2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Play Resumes
This will be the last level of the night.
Junglen Goes for the Jugular
The board ran down , giving Junglen the knockout and chipping him up to 93,000.
Not Much Doing for Ruthenberg
No Swan Song for Singer
Baker Doubles
Lazar Doubling Up
A race it was until the flop came down -- -- to give Lazar a strangle hold on the hand with top set. His opponent did have some runner-runner outs though for some straights. The turn brought the and that sealed things up. The river completed the board with the .
Lazar is now up to 36,000.
Back-to-Back Winners for Phillips
In the first, Phillips check-raised to 5,000 after his opponent bet 1,600 on a flop of . Phillips got called and both players checked the on the turn before Phillips led for 6,500 when the hit the river. His opponent folded.
In the next hand, Phillips check-called for 1,500 on a flop of and check-raised to 7,000 after his opponent bet 3,000 when the board paired with the .
Again, Phillips got called and both players checked the on the river before Phillips turned oer for trips. His opponent mucked and Phillips now has 63,000 chips.
Lights Grow Dim for Luske
Luske has just 3,000 chips left in his stack after firing 2,000 on the turn and 2,000 on the river of a board that develoepd . Each time Luske was called by his one opponent. Luske showed down for two pair, aces and treys, but his opponent showed down the same hand with a better kicker, . One more loss will knock Luske out of the Main Event.
Stacked Deck
Small blind:
Big blind:
Allen Natt (Button):
Natt flopped gin after the first three cards came giving him a full house.
The board filled out allowing Natt to scoop up the main pot, tripling up to over 46,000. The small blind won the side pot, only losing 4,000 on the hand.
Despite having the best hand at the start, the big blind lost the most and is left with only 13,400.