Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 7 | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-14-2009 15:58 UTC-12

Vedes Chipping, Lacay Slipping

Shamus

Ludovic Lacay raised to 250,000 from the cutoff, and both blinds -- Antoine Saout (small) and Tommy Vedes (big) -- made the call.

The flop came {J-Hearts}

, and all three players checked. The trio again checked the {3-Spades}

turn.

The river brought the {8-Clubs}

. Saout checked, Vedes bet 225,000, Lacay called, and Saout folded. Vedes showed {A-Clubs}

for eights, and Lacay mucked.

Vedes is up to 10.3 million, and Lacay is now at 3.8 million.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay Tommy Vedes

07-14-2009 15:54 UTC-12

Esfandiari Moves In

[user66118]

Joseph Cada came in with a late-position raise to 250,000. In the small blind, Darvin Moon made the call, and Antonio Esfandiari moved all in from the big blind. It was an additional 1,740,000 to put him at risk, and Cada quickly folded. Moon wasn't so quick though, and he sat studying and chatting with Esfandiari for a couple minutes. Eventually, he elected to muck, flashing {A-Diamonds}

and sending the pot over to The Magician.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Darvin Moon Joseph Cada

07-14-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Jacks Good for Jeff

donpeters

Jonathan Tamayo raised to 260,000 from under the gun. Jeff Shulman called from the small blind and Kevin Schaffel called from the big blind.

The flop came down {7-Hearts}

. Action checked to Tamayo and he fired 400,000. Only Shulman called.

The turn brought the {8-Diamonds}

and both players checked. The river brought the {6-Clubs}

and both players checked again.

Shulman showed {J-Hearts}

to scoop the pot.

Tags: Jeff Shulman Jonathan Tamayo Kevin Schaffel

07-14-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Vedes Over Haabak

Shamus

Tommy Vedes opened for 315,000 from the cutoff, and it folded around to Jesse Haabak who called from the big blind. Both players checked the {10-Diamonds}

flop and

turn. The river brought the {2-Spades}

. Haabak checked, Vedes bet 405,000, and Haabak let it go.

Vedes is right at 9 million, and Haabak just over 4 million.

Tags: Jesse Haabak Tommy Vedes

07-14-2009 15:47 UTC-12

Ivey Picks Up Where He Left Off

[user75032]

Phil Ivey (center) and Joe Ward (right).

Not even the dinner break can slow down Phil Ivey's momentum right now. Joe Ward opened a pot from early position for 260,000 and was called only by Ivey out of the big blind. Both players checked the {9-Diamonds}

flop. Ivey checked again on the {9-Spades}

turn. That check prompted Ward to bet 200,000. Ivey wasted no time in check-raising to 600,000.

Ward had to give the check-raise a fair amount of thought. He eventually called to see the {8-Clubs}

hit the river. Ivey led out for a cool million. Ward seemed anguished but couldn't find a fold. He called, then grimaced when Ivey showed {J-Hearts}

for trip nines.

With Ward's chips added to Ivey's stack, Ivey now has 14.89 million. Ward is down to 2.1 million.

Tags: Joe Ward Phil Ivey

07-14-2009 15:46 UTC-12

Mattes Folds to Maimone

[user25067]

Marco Mattes raised to 260,000 from middle position and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind.

Both players checked the {J-Diamonds}

flop. Maimone checked again when the {4-Diamonds}

landed on the turn, Mattes bet 255,000 and Maimone made the call. The river fell the {7-Spades}

and Maimone fired again, this time for 450,000. Mattes gave it up and Maimone took down the pot.

07-14-2009 15:38 UTC-12

Cards Are in the Air

Shamus

Players are back and the first hands of Level 29 are being dealt. We'll be playing until two more players are eliminated, then stopping for the night.

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

07-14-2009 14:10 UTC-12

Dinner Time

Shamus

Players are now taking a 90-minute dinner break. Play should resume at about 8:35 p.m. local time.

07-14-2009 14:08 UTC-12

Half of The Magician's Chips Vanish

[user66118]

Antonio Esfandiari now a little lighter in the chip stack

With the betting folded around to the blinds, Darvin Moon came in with a raise to 325,000. Antonio Esfandiari was in the big blind, and he came along with the call.

The flop came out {Q-Diamonds}

, and Moon tapped the table. Esfandiari took the opportunity to bet 480,000, but Moon was having none of it. He check-raised to 1,125,000, and Esfandiari went into the tank for a bit. After a couple minutes, he announced a re-raise, making it a total of 2,125,000. Within just a few seconds, Moon announced, "All in," and Esfandiari snap-mucked, shaking his head with a big frown on his face.

After that exchange, Esfandiari has plummeted back to 2,900,000, while Moon is up over the 12,000,000-chip mark.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Darvin Moon