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

06-08-2009 15:08 UTC-12

Shove, Shove, Shove for Illingworth

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With 700,000 in chips, Danny Illingworth has taken three consecutive pots by open shoving before the flop.

06-08-2009 15:21 UTC-12

Keller Shoves and Wins

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Fabian Quoss made it 125,000 to go from under the gun but that didn't dissuade Thomas Keller from reraising all in for an additional 730,000 from the button.

Quoss folded quickly.

06-08-2009 15:25 UTC-12

In a rare open for Thomas Keller, he raised it up to 150,000 from the cutoff and action passed to Fabian Quoss in the big blind who thought for a few moments before asking for a count of Keller's remaining stack. After liking what he saw, Quoss announced a reraise all in, covering his short-stacked opponent.

Keller went into the tank with a decision for his tournament life but gave it up as Quoss starts to get heavy-handed with his big stack.

06-08-2009 15:33 UTC-12

Danny Illingworth Eliminated in 6th Place ($109,871)

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Danny Illingworth pushed 685,000 in chips into the middle from early position and got called by Thomas Keller on the button.

Illingworth: {A-Clubs}

Keller:

A flop of

brought a straight draw for Illingworth and a sweat for Keller who would fall to around 300,000 if he lost the hand. The {3-Diamonds}

and

ended the drama and gave Keller the pot.

Illingworth went home in sixth position with $109,871.

06-08-2009 15:44 UTC-12

Gone Sowers

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In a rare hand where we've seen some postflop play, action started when Thomas Keller raised to 135,000 from under the gun and got called by Mike Sowers in the big blind.

Sowers bet 180,000 on a flop of {9-Clubs}

and Keller flatted. Sowers bet another 310,000 at the {K-Diamonds}

on the turn, and Keller called again.

When a flush came with the {3-Clubs}

on the river, Sowers checked and Keller pushed his remaining chips into the middle. Sowers thought the action through for just a few seconds before releasing his hand.

Keller is now at 2.3 million while Sowers is done to about 1.25 million.

06-08-2009 15:44 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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The five remaining players will now enjoy a 60-minute dinner break. When they return we'll be playing it out until a new WSOP bracelet winner is crowned! We'll be back at 9:45pm local time.

06-08-2009 15:52 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

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Fabian Quoss - 3,415,000
Brian Lemke - 2,360,000
Thomas Keller - 2,290,000
Mike Sowers - 1,130,000
Lika Gerasimova - 635,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

06-08-2009 16:57 UTC-12

Dinner is Done

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Players have returned from their dinner break and cards are back in the air.

06-08-2009 17:05 UTC-12

Gerasimova Doubles on First Hand Back

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On the first hand back from dinner, Thomas Keller raised to 175,000 from under the gun and Lika Gerasimova pushed all for 455,000 more.

Keller tanked for nearly two minutes before he finally called and the hands were shown.

Gerasimova: {A-Spades}

Keller:

When the board ran out {5-Hearts}

Keller couldn't improve and Gerasimova doubled her stack to 1.2 million.