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

07-15-2009 07:48 UTC-12

Re-Balancing

[user75032]

Because the first two players eliminated were both from the same table, tournament staff had to break a player off of one of the other tables. Players at Table 1 were not thrilled to see chip leader Darvin Moon show up with rack after rack after rack of chips. He's now in the 1-seat formerly occupied by Jesse Haabak.

07-15-2009 07:48 UTC-12

Schaffel Chips Up

Shamus

Kevin Schaffel opened with a raise to 300,000 from middle position and got three callers -- Jamie Robbins (hijack), Ludovic Lacay (small blind), and Steven Begleiter (big blind).

The flop came {A-Hearts}

. It checked to Schaffel who bet 850,000, Robbins called, and the others folded. The turn was the {J-Spades}

, and both checked.

The river brought the {6-Diamonds}

. Schaffel bet 1.5 million this time, and Robbins gave it a short think before letting it go.

Schaffel has 12.3 million now.

Tags: Kevin Schaffel

07-15-2009 07:45 UTC-12

Lichtenberger Snaps off Moon's Aces

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Darvin Moon limped in from UTG, Andrew Lichtenberger limped on the button, Marco Mattes completed the small blind and Joseph Cada checked his option.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}

. Moon bet 300,000 and all three opponents called. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and the action was checked to Moon, who bet 700,000. Lichtenberger called, Mattes folded, and Cada let it go. Heads-up to the river, which came the {10-Clubs}

. Moon led out for 1,000,000 and Lichtenberger called.

Moon revealed {A-Spades}

in the hole but Lichtenberger had trip nines with {J-Diamonds}

to take the pot away.

07-15-2009 07:43 UTC-12

Jesse Haabak Eliminated in 26th Place ($352,832)

[user75032]

Action folded around to Jesse Haabak. He open-shoved his diminished stack. Warren Zackey was sitting with the button, looked down at {A-Clubs}

, and made an easy call. Haabak showed down two live cards, {Q-Hearts}

, that were significantly less live after a flop of {10-Spades}

. Haabak needed a jack or running trips. He was booted to the rail in 26th place when he got neither, bricking the turn {5-Diamonds}

and river

.

As a result of that pot and a few other small pots, Zackey has more than 10 million chips.

Tags: Jesse Haabak Warren Zackey

07-15-2009 07:39 UTC-12

Ship It to the Moon

[user25067]

Darvin Moon limped in from early position, Andrew Lichtenberger completed the small blind, and Marco Mattes checked his option.

Lichtenberger checked the {6-Diamonds}

flop, Mattes checked, and Moon bet 500,000. It was enough to chase away both opponents and Moon took it down.

07-15-2009 07:36 UTC-12

Small One for Mattes

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Marco Mattes raised to 300,000, and Jordan Smith called.

They saw a {A-Hearts}

flop and Mattes led out for 375,000. Smith gave it up and Mattes took it down.

07-15-2009 07:36 UTC-12

Begs Bags One

Shamus

Ludovic Lacay opened with a raise to 300,000 from the hijack seat, Steven Begleiter called from the cutoff, Antoine Saout called from the small blind, and Kevin Schaffel also called from the big blind.

The flop came {K-Spades}

, and all four players checked without much hesitation. They also rapidly checked the {7-Spades}

that came on the turn.

The river brought the {8-Spades}

. Saout checked, Schaffel bet 750,000, and Lacay folded. Then Begleiter raised to 2.25 million. Saout quickly folded, and after a bit of thought Schaffel let it go as well.

"Begs! Begs! Begs!" cried Begleiter's rooting section in unison. He's up to 12.7 million now.

Tags: Steven Begleiter

07-15-2009 07:31 UTC-12

Buchman Folds to River Shove

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Eric Buchman played possum on all streets against Jonathan Tamayo. Buchman, with position, called a raise to 305,000 preflop, a bet of 550,000 on the flop, and another bet of 870,000 on the turn.

At the river, with the board showing {5-Spades}

, Tamayo moved all in. Buchman instantly folded his hand, then said, "I thought I had you before that river."

Buchman is down to 8.1 million chips. Tamayo is up to 5.3 million.

Tags: Eric Buchman Jonathan Tamayo

07-15-2009 07:30 UTC-12

Cada Takes It on the Flop

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Andrew Lichtenberger made it 325,000 to go, Joe Cada called from the cutoff, and Darvin Moon called on the button.

It was {9-Diamonds}

on the flop and Lichtenberger checked to Cada, who bet 400,000. Moon folded, Lichtenberger gave it up, and Cada raked in the pot.

07-15-2009 07:25 UTC-12

Esfandiari Flop Raise Stops Kopp

Shamus

Billy Kopp opened with a raise to 300,000 from the hijack seat, Antonio Esfandiari called from the button, and the blinds got out.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}

. Kopp continued with a bet of 500,000. Esfandiari paused about a half-minute, then slid out two tall stacks of green chips, a bet of 1.9 million total.

Kopp contemplated for another half-minute as Esfandiari looked in his direction. Finally Kopp folded.

Esfandiari chips up to 5.45 million, while Kopp is still in second place with 14.95 million.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Billy Kopp