His table is being moved to the Amazon room at the start of the break as he hopes to continue his dominance over there.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2b
His table is being moved to the Amazon room at the start of the break as he hopes to continue his dominance over there.
Aldridge is up to 94,000, and Belsky is at 44,000.
The board ran out to see Rodman spike am ace on the river to stay alive and double through to 59,000 in chips.
After a few moments of thought, Lee's opponent made the call and tabled as Lee was caught on the bluff with just .
Lee slipped back to 13,500 chips, and was eliminated shortly after on a board of against an opponent holding .
The river was the . This time Naalden bet 20,000, and once again got the call. He turned over for the flopped flush, and his opponent mucked. Naalden is up to 195,000 now.
You could tell he had given some serious thought to the bet, as all but perhaps two of the other players were taking an opportunity to stretch their legs.
Eventually he made the call and Portal flipped . "Same hand!" he cried, turning over and they split the pot.
Board:
Heyward bet out 16,000, and after some pondering, Albertson called, leaving himself 30,000 behind.
They both checked the river, and Albertson confidently flipped . Heyward looked at his hand for a minute, unintentionally (we think!) slow-rolling Albertson -- after a moment she flipped to take the pot and put her up to 120,000.
A short-stacked player in the small blind then moved all in for his last 20,600 to prompt a fold from Lemke. Hachem eventually made the call.
Hachem:
Opponent:
The flop of thrust Hachem into the lead, and when the turn dropped the it seemed as though Hachem had one hand on the chips in the middle.
However, when the river fell the two-outer , Hachem's opponent spiked the river to stay alive as Hachem slipped to 155,000 in chips.
Schwartz held pocket kings with all the chips in preflop against the ace-king of Gazes.
However, the board was spread and Gazes hit his ace to eliminate Schwartz from the tournament.