Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-15-2009 08:11 UTC-12

Blind vs. Blind Battle for Ivey and Shulman

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Phil Ivey completed the small blind and Jeff Shulman checked his option.

The flop was {A-Spades}

. Ivey led out for 120,000 and Shulman called. The turn was the {2-Clubs}

and Ivey checked to Shulman, who bet 200,000. Ivey gave up his hand and Shulman won the pot.

07-15-2009 08:07 UTC-12

Gin!

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Those turned and rivered two-outers are so difficult to spot and can be so deadly for opponents. After Darvin Moon limped into the pot, Jonathan Tamayo raised the button to 355,000. Eric Buchman called from the big blind and Moon called as well for a pot with about 1.1 million chips in it before the flop.

The first three community cards came out {9-Hearts}

. Buchman and Moon checked to the preflop raiser, Tamayo. He bet 760,000 and was called only by Buchman. Both men checked the {6-Diamonds}

turn.

The river fell {Q-Hearts}

. Buchman made a less-than-half-pot bet of 1.1 million. Tamayo probably never saw the hand he was running into when he called. Buchman showed down {6-Hearts}

for a turned full house, sixes full of nines.

Tags: Eric Buchman Jonathan Tamayo

07-15-2009 08:07 UTC-12

Francois Balmigere Eliminated in 25th Place ($352,832)

Shamus

Francois Balmigere raised to 330,000 from middle position, Steven Begleiter called behind him, and it folded around to Billy Kopp who also called from the big blind.

The flop came {10-Hearts}

. Kopp led with a bet of 700,000, then Balmigere pushed all in for 2.785 million total. Begleiter folded, and Kopp went into the tank.

After a minute, Kopp counted out the chips needed to call and stacked them in a single column. Finally he picked up the stack and set it down before him with a thump. The players' cards were revealed:

Kopp {8-Diamonds}

Balmigere

The turn was the {A-Hearts}

, and Balmigere's jacks were still good. But the river brought the {9-Hearts}

, giving Kopp the straight. Balmigere stood with a pained look for a moment, then shook hands with the others as he departed.

Kopp is now up to 17.5 million.

Tags: Francois Balmigere

07-15-2009 08:07 UTC-12

Cada Three-Bets to Victory

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Marco Mattes made a button raise to 300,000, Joe Cada three-bet to 860,000 from the small blind, Mattes elected to lay it down after a long think and Cada won the pot.

07-15-2009 07:59 UTC-12

Calderaro Moves First

[user75032]

Sometimes he who fires first wins the pot. Tommy Vedes was the first aggressor preflop, raising to 335,000. He was called by Ian Tavelli on the button and James Calderaro from the small blind. All three players checked an ace-high flop, {A-Hearts}

. When the turn came {10-Spades}

, Calderaro had first action and made the first motion, leading out for 800,000. Each of his opponents folded.

Tags: Ian Tavelli James Calderaro Tommy Vedes

07-15-2009 07:59 UTC-12

Shulman's Three-Bet Takes It Down

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Jordan Smith opened for 325,000 from middle position, Jeff Shulman raised to 1.1 million from the cutoff. After a bit of a think, Smith mucked his hand and Shulman took it down.

07-15-2009 07:56 UTC-12

Nick Maimone Doubles Through Phil Ivey

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Nick Maimone open-shoved for his remaining 1.03 million and Phil Ivey made the call from the button.

Maimone {Q-Clubs}

Ivey

The flop favored Ivey, coming down {10-Spades}

, but Maimone spiked the {Q-Diamonds}

on the turn to take the lead. The river was the {8-Spades}

and he doubled up to 2,360,000.

07-15-2009 07:53 UTC-12

Lichtenberger Wins with Four-Bet Shove

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Andrew Lichtenberger opened for 325,000 from late position, Marco Mattes three-bet to 825,000 and with the action folded back to Lichtenberger, he moved all in. Mattes let his hand go and Lichtenberger took it down.

07-15-2009 07:52 UTC-12

Story Time

Shamus

"I lost my voice. It hurts to talk," said Antonio Esfandiari a little while ago. "Yet... I can't shut up."

Actually, Esfandiari and his eight tablemates have been very quiet in the early going, with hardly any noise emanating from the table but the quiet riffling of chips and the dealer's announcements of action.

"Tell me a story, Steve," said Antonio to Steven Begleiter, with whom he'd opened a brief dialogue a little while ago following that cheer for Begleiter from the rail.

From the looks of things, the only stories this group will be telling in the near term will be told via the cards and chips.

07-15-2009 07:48 UTC-12