Level: 23
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
452
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Break
Razz Reaches Few Highs
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The Razz round reached very few highs just prior to the break. The most significant pot came on the last hand. Zac Fellows fired on fourth street, Stewart Yancik led on fifth street, before Fellows gained control again on sixth to force a fold from Yancik.
Fellows: (X-X)
Yancik: (X-X)
Yancik is now on the short stack with just 190,000 chips.
Eikeng Pretty Much Doubles
Martin Eikeng raised and then Zac Fellows reraised. Eikeng made the call. The flop came down
between the two players. Eikeng checked and Fellows fired. Eikeng called. The turn paired the bottom card on board with the 
. Eikeng checked again and then Fellows bet. This time, Eikeng put in a raise. Fellows deliberated and then made the call.The river brought the
. The board did not qualify for a low and Eikeng bet out. Fellows thought about it, checking to see that Eikeng only had about 12,000 behind after the bet. He eventually folded, almost doubling Eikeng up to 325,000 on the hand.
Limongi Turns Bluff Into Gold
From the big blind, Zac Fellows check-called on all three streets on a board of
against the preflop aggressor Michele Limongi."I don't think you bluff enough but I'll pay you off..." sighed Fellows before tossing out calling chips.
Limongi showed
- a bluff that turned into value on river as he raked in a nice pot.
Once Again Hold'em Hurts Amaral
Back to Hold'em now and Chris Amaral opened with a raise from middle position before James Van Alstyne re-raised from the cutoff. The blinds folded and Amaral made the call.
The flop was
and Amaral checked, Van Alstyne bet and Amaral called.The turn was the
and both checked to see the 
land on the river. Amaral led out with a bet but Van Alstyne raised. Amaral quickly folded and Van Alstyne collected the pot without showdown.
Some Interested Onlookers
Some of the interested onlookers include Bill Chen who appears to be chatting with Matt Hawrilenko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who was checking up on the progress of countryman Gabriel Nassif, while Chris Amaral has a big crew of supporters on the rail which recently included Nick Frangos who finished 30th place in this same event.
Amaral Moving Up
Chris Amaral just checked seventh street to his opponent Zac Fellows with the boards looking as follows.
Amaral: (X-X)
(X)Fellows: (X-X)
(X)Fellows fired a bet after Amaral's check and Amaral made the call. "Two pair is good." mentioned Fellows. Amaral turned over better than two pair with
in the hole for trip jacks. Fellows simply mucked his hand.Amaral is now up to about 370,000.
Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Amaral Dented By Fellows
Zac Fellows has taken down the first significant pot of this final table. It came during a round of Stud.
Stewart Yancik was the bring-in with James Van Alstyne making the first raise. Zac Fellows and Chris Amaral both made the call. Fellows then took control and fired on all streets with Amaral calling him down.
Van Alstyne:
(fold)Fellows:
(
)Amaral:
(X-X-X)Two pair, aces and tens, were good for Fellows as Amaral tossed his cards into the air and into the muck, stating that he had made kings up.
Amaral falls to 250,000 with Fellows now in the chip lead with 750,000 chips.