Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-14-2009 09:55 UTC-12

"Nice Flop"

Shamus

Jason Tam raised from under the gun, and it folded back around to chip leader Al Barbieri who called in the big blind.

The flop came {5-Hearts}

. Barbieri checked, Tam bet, Barbieri raised, and Tam called. The turn was the {Q-Spades}

, and this time Barbieri led out with a bet. Tam called.

The river was the {Q-Hearts}

. Barbieri bet again, and Tam called once more. Barbieri turned over {9-Hearts}

for the straight, and Tam tabled his {K-Diamonds}

.

"Nice flop," said Tam good-naturedly. He's at 340,000 now, while Barbieri is up over the 800,000-chip mark.

Tags: Al Barbieri Jason Tam

06-14-2009 10:05 UTC-12

Cole Miller Eliminated in 9th Place ($18,932)

[user25067]

With the action folded to him in the small blind, Cole Miller raised and Al Barbieri made the call from the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}

and Miller led out. Before his chips could even hit the table, Barbieri put in a raise. With only 32,000 behind, Miller had a decision for all his chips and after a few minutes in the tank, he made it three bets to go. Barbieri set him all in for his last 2,000 and Miller called.

Miller {A-Hearts}

Barbieri

The turn was the {10-Clubs}

, the river was the {Q-Spades}

and Miller's tournament was at an end.

With that hand, Barbieri's stack was up to 1.1 million and he's approaching runaway chip leader status.

06-14-2009 10:09 UTC-12

Kim-Phong Duong Eliminated in 8th Place ($21,416)

[user25067]

On the very next hand after Cole Miller's elimination, Glenn Engelbert raised from UTG, Kim-Phong Duong called all in for his remaining 22,000 and Jason Tam called as well from the small blind. Tam and Engelbert checked down the {6-Hearts}

board.

Engelbert showed {A-Clubs}

, Tam flipped up {9-Hearts}

and Duong showed {A-Hearts}

. Engelbert's A-K unimproved was good enough to scoop the entire pot and send Duong to the rail in 8th place.

06-14-2009 10:16 UTC-12

Rep Porter Eliminated in 7th Place ($25,313)

Shamus

Rep Porter raised from under the gun, and the table folded back around to Demetrios Arvanetes who called from the big blind. The flop came {2-Spades}

. Arvanetes bet, Porter raised, and Arvanetes called. The turn was the {4-Spades}

. Arvanetes checked, Porter bet, Arvanetes check-raised, and Porter thought a bit before putting in almost the last of his chips. They got the last few in on the {7-Hearts}

river.

Arvanetes showed {J-Spades}

for the flush, and Porter mucked, out in 7th place. Arvanetes moves up to about 375,000 on that one.

Tags: Rep Porter

06-14-2009 10:27 UTC-12

Prettiest Rail I've Ever Seen

[user25067]

Demetrios "Jimmy" Arvanetes has at least one high-profile railbird today. Patrik Antonius, making a rare appearance in the Amazon Room for Phil Ivey's bracelet ceremony, has been sweating Arvanetes for most of the last level, though he just departed for a moment with a promise to return.

"Play tight, OK Jimmy?" said Antonius to laughter around the table as he scooted out the door.

06-14-2009 10:31 UTC-12

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

[user25067]

06-14-2009 10:51 UTC-12

Players Return from Break

[user25067]

Level: 23

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-14-2009 10:53 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

Shamus

Here are the counts as we begin Level 23:

Al Barbieri -- 1.17 million
Glenn Engelbert -- 465,000
Tomas Alenius -- 410,000
Jason Tam -- 360,000
Demetrios Arvanetes -- 280,000
Dominik Kulicki -- 220,000

06-14-2009 11:03 UTC-12