2009 World Series of Poker

Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$311,899
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
452
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

David Baker Eliminated in 17th Place ($8,782)

David Baker
David Baker
Razz

Aaron Steury completed with the {2-Spades} showing and then David Baker raised to commit himself to the hand with the {5-Hearts}. Stewart Yancik reraised with the {6-Clubs} showing and everyone folded back to Baker. Baker put the rest of his chips in.

Baker: ({8-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}) {5-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} (X)
Yancik: ({5-Clubs} {3-Clubs}) {6-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} (X)

Yancik peeled seventh first and rolled over the {K-Hearts} saying, "You have to beat a ten."

Baker squeezed hard and then revealed the {10-Hearts}. His ten-eight low wasn't good enough to beat Yancik's ten-six low and he was eliminated in 17th place. We're now down to the final two tables and we'll have a seat draw for you shortly.

Tags: Aaron SteuryDavid BakerStewart Yancik

Final Two Tables

Table 150

Seat 1: Michele Limongi - 500,000
Seat 2: Stewart Yancik - 335,000
Seat 3: Gavin Smith - 135,000
Seat 4: Zac Fellows - 540,000
Seat 5: Frank Cremen - 200,000
Seat 6: Asher Derei - 175,000
Seat 7: Bill Blanda - 105,000
Seat 8: Gabriel Nassif - 320,000

Table 151

Seat 2: Aaron Steury - 70,000
Seat 3: Matt Hawrilenko - 200,000
Seat 4: Adam Heller - 60,000
Seat 5: Chris Amaral - 240,000
Seat 6: Martin Eikeng - 310,000
Seat 7: Timothy Finne - 450,000
Seat 8: James Van Alstyne - 430,000

Play will recommence with the button in seat 8 and the game will be Omaha-8.

Chau Giang Eliminated in 16th Place ($11,477)

Chau Giang - 16th Place
Chau Giang - 16th Place
As the players were moving for the redraw for the final two tables, we lost Chau Giang from the tournament. Our details are sketchy but we've been told it was during a hand of Stud-8 with Giang showing a pair of threes on board but was unable to better the straight of his opponent.

Giang adds another WSOP cash to his impressive tournament record with a 16th place finish for $11,477.

Tags: Chau Giang

Adam Heller Eliminated in 15th Place ($11,477)

Omaha-8

Adam Heller was all in preflop against Matt Hawrilenko. Heller held {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {J-Hearts} against Hawrilenko's {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {5-Spades} {3-Spades}. The flop came down {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and Chris Amaral chimed in, "I think he's ahead now." pertaining to Hawrilenko.

Heller asked him to simply be quiet as the turn came the {8-Clubs} and then the river the {8-Diamonds}. Heller stayed for a brief moment in his seat while he told Amaral he was being rude and that he shouldn't have commented. Amaral just recently got mad at a player for commenting on a hand he was involved in.

Heller was eliminated in 15th place.

Tags: "HossTBF"Adam HellerChris AmaralMatt Hawrilenko

Big Pot For Amaral

Chris Amaral
Chris Amaral
Omaha-8

Chris Amaral was very keen to get the following hand into the blog after he took a pot away from James Van Alstyne in a recent Omaha-8 hand.

After Van Alstyne fired on the flop, Amaral put in a check-raise on a board of {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Van Alstyne sighed and said "I wish I had it but I don't" and flashed the {K-Hearts} before mucking.

Amaral flipped {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} to take it down.

"That's a big pot for me," exclaimed the energetic Amaral, "That's the difference between 140 and 340!"

Tags: Chris AmaralJames Van Alstyne

Level: 20

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Some Razzle For Smith

Razz

Gavin Smith has just taken down a nice Razz pot to get his stack moving back in the right direction.

Frank Cremen was the bring-in and Smith completed. Zac Fellows raised and Smith made the call. Fellows then caught bricks and eventually gave it up on sixth street.

Smith: (X-X) {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Fellows: (X-X) {7-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{J-Hearts}

Smith is now up to 200,000 chips.

Tags: Gavin Smith

Bill Blanda Eliminated in 13th Place ($14,209)

Razz

Matt Hawrilenko took his board of (X-X) {2-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} up against Bill Blanda's (X-X) {K-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} after betting out the other player in the hand. Blanda had been all in since third street. The players then revealed their cards and the hands were run out.

Hawrilenko: ({A-Spades} {Q-Spades}) {2-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {3-Hearts} {10-Clubs}
Blanda: ({A-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}) {K-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {3-Diamonds}

Blanda was eliminated on the hand and said afterwards, "I saw ace little in the hole with all that money out there and I needed chips and there was a door with a sign that said 'Gambling Inside', so I opened the door and went for it."

Tags: Bill BlandaMatt Hawrilenko

Hawrilenko Likes Amaral Now

Matt Hawrilenko commented on the hand he just busted Bill Blanda by saying, "I think I lost some street cred on that one, limp raising with a queen in the hole." The table laughed and Chris Amaral commented about the play.

Hawrilenko then looked at Amaral and said, "You know, I hated you all day yesterday. But then I saw the way your girlfriend looked at you and I said to myself, 'If she can look at him like that, I can't really hate him.' Then, I started to like you."

The table laughed at the comment, including the rail and Amaral's girlfriend.

Tags: "HossTBF"Bill BlandaChris AmaralMatt Hawrilenko