Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-08-2009 11:17 UTC-12

Play Remains Tight

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With 10 players remaining, most pots are ending without a flop as a single raise is often enough to steal the blinds and antes.

That said, the lack of action hasn't prevented the table from drawing a sizable crowd, with people stacked three deep on the rail to watch the action.

06-08-2009 10:57 UTC-12

Keller Doubles Through Gerasimova

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Thomas Keller shoved his 240,000 chip stack into the middle from the small blind and Lika Gerasimova took some time before finally calling from the big blind.

Keller: {4-Spades}

Gerasimova: {K-Clubs}

The

in the window brought an audible groan from Keller, but he quickly cheered as the rest of the flop came {4-Diamonds}

. The

and

completed the board and Keller chipped up to 520,000 while Gerasimova slipped back to 460,000.

06-08-2009 10:50 UTC-12

Iacobellis Puts on the Squeeze

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Lika Gerasimova raised to 62,000 from early position and got called by Danny Illingworth. When action folded to Christian Iacobellis on the button, he reraised all in for a total of 417,000.

Gerasimova quickly folded and Illingworth tanked for more than a minute before finally mucking his hand. Iacobellis now has a stack worth about 570,000.

06-08-2009 10:34 UTC-12

Pham Gives Up Some Chips

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Brian Lemke raised to 53,000 from middle position and David Pham called from the big blind.

When the flop came {A-Diamonds}

, Pham check-raised Lemke's 75,000 bet to 225,000. Lemke quickly reraised all in and Pham folded, falling back to about 340,000.

06-08-2009 10:30 UTC-12

Sowers Takes a Pot

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Isaac Baron raised to 60,000 from middle position and got reraised to 125,000 by Brian Lemke in the hijack. Mike Sowers called from the cutoff, as did Baron.

Everyone checked the flop of {10-Clubs}

and Sowers led for 225,000 after action checked to him on the turn of {A-Hearts}

. Both Baron and Lemke folded, giving Sowers the pot.

06-08-2009 10:20 UTC-12

We're Back

[user108095]

We are still 10-handed with blinds of 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante.

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

06-08-2009 09:59 UTC-12

Break

[user67765]

The players will now be taking a 20-minute break to have a think about things, and when they return, the increased blinds should stimulate some more action.

06-08-2009 09:42 UTC-12

Play Slows

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The play at the final table so far has been very slow, with no significant hands to report. Such is the nature of a ten-handed final table, with the bait of the webcast hanging over their heads to ensure no one wants to be the one to bust in 10th place.

06-08-2009 09:32 UTC-12

Final Table Lineup

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The players have redrawn for the final table. Here's how they will line up with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1: Thomas Keller - 330,000
Seat 2: Lika Gerasimova - 940,000
Seat 3: Danny Illingworth - 1,200,000
Seat 4: David Pham - 680,000
Seat 5: Billy Kopp - 1,100,000
Seat 6: Fabian Quoss - 2,000,000
Seat 7: Isaac Baron - 1,400,000
Seat 8: Christian Iacobellis - 780,000
Seat 9: Brian Lemke - 730,000
Seat 10: Mike Sowers - 840,000

The cards are now back in the air!