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

07-15-2009 17:22 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal!

[user25067]

With 41:55 remaining on the clock in Level 33, cards are back in the air.

The button will start in Seat 1 with Darvin Moon.

07-15-2009 17:24 UTC-12

Cada Over the Moon

[user25067]

Joe Cada opened for 600,000 and Darvin Moon called from the button.

The flop came down {J-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn was the {Q-Hearts}

. Check-check again. The river fell the {Q-Diamonds}

. Check-check a third time.

Cada showed {9-Clubs}

, Moon showed {2-Spades}

and Cada won the pot.

07-15-2009 17:27 UTC-12

Mike Matusow made an appearance in the feature table area as the players were setting up their chip stacks. He singled out Jeff Shulman and Phil Ivey for handshakes and heart-felt words of congratulations. Of course, there's still one more elimination to go.

The mood while players were setting up in their new seats was beyond festive. Railbirds are crammed into the feature table set tighter than a Tokyo subway. They're in the feature table seating area, the standing room around the feature table, and the box above the feature table area. There are also small clumps outside the feature table area -- at the two entrances, and by the secondary feature table area where some railbirds are watching the action on a flat-panel television.

The media are in on the action too. Media row at the feature table area has seats for five or six people, with two small rows of chairs behind that. All the seats in all three rows are taken, with other members of the media standing or sitting wherever they can find space.

When cards got back in the air, the crowd descended into respectful and hushed murmurs.

07-15-2009 17:28 UTC-12

Everyone Runs from Shulman's Flop Bet

[user25067]

Eric Buchman opened for 650,000, and got three callers in Jeff Shulman, Jordan Smith, and Phil Ivey.

The flop came down {A-Spades}

. The action was checked to Shulman, who bet 1.5 million. Folds all around and Shulman took it down.

Shulman is up to 20,510,000.

07-15-2009 17:35 UTC-12

Akenhead's Sevens Hold

[user25067]

Jordan Smith opened for 650,000 and James Akenhead made the call.

The flop was {6-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn came the {K-Spades}

and Smith checked to Akenhead, who checked behind. The river was the {4-Hearts}

. Check-check again.

Akenhead showed {7-Hearts}

and they were good. He's up to 6.4 million.

07-15-2009 17:38 UTC-12

Cada Folds to the Four-Bet

[user25067]

Steven Begleiter made it 650,000 to go, Joe Cada reraised to 1.7 million, Begleiter four-bet to 5.5 million and Cada folded.

Cada= 12,960,000
Begleiter= 28,195,000

07-15-2009 17:39 UTC-12

Booooo!

[user25067]

Jordan Smith raised to 650,000 and got no action. He showed {A-Spades}

.

07-15-2009 17:39 UTC-12

Start Well and (Try to) End Well

Shamus

Looking back at the stacks with which the 27 players started today, nine of our final ten players were situated in the top 12 when cards first went into the air about ten-and-a-half hours ago.

Indeed, the only players who were able to overcome having a lower than average stack -- 7.215 million -- to start the day to make the final ten were Joseph Cada who was in 12th to start today, and Jordan Smith who was in 19th.

Of the top ten from the start of Day 8, Billy Kopp (who began today in 2nd place), Jamie Robbins (9th), and Ben Lamb (10th) did not make it to the final ten.

07-15-2009 17:41 UTC-12

No Action Again for Smith

[user25067]

Jordan Smith came in raising again on the very next hand, making it 650,000 to go. Again, no action for Smith and he picked up the blinds and antes.

07-15-2009 17:42 UTC-12

Where's the Cocktails?!

[user75032]

Master of Ceremonies Robbie Thompson just got on the mic and asked for a cocktail server to come to the final table area. All we can say to that is -- good luck. The railbirds are jammed so deep around the entrances to the final table area that we doubt a cocktail server can even get in.