2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

The Doors Open!

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With about ten minutes left on the countdown clock to the start of Day 4, the doors have opened and players are streaming in. There's no Miranda Room any more; there's no Brasilia Room any more; and (thankfully) there are no tables near Buzio's seafood restaurant, a half mile down the hall. The last 789 players are all consolidated here in the Amazon Room.

141 of these players will go home with nothing more than a bad beat story and the satisfaction (and frustration) of having survived three days in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. The other 648 players are guaranteed at least $21,365. Somewhere in this room are nine future millionaires.

Your overnight chip leader is a man well-known on the international poker circuit. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is the only player to end Day 3 with more than 1 million chips. He starts Day 4 in the pole position, with 1.3 million chips and a 400,000-chip lead on the player in second place, fellow Frenchman Ludovic Lacay.

Cards in the air in just a few minutes!