Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 4 | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-11-2009 13:55 UTC-12

Eastgate Lets One Go

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Burt Boutin raised from the button to 16,000 and Jason Adler made the call in the small blind before Peter Eastgate put in the squeeze play from the big blind to make it 59,000 to go.

Boutin then showed he wasn't mucking around and moved all in for 218,000 in total. Adler folded and Eastgate went into the tank for several minutes before giving it up. He slips to 375,000.

Tags: Burt Boutin Peter Eastgate

07-11-2009 13:55 UTC-12

Big One for Action Dan

Shamus

Dan Harrington just won a huge pot in a set over set hand in which he had the kings and his opponent had the eights.

Harrington has bumped up to 860,000.

Tags: Dan Harrington

07-11-2009 13:55 UTC-12

Shou Money Tonight

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From middle position, Tian Shou came in raising to 20,000, and the action folded around to the cutoff seat. Raul Mestre was there, and he made a second raise to 60,000. Shou would go into the tank for just a bit before announcing all in, and Mestre snap-called for his remaining 423,000, putting his own tournament life in jeopardy.

Showdown
Shou: {A-Hearts}

Mestre:

The flop was pretty clean for Mestre as it came {Q-Spades}

. The

that hit the turn was safe as well, and the {J-Hearts}

on the end was a fine card as well. With his jacks holding up, Mestre has notched a huge double up, sitting now with 864,000. That puts him just a few thousand ahead of Shou now.

Tags: Raul Mestre Tian Shou

07-11-2009 13:56 UTC-12

All Aboard The Ivey Train

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Phil Ivey has chipped himself up nicely and now sits at 1.2 million.

In a recent hand Ivey fired 55,000 on the turn and 120,000 on the river on a board of {9-Clubs}

. His opponent, David Watkinson gave it up on the river and Ivey takes it down.

Tags: David Watkinson Phil Ivey

07-11-2009 14:02 UTC-12

Shulman Behind, Ahead, Behind

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A player in middle position came in with a raise to 18,000 from middle position, and Jeff Shulman was the lone caller from the big blind. Heads up then, the flop came down {Q-Spades}

. Shulman check-called a bet of 20,000, and the turn brought the {3-Clubs}

. He checked again, this time calling an additional 40,000. On the river, the {10-Diamonds}

drew one more check. This time though, Shulman's opponent checked behind.

Jeff turned over {3-Diamonds}

, having turned a full house. As he suspected though, his opponent's {A-Hearts}

had come back to make the better full house on the river, sending a chunk of chips his way. Shulman has slipped down to 320,000 after dropping that pot.

Tags: Nick Shulman

07-11-2009 14:02 UTC-12

Sunar Leaves Himself Short

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Surindar Sunar committed nearly a quarter of his stack with an under-the-gun raise of 21,000 and action folded to Chris Viox in the cutoff. When Viox re-raised to 60,000 Sunar found himself in a tough spot.

After more than a minute of thought, Sunar reluctantly folded, leaving himself just 90,000.

07-11-2009 14:05 UTC-12

Quadrupling with Quads

Shamus

Three players had limped in, then Nick Binger pushed all in for his last 58,000 from the big blind. All three called.

As Binger stood with a less than pleased look, the trio checked down the {2-Hearts}

flop, the

, and the

river. Then Binger showed his hand -- {Q-Hearts}

. He's back to 220,000 now.

Tags: Nick Binger

07-11-2009 14:06 UTC-12

Eastgate Takes A Multi-Way Pot

[user108095]

Patrick Hanoteau raised the action to 18,000 from the hijack and got called by Peter Eastgate in the cutoff and by both blinds.

Action then checked to Eastgate on a flop of {4-Spades}

and his 33,000 bet was enough to push everyone else out of the pot. Eastgate's stack sits at about 360,000.

07-11-2009 14:09 UTC-12

Tucci Trounced, Peppe Pushes Up

Shamus

Michael Tucci was just all in before the flop with {K-Clubs}

and was hoping to win a race versus Nichoel Peppe's {10-Clubs}

.

The board came {5-Clubs}

, however, and Tucci is done. Peppe is now up to 870,000.

Tags: Michael Tucci Nichoel Peppe

07-11-2009 14:10 UTC-12

Hellmuth Steaming

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Phil Hellmuth's Main Event is on life support after a crushing hand against Abraham Mourshaki. Mourshaki opened for 20,000 preflop before Hellmuth put in a curious re-raise to 36,000, just slightly more than the minimum-allowable 34,000. All other players folded back to Mourshaki, who called.

The flop came out {J-Clubs}

. Mourshaki checked to Hellmuth, then called Hellmuth's bet of 40,000. It was at that point that Hellmuth said, "This could be my last hand, ESPN."

The turn was the {7-Spades}

. Hellmuth stood up as Mourshaki checked again. "I think he has two eights," said Hellmuth. He checked behind.

The river came down {5-Hearts}

and brought a bet of 120,000 from Mourshaki. Hellmuth sat back down, though about fifteen seconds and then slid a matching call into the middle of the table. He was incredibly steamed to see Mourshaki turn over {A-Spades}

for trip jacks. Hellmuth walked away from the table and started whinging.

"I'm gonna vomit on the floor. There goes my World Series to an absolute maniac," he said. Coming back to the table and fixing his gaze on the dealer, Hellmuth added, "You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn't just find one jack so he could sail off?"

Hellmuth turned to Mourshaki. "Nice hand buddy. Well played. Pretty nice, huh?"

Hellmuth has only 100,000 remaining chips.

Tags: Abraham Mourshaki Phil Hellmuth