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Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'emDay 6 completed
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Sat Jul 11 2009 11:02 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Darvin MoonDay 6 Concludes
It was a long day, relatively speaking, following the two shortened days at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Players played five full two-hour levels, and when play finally ended near 1 a.m., just 64 remained from the 185 who came to the Rio at noon still with chips and hopes for that $8,546,435 first prize.
Among those leaving us during the first levels of play were Cole South, Chris Bjorin, John Monnette, Joe Serock, Thierry van den Berg, Blair Hinkle, Theo Tran, and long-time chip leader in this tournament, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
Sarne Lightman, J.C. Tran, 2005 Main Event champ Joe Hachem, and David Benyamine soon joined the parade of players marching to the rail, and when dinner time arrived just 101 players remained.
As Noah Boeken, Kenny Tran, and last year's champion Peter Eastgate were eliminated, Darvin Moon, Ludovic Lacay, and Antoine Stout began moving toward the top of the leaderboard. Nichoel Peppe would go out in 75th place, leaving Leo Margets as our last woman left remaining in the field.
Just before night's end, Fernando Gordo was eliminated in 65th place. Darvin Moon will be our overnight leader with nearly 10 million, followed by Billy Kopp in second and the player most everyone will be watching in third -- none other than Phil Ivey.
Antonio Esfandiari is also in the top ten with 64 left, and Jeff Shulman, Tom Schneider, Dennis Phillips, Blair Rodman, Joe Sebok, and Prahlad Friedman have chips as well.
Thanks for following our coverage today, and rejoin us tomorrow at noon local time when play resumes and, in the words of Tournament Director Robbie Thompson tonight when announcing our main feature table, "the dream continues." -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:53 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Ludovic Gets Paid
Ludovic Lacay, continuing his active ways, raised to 100,000 from middle position, and got a caller in John Martin from the small blind.
The flop came
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
. Martin bet 100,000, Lacay raised to 250,000, and Martin called.
The river brought the
. Martin checked, and Lacay fired out 525,000. Martin tanked for a good while, then finally called.
Lacay turned over
for queens full, and Martin showed 
. "He finally had a hand," quipped Adam Bilzerian, referring to Lacay showing up with something there.
Lacay is up to 5.8 million, and Martin has 3.2 million. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:49 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Saca Does Damage to Ramage
George Saca got all of his chips in the middle against Grayson Ramage following a flop of
. Saca had 
for top two, while Ramage had for the overpair.
The turn was the
, improving Saca to a full house. The river brought the , and Saca moves to 3.1 million. Ramage slips to 1 million. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:47 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium
Fernando Gordo - OutPhillips Climbs Back Into Contention
After limping into the pot, Dennis Phillips saw Fernando Gordo put in a raise to 110,000. Phillips then reraised to 310,000, and Gordo made the call.
The flop came out
, and Gordo quickly moved all in for 895,000. Phillips snap-called, and Gordo could only lower his head in acknowledgement.
Showdown
Gordo:
Phillips:
Gordo was drawing only to running queens for the win, or runner-runner for the chop. The
on the turn was nowhere in the ballpark though, ending the hand right there. A meaningless 
filled out the board, and Phillips has claimed the full stack of Fernando Gordo. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:47 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Hamid NourafchanHamid Nourafchan Eliminated
Ludovic Lacay opened for 100,000 from middle position, Hamid Nourafchan shoved for 325,000 from the small blind and Lacay made the call.
Nourafchan 
Lacay 
Lacay's railbirds immediately began boisterously calling for a "cinq."
Lacay didn't get a "cinq" on the
flop, but he got a six on the turn. The river was the and Lacay took down the pot, sending Nourafchan to the rial in 67th place. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:46 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Powell Runs Into a Crooked Kopp
From under the gun, Billy Kopp raised to 105,000. Brian Powell reraised from middle position to 400,000. Action folded back over to Kopp and he announced that he was all in, putting the pressure back on Powell. There wasn't much pressure as Powell quickly called with pocket kings --
. Kopp rolled over .
Powell began commenting on how this always happens. This type of scenario always happens to him he said, and he went to say how he always goes out in situations like this.
The flop came down 
. It did pair Kopp, but it was the wrong pair as he was still behind Powell's kings.
The turn brought the. Powell was still in the lead.
The river was the
though, and Kopp stole the hand on the river from Powell.
Kopp now has 7.9 million chips after eliminating Powell on the hand. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:44 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
The Brice is Right
Jason Brice opened for 105,000 from early position, and it folded around to Nick Maimone in the big blind who made the call. The flop came
. Maimone checked, Brice bet 130,000, and Maimone called. The turn was the 
. This time Maimone check-called Brice's bet of 175,000.
The river brought the
, and both checked. Maimone showed 
and Brice 
. Brice took the pot with his jacks, and moves up to 2.8 million. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:41 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Lacay Can't Call the River
At this point, Ludovic Lacay is playing nearly every hand. In this one, he called Adam Bilzerian's UTG raise to 125,000 from the big blind, then checked the
flop. Bilzarian bet 250,000 and Lacay called. The turn came the 
and Lacay check-called another 525,000. The river fell the 
and Lacay checked a third time. Bilzerian moved all in for 1,695,000 and Lacay gave it up.
Lacay is down to 4.5 million in chips while Bilzarian is up to 2.5 million. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 10:41 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium
All Aboard the Ivey Train
Gabriel Vezina started things off with a raise to 100,000 from middle position. Whether he wanted it or not, he found action from Phil Ivey in the big blind.
The two men went heads up to a flop showing 
, and the action went check-check. The on the turn drew a bet of 150,000 from Ivey, and Vezina put in the call.
The last card off the deck was the
. Ivey fired again, 350,000 this time, and Vezina sent his cards back to the dealer face-down. He's on 6.5 million now if you're scoring at home.
Started 3rd Jul, 2009
