Event 12 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 23

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-06-2009 14:26 UTC-12

Slow Game

With the players nine-handed at the moment three players are having to sit out of each hand in the triple draw making it a slightly laborious process right now.

The limits are also very high now, a raise on later streets represents a third of some players' stacks at the moment.

06-06-2009 14:49 UTC-12

Ad-Van-Tage Chiu

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Limit Hold'em:

David Chiu raised preflop and James Van Alstyne made the call.

The flop is {Q-Spades}

, Chiu bets Van Alstyne check-raises and Chiu 3-bets. Van Alstyne makes the call and then leads on the {J-Spades}

turn with Chiu calling.

Alstyne now leads the {J-Clubs}

river as well and Chiu raises, Alstyne quickly folding.

06-06-2009 14:49 UTC-12

A Star-Studded Rail

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Cyndy Violette has taken a ringside seat and is sweating her good friend Mike Wattel. Pamela Brunson has been popping in and out of the Amazon Room to check on her brother Todd's progress, while Mike Matusow and Esther "E-Tay" Taylor are also closely watching the action.

Perhaps our most famous railbird, however is legendary MLB pitcher Orel Hershiser. A friend of Mark Gregorich, Hershiser has been on the rail since play began today and is now chatting with Matusow as the action unfolds.

06-06-2009 14:57 UTC-12

The Grego-rich Get Richer

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2-7 Triple Draw:

We picked this hand up on the second draw, with Mark Gregorich standing pat, while Allie Prescott drew two and and Mike Wattel took one. Both players checked to Gregorich, who bet. Wattel called and Prescott folded.

Gregorich was pat again on the third draw while Wattel drew one more card. Wattel checked, Gregorich bet, and Wattel gave up his hand.

Gregorich is now up to 515,000.

06-06-2009 15:11 UTC-12

Prescott Survives with a Chop

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Omaha-8:

Very short on chips, Allie Prescott got the rest of his stack in the middle holding {2-Spades}

against Mike Wattel's {A-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

, Wattel taking the high half with his set of aces, though Prescott was freerolling for the high while holding the low.

Level: 24

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-06-2009 15:21 UTC-12

Pres-Cott Nothing: Allie Prescott Eliminated In 9th Place ($42,818)

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Razz:

Poor old Allie Prescott, he had the bring-in for the Razz with the high card twice in a row. The second time he went for it against Matt Dorin's completion.

Prescott: {A-Hearts}

Dorin:

Prescott could only make K-Q-7-2-A, a mile behind Dorin's 8-7-6-4-3 leaving us now with our proper final table.

06-06-2009 15:28 UTC-12

The Final Table, Finally

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We've been playing at a single table for quite a while now, but with Allie Prescott's elimination, we've reached the "official" final table. Here's the lineup, with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1 - James Van Alstyne 640,000
Seat 2 - Ville Wahlbeck 1,250,000
Seat 3 - Scott Dorin 925,000
Seat 4 - Mark Gregorich 480,000
Seat 5 - David Chiu 910,000
Seat 6 - Huck Seed 875,000
Seat 7 - Mike Wattel 220,000
Seat 8 - Todd Brunson 295,000

06-06-2009 15:31 UTC-12

Brunson Burner Runs Out Of Gas: Todd Brunson Eliminated in 8th Place ($54,854)

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Stud:

Chiu: {K-Clubs}

Brunson:

Todd Brunson had committed a fair amount of his stack with split tens but was in a lot of trouble against David Chiu's rolled up kings which housed up in the river.

Brunson leaves us in 8th place. Mike Matusow shouted to Chiu, "Any idiot can play rolled-up kings..."