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

06-08-2009 04:57 UTC-12

Day 3 Starting Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

(Table 153)
Seat 1: Matthias Neu - 435000
Seat 2: Olivier Busquet - 951000
Seat 3: David Pham - 880000
Seat 4: Danny Illingworth - 850000
Seat 5: Tom Braband - 474000
Seat 6: Isaac Baron - 1101000
Seat 7: Fabian Quoss - 617000
Seat 8: Mike Sowers - 583000
Seat 9: Lika Gerasimova - 527000

(Table 154)
Seat 1: David Benefield - 239000
Seat 2: Christian Iacobellis - 509000
Seat 3: David Inselberg - 269000
Seat 4: Nicholas Grippo - 335000
Seat 5: Billy Kopp - 693000
Seat 6: Thomas Keller - 314000
Seat 7: Lars Bonding - 365000
Seat 9: Brian Lemke - 601000

06-08-2009 06:52 UTC-12

Baron Leads Race to Next Bracelet

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Welcome back to the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for our continued coverage of the 40th Annual World Series of Poker.

We've lost track of which day this is - after a while one day just rolls into the next - but one thing we know for sure is that today we will be awarding the 15th bracelet of the 2009 WSOP to one of our remaining 17 players.

All eyes will be on Isaac Baron, who enters today with the chip lead and high expectations. The action gets underway in around 20 minutes time, so stay tuned for every flop, turn and river as it happens from the tournament floor!

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

06-08-2009 07:07 UTC-12

We're Off

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Our 17 remaining players are back at the tables and cards are in the air.

06-08-2009 07:19 UTC-12

Illingworth Has Rough Start

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The day hasn’t started too well for Danny Illingworth after losing two consecutive hands. In the first, he raised from middle position to 33,000 with Fabian Quoss making the call in the small blind. They checked the {6-Spades}

flop before Quoss led for 61,000 on the {9-Spades}

turn. Illingworth made the call but folded when Quoss fired another 110,000 on the {9-Diamonds}

river.

Soon after Illingworth tried again with another preflop raise which this time was called by both Isaac Baron and Lika Gerasimova. The flop fell {J-Clubs}

and play checked to Illingworth who fired a continuation bet of 85,000. Baron called as Gerasimova got out of the way. The turn was the {7-Hearts}

and Illingworth fired a second barrel of 167,000. Baron called once more and both players slowed and checked down the {4-Clubs}

on the river. Baron showed {A-Spades}

for top pair, top kicker to take it down.

With those two losses Illingworth is back under 500,000 chips.

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

06-08-2009 07:37 UTC-12

Grippo Crippled

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David Inselberg raised to 25,000 from the button and Nicholas Grippo reraised all in from the small blind. Inselberg made the instant call and we saw the hands.

Inselberg: {A-Diamonds}

Gripp:

A board of {K-Clubs}

provided no help for Grippo, who is down to 22,000. Inselberg is up to 452,000.

06-08-2009 07:38 UTC-12

Braband Crippled; Eliminated in 17th Place ($27,029)

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Danny Illingworth raised to 35,000 from the small blind and Tom Braband made the call from the big blind.

On a flop of {7-Hearts}

, Illingworth led for 64,000 and Braband raised to 200,000. Illingworth shoved for a total of 352,000 and Braband called again.

Illingworth: {10-Spades}

Braband:

When the turn came {6-Hearts}

and the river came {8-Hearts}

, Braband couldn't complete either of his draws and fell to just 100,000. Illingworth climbed to 800,000.

On the next hand, Braband got his remaining stack in the middle with {8-Hearts}

vs. Isaac Baron's {A-Clubs}