Event 9 - $1,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-05-2009 12:44 UTC-12

We Didn't Expect These Hands

MarcC

Bryce Yockey who been opening most pot does so again with a raise to 80,000 from UTG. Only Ken Aldridge calls from the button before the flop comes {A-Clubs}

comes down. Yockey comtinues his aggression with an 80,000 bet that Aldridge calls before he calls Yockey's 120,000 bet after the {A-Hearts}

comes.

The river brings the {A-Diamonds}

and that prompts Yockey to check but Aldridge takes up the lead and fires 200,000 in to the pot. Yockey makes a quick call with {K-Hearts}

and it's good for the pot as Aldridge shows {5-Clubs}

!

Aldridge down to 1,800,000, Yockey up to 1,934,000.

06-05-2009 12:35 UTC-12

In a sign of the sponsorship times, several bags of Jack Link's beef jerky have been delivered to the final table and placed on side tables for the consumption of the players. At $10 a bag in the Poker Kitchen, getting them for free is a steal (if you like jerky, which we don't).

06-05-2009 12:26 UTC-12

Fire with Fire

[user75032]

It seems like Bryce Yockey's opponents know what he's up to. After Peter Gould opened the action with a raise to 105,000, Yockey re-raised to 255,000, clearing all other players out of the hand. Action was back to Gould, who tanked for about a minute before moving all in. Yockey snap-folded.

That's the second time that Yockey has taken the worst of it by three- or four-betting. His opponents just aren't interested in putting up with those antics.

For what it's worth (and we think it's worth quite a bit), Gould flashed the {2-Hearts}

.

Tags: Bryce Yockey Peter Gould

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

06-05-2009 12:19 UTC-12

Teach Doubles to Chip Lead

MarcC

Bryce Yockey raises to 57,000 from the button and both blinds call before a {6-Diamonds}

flop comes down. Aldridge leads out from the BB for 80,000, Yockey folds but Cavella calls from the SB.

The turn {2-Diamonds}

sees Aldridge bet 225,000 before Cavella moves all-in. Aldridge stands out of his chair rubs his cap around the top of his head and calls with {K-Diamonds}

. Cavella shows {8-Diamonds}

and when the river comes {5-Spades}

the pot is confirmed as Aldridge's.

He's our new chip leader with 2,200,000. Cavella down to 900,000.

06-05-2009 12:10 UTC-12

Yockey Feels the Furey

[user75032]

Perhaps Bryce Yockey heard our pleas. He was sitting in the small blind and called a raise to 86,000 made by button player Charles Furey. On a flop of {K-Spades}

, Yockey checked and then quickly called a bet of 126,000 made by Furey.

Both players checked the {7-Hearts}

turn. When the river fell {A-Diamonds}

, Yockey checked a third time. On this street Furey elected to bet 165,000, a bet which earned a quick call from Yockey. Furey turned over {Q-Spades}

for trip sevens. They were good.

Tags: Bryce Yockey Charles Furey

06-05-2009 12:07 UTC-12

Searching for Action

[user75032]

Action has really ground down over the course of the last twenty or thirty minutes. Few pots are being contested in any meaningful way. It's either raise-it-and-take-it, or raise-it-and-take-it-with-a-continuation-bet. Every once in a while, there's a raise and re-raise preflop, but that's been enough to kill all further action.

Oddly, the same thing happened in this event last year. It felt like a race to get to the six-handed final table, but once the players arrived they shut down almost all forms of action.

06-05-2009 11:58 UTC-12

9-Ball

MarcC

Bryce Yockey makes it 60,000 to go from the cut off and Peter Gould calls from the BB before a {9-Hearts}

flop is dealt. Both players check so we a {K-Hearts}

turn. Gould leads out for for 66,000 and Yockey calls before the river comes down {4-Spades}

. Both players check it through and Yockey takes the pot with {9-Clubs}

as Gould mucks.

No big pots at all right now.

06-05-2009 11:54 UTC-12

Choppity Choppity

[user75032]

A curious hand between Carman Cavella and Ken Aldridge is not a harbinger of good things to come. Cavella opened from the small blind for 67,000 and Aldridge called from the big blind. Both players checked a small flop, {4-Hearts}