q-Hearts}

. And the river brought the {Q-Diamonds}

. Newman doubles up to 450,000. Parker now has 1.2 million.

A Georgia native, the 22-year-old Newman had a deep run at last summer's WSOP Main Event, earning $32,166 for his 305th place finish. Newman also had another cash in another WSOP event last summer with a 111th place finish in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em tournament. Besides playing poker and working as an online poker instructor, Newman also enjoys traveling, video games, and golf.

06-10-2009 10:01 UTC-12

Brock & Roll

[user76023]

Brock Parker raises to 50,000 from second position and everyone passes including Rios in the big blind.

Parker takes the next pot also with an UTG raise, it doesn't look like he wants Serock to completely dominate this table despite having position on him.

06-10-2009 09:57 UTC-12

Easy Does It

Shamus

Some highlights from the first orbit of the final table...

Joe Serock raised to 48,000, and Jesse Rios called from the button. The flop came {8-Spades}

, and both checked. The turn was the {10-Diamonds}

. Serock checked, Rios bet 100,000, and Serock looked over at him from beneath the brim of his cap. Serock folded, and Rios takes the pot.

On the next hand, Jesse Rios limped in from the cutoff, Brock Parker completed from the small blind, then Joe Serock raised to 80,000. Rios called, and Parker folded. The flop came {2-Diamonds}

. Serock bet 120,000, Rios folded, and Serock takes the pot.

The next two hands saw Brock Parker try to steal the blinds from the button, but Alex Wilson take it with a big blind reraise. Then on the next one, Serock took the blinds and antes with a preflop raise.

06-10-2009 09:49 UTC-12

Russell Ready to Rumble

Shamus

In the first hand of six-handed play, Jesse Rios opened with a raise to 60,000 from the small blind, then Russell Crane moved all in from the big blind with the roughly 400,000 he had left after paying the ante and big blind. Rios thought about it, then let it go.

Crane has about 540,000, and Rios 1.03 million.

06-10-2009 09:47 UTC-12

Small Note

[user76023]

The average stack is 1,335,000 at the moment and only Brock Parker, other than Serock has more than average chips at this time.

06-10-2009 09:47 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shamus

Cards are in the air. There are 35 minutes remaining in Level 22.

06-10-2009 09:47 UTC-12

Seating Plan

[user76023]

Seat 1: Jesse Rios
Seat 2: Russell Crane
Seat 3: Brock Parker
Seat 4: Joe Serock
Seat 5: Alexander Wilson
Seat 6: Clayton Newman

06-10-2009 09:38 UTC-12

Stay Tuned

Shamus

The players are back, but it looks like it will still be a short while before play begins as preparations for the live streaming broadcast are being put into place.

06-10-2009 08:46 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

Shamus

They've counted up all the chips before moving over to the main stage. Here's what the stacks look like:

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