. Altinbas had 
and Guillen 
. But the 
spiked on the river, giving Altinbas the hand and about 390,000 chips. Guillen still has a big stack of 920,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,502,400
Entries
1,088
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,088
Filter
(1)
. Altinbas had and Guillen . But the spiked on the river, giving Altinbas the hand and about 390,000 chips. Guillen still has a big stack of 920,000.
held up against Switzer's 
when the board came nine-high, and Glines is up to 680,000. Switzer is now the tourney's short stack with 85,000.
and Antoine Berube called him from the small blind with 
.The flop looked benign to Switzer --
. But the 
on the turn wasn't his favorite card to see. And the 
on the river was just rude.Berube's flush gives him a total stack of 350,000 at the moment. Meanwhile, Switzer is out in 14th place.
. Antoine Berube called from the big blind with 
.The board came
, and for the second time in short succession, Berube had eliminated an opponent with a worse starting hand, rivering a flush both times.Pan is out in 13th place, and Berube now has 480,000.
Tunkel showed
, and Ahmadi 
. The flop came 
, and Tunkel was suddenly way in front. But the turn card changed everything -- 
. The river was the , and Tunkel is out in 12th.Ahmadi is our clear chip leader now with nearly 1.5 million.
Here's a quick look at the current chip counts:
Bahador Ahmadi -- 1,480,000
Keven Stammen -- 1,195,000
Angel Guillen -- 920,000
Shawn Glines -- 765,000
Gregg Merkow -- 700,000
Garrett Beckman -- 650,000
Oktay Altinbas -- 500,000
Antoine Berube -- 480,000
Romeo Piro -- 470,000
Torrey Reily -- 470,000
Matthew Lynn -- 205,000
The flop came
. Guillen checked, Piro bet 75,000, and Guillen called. The turn was the 
. Guillen checked again, this time Piro bet 100,000, then Guillen check-raised to 300,000.Piro went into the tank. He had only 260,000 left behind. Finally he folded, saying that if we weren't on the final (ten-handed) table bubble, he might've gone for it.
Guillen showed one card, the
, as he dragged the chips. He's now up over 950,000.
to Piro's 
.The board came
, and Piro is out in 11th. A short pause now while players are now redrawing for seats around a single ten-handed table.
Seat 2 -- Shawn Glines (700,000)
Seat 3 -- Antoine Berube (425,000)
Seat 4 -- Keven Stammen (1,500,000)
Seat 5 -- Gregg Merkow (505,000)
Seat 6 -- Bahador Ahmadi (1,750,000)
Seat 7 -- Matthew Lynn (425,000)
Seat 8 -- Torrey Reily (400,000)
Seat 9 -- Angel Guillen (1,440,000)
Seat 10 -- Garrett Beckman (420,000)
and Altinbas .But it didn't matter what their hole cards were, as the community cards were
to put a straight on board.
