Event 2 - $40,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 23

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

05-30-2009 14:22 UTC-12

Chip Counts at Break, Ten Players Remain

Shamus

Alec Torelli -- 5,375,000
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis -- 4,030,000
Vitaly Lunkin -- 3,500,000
Isaac Haxton -- 3,145,000
Greg Raymer -- 2,995,000
Justin Bonomo -- 2,045,000
Dani "Ansky" Stern -- 1,275,000
Ted Forrest -- 815,000
Noah Schwartz -- 550,000
Tony G -- 445,000

Play should resume at about 8:10pm Vegas time.

05-30-2009 14:14 UTC-12

Dinner Break

Shamus

Several of the players expressed a desire to play through and go ahead and determine our final nine, but at least one or two wanted to break for dinner, and so we are taking a one-hour break.

Updated chip counts coming shortly!

05-30-2009 14:12 UTC-12

Lunkin Doubles through Raymer

Shamus

On the first hand of the ten-handed, not-quite-final-table, Greg Raymer raised to 100,000 from early position, and Vitaly Lunkin reraised to 300,000 from the button. It folded back to Raymer who pushed his 4 million-plus chip stack all in, and Lunkin didn't think very long before making the call.

Raymer {6-Clubs}

Lunkin

"Wow, I didn't think you'd call," said Raymer.

The board came {A-Spades}

, and Lunkin doubled up to 3.26 million. Raymer is now down close to 3 million.

Tags: Greg Raymer Vitaly Lunkin

05-30-2009 14:08 UTC-12

Action Resumes

[user25067]

Cards are back in the air for our final ten.

05-30-2009 14:00 UTC-12

Seating Assignments for the Ten-Handed Table

Shamus

Here's how the remaining ten players have been seated around Table #144:

Seat 1 -- Ted Forrest
Seat 2 -- Noah Schwartz
Seat 3 -- Alec Torelli
Seat 4 -- Isaac Haxton
Seat 5 -- Greg Raymer
Seat 6 -- Justin Bonomo
Seat 7 -- Lex Veldhuis
Seat 8 -- Dani Stern
Seat 9 -- Tony G
Seat 10 -- Vitaly Lunkin

05-30-2009 13:58 UTC-12

Action Paused

[user25067]

With 4:22 remaining in Level 22, the tournament clock has been paused while our ten remaining players re-draw for seats on a single table.

05-30-2009 13:56 UTC-12

Keith Lehr Eliminated in 11th Place ($172,120)

[user25067]

Greg Raymer opened from late position, Keith Lehr moved all in for 800,000 from the small blind and Raymer made the call.

Lehr {A-Diamonds}

Raymer

Lehr didn't improve on the {6-Diamonds}

board, hitting the rail in 11th place.

Raymer is now up to 4.6 million.

Tags: Greg Raymer Keith Lehr

05-30-2009 13:52 UTC-12

Float On

Shamus

Had another blind-vs.-blind battle just happen on Table #143, this one perhaps a bit more interesting than that Lehr-Bonomo one.

In this one, the table folded to Ted Forrest who raised to 120,000 from the small blind, and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind. The flop came {A-Hearts}

. Forrest bet 100,000, and Haxton called. The turn was the {8-Clubs}

. This time Forrest bet 200,000, and Haxton again called.

The river was the {9-Hearts}

. Forrest instantly checked, and Haxton put out a bet of 425,000. Forrest tanked, then made the call. "Straight," said Haxton. "You have a straight?" said an incredulous Forrest. Indeed Haxton did, as he turned over {10-Hearts}

.

"I had a feeling you floated me twice," said Forrest. Haxton now has 3.09 million, while Forrest has 960,000.

Tags: Isaac Haxton Ted Forrest

05-30-2009 13:48 UTC-12

Lehr Doubles through Bonomo

Shamus

The table had folded to Justin Bonomo who put in a raise from the small blind, then Keith Lehr pushed his short stack all in from the big blind and Bonomo made the call. Bonomo had the Brunson -- {10-Clubs}

-- while Lehr had {K-Spades}

.

The community cards came {A-Diamonds}

, and Lehr doubled up to 1 million. Bonomo is now back down to right about 2 million.

Tags: Justin Bonomo Keith Lehr