Ritchie Is Now Poor-ey
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against Joseph Cada's 
with nines seemingly flopping sets for fun in the Amazon blue section. The board came 
and that was that.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
against Joseph Cada's with nines seemingly flopping sets for fun in the Amazon blue section. The board came and that was that.
Phan Can't Double but Still Alive
. Action came from Dave Williams who made the call with , and the race was on for Phan's tournament life.The flop was money for Phan as it came out
to give him top set and a hammer lock on the pot. The turn was the , which was a clever card, and the 
that hit the river left both men playing the board straight. No double for Phan, he's still at 65,000.
Wilson Wins One
The others folded and after a long think Hougaard got out as well. Adelson turned over
, and Wilson 
. The flop came 
, and a crestfallen Adelson slapped the side of the table. The turn was the , giving Adelson hope for a backdoor flush, but the river was the 
, and Adelson is out.Wilson is up to 175,000 after that one, and Hougaard is sitting with about 145,000.
Tough At The Toth
but found himself up against 
but the board came .Woodley doubles up thanks to his double-downing hand. He's on 115,000. Toth has 265,000.
Full Blown Elimination for FBT
In the hand against Peppe, Mueller bet 18,000 on the turn of a
board. Peppe called to the 
river, a card that Mueller checked. Peppe seized the initiative to bet 25,000, then showed down two pair, jacks and tens 
after Mueller called.That hand left Mueller with 37,000. A few hands later he was in the big blind. Jeff Norman limped in from the small blind, then snap-called when Mueller pushed all in with
from the big blind. Norman showed down the nuts, 
, then survived a sweat on a board of 
. Mueller is busto.
Harrington Chips Up
with over 50,000 chips in the middle, Paren Arzoomanian led out with a bet of 20,000 before Dan Harrington raised it up big to 135,000 to go from middle position.Harrington left himself with only 84,000 behind and Arzoomanian decided to let it go.
Harrington: 295,000
Arzoomanian: 344,000
Schneider Increases Twofold
. Schneider's had him in the lead and poised to double. When the board ran out 
, he did just that, moving up to 280,000.
Straate Down
Straate was meant to be here at noon to defend his 51,000 short stack, but at the time of writing is still AWOL. If you see him anywhere, you might like to urge him to come down to the Amazon Room -- his stack has been blinded off and he's down to around 15,000 now.
Waxman Melts Opponent
against 
. The board coming 
.
Doing the Math
"We're about nine tables away from the money," said Effel, after doing some quick math. Right now, 723 players remain -- 75 more eliminations and we're there.