November Nine Final Table Day 1 | 2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

11-08-2009 01:17 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Antoine Saout - 80,650,000
Darvin Moon - 75,925,000

Average - 64,940,000

Joseph Cada - 39,225,000

11-08-2009 01:02 UTC-12

Eric Buchman Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,502,890)

[user75032]

Hand No. 271 -

Darvin Moon has the button. He makes it 3.0 million to go. Eric Buchman is in the small blind and moves all in. Moon shrugs and calls. Really.

Buchman: {A-Diamonds}

Moon:

It's role reversal from Hand No. 270. This time Buchman has the weak ace and Moon has the two Broadway cards. The flop is {2-Clubs}

, no help for anybody. But we know how good Darvin Moon runs, so no surprise that the turn is the {K-Hearts}

to give him a pair of kings and the lead. Buchman is down to a river ace to remain in the tournament. No sale -- the river comes {5-Hearts}

and Buchman is busto!

Moon stands up from his chair and offers Buchman a few words and a handshake. The other players also offer their congratualtions to a crest-fallen Buchman. Just a short while ago he seemed in control of this final table. Now he's out in 4th place.

Darvin Moon now has approximately 76.0 million.

Tags: Darvin Moon Eric Buchman

11-08-2009 00:59 UTC-12

Hand #270 - Buchman All In and Trailing

[user66118]

Antoine Saout has the button. Darvin Moon completes from the small blind before Eric Buchman moves all in from the big. It's 10,500,000 total, and Moon quickly makes the call to put Buchman at risk.

Moon: {A-Clubs}

Buchman:

Buchman is behind, but at least he's drawing live for his survival. And the news will only improve from there. The flop shows up {K-Hearts}

, and Buchman takes the lead with his pair of kings. The {K-Spades}

that hits the turn locks up the pot as Moon can not catch any card to win. A meaningless {Q-Hearts}

fills out the board, and Moon sends a double up over to his opponent.

Buchman - 23,800,000
Moon - 50,825,000

Tags: Darvin Moon Eric Buchman

11-08-2009 00:53 UTC-12

Hand #269 - Darvin Moon

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Joe Cada has the button. Action passes to small blind Antoine Saout, who raises to 2.5 million. Big blind Darvin Moon re-raises to 6.0 million. Saout is tanking again and eventually makes the call.

The flop comes down {8-Clubs}

. Saout, sitting behind his massive chip stack, checks to Moon. Moon takes the pot down with a single bet of 10.0 million on the flop.

Tags: Antoine Saout Darvin Moon

11-08-2009 00:46 UTC-12

Hand #268 - Eric Buchman

[user66118]

Eric Buchman has the button. When Darvin Moon folds under the gun, he announces an all in for the second consecutive hand. And for the second time, it works. Buchman adds the blinds and antes to his corner, a significant increase for the short stack.

Tags: Eric Buchman

11-08-2009 00:44 UTC-12

Hand #267 - Eric Buchman

[user75032]

Darvin Moon has the button. When action passes to small blind Eric Buchman, he open-shoves and gets big blind Joe Cada to fold.

Tags: Eric Buchman

11-08-2009 00:44 UTC-12

Hand #266 - Darvin Moon

[user66118]

Antoine Saout has the button. Darvin Moon raises from the small blind, and he wins the pot right there.

Tags: Darvin Moon

11-08-2009 00:42 UTC-12

Hand #265 - Joe Cada

[user75032]

Joe Cada has the button. He puts in his standard opening raise of 2.5 million. Everyone else folds.

Tags: Joe Cada

11-08-2009 00:41 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Antoine Saout - 88,550,000
Darvin Moon - 54,975,000

Average - 48,705,000

Joseph Cada - 42,625,000
Eric Buchman - 9,650,000

11-08-2009 00:40 UTC-12

Hand #264 - The Largest Pot of the Tournament

[user66118]

Eric Buchman has the button, and Darvin Moon is sitting out this hand. Buchman makes it 2.5 million to stay in, and Antoine Saout announces a re-raise from the big blind. He puts out a three-bet totaling 9 million, and Buchman wastes no time moving all in over the top of that.

The shove sends Saout spiraling into the think tank, and he spends a long, quality session in there. Several minutes of gear-turning pondering follow, and Saout looks a bit unsure of his decision. Finally, and quietly, he says, "I call." Buchman has the covering stack, and so it's Saout now all in and at risk. The news is good though.

Showdown
Buchman: {A-Hearts}

Saout:

The flop comes out {10-Hearts}

, drawing a big reaction from the crowd for the first time in what seems like hours. The turn pairs the board with the {K-Hearts}

, changing nothing, and the awakened crowd again grows loud. The {6-Diamonds}

fills out the board, and that too is a blank for Buchman.

In the biggest pot of the 2009 Main Event, Antoine Saout has picked up the monstrous double. He's skyrocketed all the way up to 89,200,000, while Buchman is left with just 9,800,000 chips to work with.

Tags: Antoine Saout Eric Buchman