2009 World Series of Poker

Straight on River for Robbins

The seven-handed table folded around to Billy Kopp who raised to 400,000 in the small blind, and Jamie Robbins called from the big blind. The flop came , and both checked. The turn was the , and both checked again.

The river brought the . Kopp checked, Robbins bet 630,000, and Kopp called. Robbins showed for the ten-high straight, and Kopp folded.

Kopp still just under 27 million, and Robbins at 9.2 million.

Phew!

Marco Mattes Doubles Through Joe Cada

With the action folded around to him in the small blind, Marco Mattes moved all in for 640,000 and Joe Cada called from the big blind.

Mattes
Cada

The flop was , giving Cada a pair of fives and Mattes a gutshot straight draw. Mattes took the lead on the turn when the fell and with the on the river, he doubled up to 1.44 million.

Top 5 in Chips

All chip counts were updated at the break. Here's a look at the top of the pack:

Billy Kopp 27,800,000
Darvin Moon 16,800,000
Steven Begleiter 14,920,000
Kevin Schaffel 13,130,000
Jeff Shulman 12,030,000

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

Billy the Bully

Antoine Saout raised to 350,000 from under the gun, Billy Kopp reraised to 1.3 million from the hijack seat, and Saout called.

The flop came . Saout checked, Kopp bet 1.3 million, and Saout folded.

Kopp goes the break the chip leader with a whopping 27.8 million, and Saout has 8.43 million.

OMG!

Nick Maimone Doubles, Cripples Marco Mattes

Marco Mattes raised to 300,000, Nick Maimone reraised to 835,000, Mattes moved all in for an additional 4,515,000, and Maimone made the call. Mattes had him covered.

Maimone
Mattes

The flop was , Maimone's queens holding. The turn was the , the river was the and Maimone scored a massive double-up to 9.35 million. Mattes was crippled, left with only 795,000.

Akenhead Doubles Through Vedes

James Akenhead certainly has been dealt more than his share of premium hands today. He got all his chips in with pocket queens against Tommy Vedes.

The preflop action started with a raise to 355,000 by Vedes that Akenhead reraised to 975,000. This was the second time in short succession that Akenhead had reraised Vedes preflop. That may have factored into Vedes' decision to shove all in, having Akenhead well covered. Akenhead gave only short thought before calling for his last 4.0 million with . Vedes showed down .

There was no help for Vedes on a board of . After paying off Akenhead, Vedes tumbled to 4.5 million. Akenhead is back up to 10.0 million after a rough start to the day.

Momentum with Begleiter

Ben Lamb raised to 285,000 from under the gun, and Steven Begleiter, fresh off of having eliminated Antonio Esfandiari, called from the big blind.

The flop came . Begleiter checked, Lamb bet 325,000, and Begleiter called.

The turn was the , and this time Begleiter fired 950,000 into the middle. Lamb paused a beat, then let it go. Begleiter continues to hover around 15 million, while Lamb has 6.2 million.