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

11-07-2009 23:40 UTC-12

Hand #246 - Joe Cada

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Antoine Saout has the button. Joe Cada opens to 2 million, and nobody wants to tangle.

11-07-2009 23:39 UTC-12

Hand #245 - Fearless Joe Cada with the Four-Bet

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Joe Cada has the button. He makes it 2.0 million to go. The small blind, Antoine Saout, reaches for his re-raising chips and pops the action up to 6.275 million. Darvin Moon quickly folds the big blind.

Saout hasn't looked very lively for the last two hours and offers more of the same lethargy as Cada glances his way several times. Cada then puts in the third raise, making it 13.0 million straight. That's too much for Saout; he folds.

Tags: Antoine Saout Joe Cada

11-07-2009 23:35 UTC-12

Hand #244 - Moon Bullies Buchman

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Eric Buchman has the button. Darvin Moon makes it 2 million to play, and Buchman quickly comes along with the call.

The two men go heads up to a flop of {K-Hearts}

, and Moon checks. Buchman does not check, firing 3 million chips at the pot. Moon wastes no time sliding the calling stack out into the table.

The turn comes the {9-Clubs}

, and the action check-checks. The {10-Spades}

fills out the board, and Moon leads out with a quick bet of 5 million. Buchman doesn't need to think long; he sends his cards away with no drama, and Moon picks up another pot.

Tags: Darvin Moon Eric Buchman

11-07-2009 23:32 UTC-12

Hand #243 - Eric Buchman

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PokerStars sponsored player Eric Buchman

Darvin Moon has the button. Action folds to small blind Eric Buchman. He opens the pot with a raise to 2.0 million. Joe Cada has position and calls from the big blind.

The flop is {k-Clubs}

. There's lots of murmuring from Cada's section of the now-much-emptier house. Buchman puts out a bet of 3.0 million. Cada's chin drops further down into his chest before he slides out a matching amount of chips. The turn pairs the board, {K-Diamonds}

. Good card? Bad card? Irrelevant card?

We're not sure yet, but it doesn't slow down Buchman. He bets another 5.4 million. This time Cada shakes his head the slightest bit and folds his hand.

Tags: Eric Buchman Joe Cada

11-07-2009 23:28 UTC-12

Hand #242 - Joe Cada

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Antoine Saout has the button. Joe Cada opens to 2 million under the gun and takes the pot right there.

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11-07-2009 23:26 UTC-12

Hand #241 - Antoine Saout

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Joe Cada has the button. Eric Buchman and Cada both fold, giving Antoine Saout a shot to raise out of the small blind. He does so, making it 2.025 million to go. Darvin Moon folds.

Tags: Antoine Saout

11-07-2009 23:25 UTC-12

Hand #240 - Antoine Saout

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Eric Buchman has the button. Antoine Saout takes a walk in the big blind.

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11-07-2009 23:24 UTC-12

Hand #239 - Darvin Moon

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Darvin Moon has the button. After Antoine Saout folds, Moon raises to 2.0 million. Big blind Joe Cada calls, taking us to a flop of {J-Diamonds}

. Cada checks, drawing a turbo-bet of 5.0 million from Moon. Cada mucks.

Tags: Darvin Moon Joe Cada

11-07-2009 23:24 UTC-12

Hand #238 - Darvin Moon

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There is a dead button for this hand. Darvin Moon opens to 2 million from the small blind, and Eric Buchman put in the call from the big. The flop brought {K-Spades}

, and a follow-up bet of 5 million from Moon is just what he needed to take down the pot.

Tags: Darvin Moon Eric Buchman

11-07-2009 23:21 UTC-12

Hand #237 - Joe Cada

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Antoine Saout has the button. There is no small blind for this hand. Eric Buchman is first to speak and makes it 2.0 million to go. Joe Cada, with position on Buchman, calls. They are the only two to a flop of {7-Diamonds}

. Buchman checks to Cada, who has played the most aggressively of the remaining four players. Cada lives up to that reputation with a bet of 2.5 million. Buchman folds.

Tags: Eric Buchman Joe Cada