Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-11-2009 23:30 UTC-12

Final Table Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

[user22113]

Seat 1: Jason Somerville - 450000
Seat 2: Christopher Moore - 450000
Seat 3: Joseph Cutler - 450000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Carris - 450000
Seat 5: Michael McNeil - 450000
Seat 6: Josh Tieman - 450000
Seat 7: Eugene Katchalov - 450000
Seat 8: Mike Shannon - 450000
Seat 9: Andrew Margolis - 450000
Seat 10: Brandon Wong - 450000

06-12-2009 08:32 UTC-12

Final Table Play Just Minutes Away

[user108095]

Welcome back to our coverage of the final table in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em Shootout.

We have 10 players all gunning for the chance to become the Shootout champion and next winner of a WSOP gold bracelet. In a field of relative unknowns, Jason Somerville stands out as the man to watch. But with each player starting the day equally stacked at 450,000 chips the question is, will Somerville's reputation help him out-gun the competition?

Stick around and find out as action gets underway in just about 30 minutes.

Level: 1

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

06-12-2009 09:08 UTC-12

Final Table is Underway

[user108095]

Our 10 players are in their seats and cards are in the air.

Blinds are starting at 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.

06-12-2009 09:11 UTC-12

McNeil is M.I.A.

[user108095]

Hands are being dealt, but Michael McNeil hasn't made it to his seat yet. The floor staff is currently paging him to his final table.

If you know McNeil, you may want to give him a call.

06-12-2009 09:17 UTC-12

Early Action - Still No Flops

[user108095]

We haven't seen a flop yet on this final table, but there's been a little preflop action going on as players feel each other out.

On the last hand, Mike Shannon put in a 15,000 raise from the hijack and got called by Andrew Margolis on the cutoff and Christopher Moore out of the small blind. Joseph Cutler was next to act, re-popping the action to 80,000 from the big blind and forcing the rest of the table to fold.

06-12-2009 09:26 UTC-12

Tieman Gets Caught With Nothing

[user108095]

Jason Somerville raised to 18,000 from late position and got called by Joseph Cutler in the cutoff. When Josh Tieman re-raised to 58,000 from the big blind, Somerville called and Cutler folded.

Somerville then called Tieman's bet of 55,000 on a flop of {9-Diamonds}

and both players checked the {2-Spades}

on the turn. When the river brought the {3-Spades}

, Tieman fired another 85,000. Somerville called again and took the pot when his {Q-Diamonds}

bested Tieman's {A-Clubs}

.

06-12-2009 09:34 UTC-12

Carris Goes Straight

[user108095]

On a flop of {A-Diamonds}

, Mike Shannon led for 17,000 and got flat called by Jeff Carris in late position.

Carris called another 25,000 when the {7-Spades}

landed on the turn and 75,000 more when the river brought the {6-Clubs}

. Shannon turned over {5-Hearts}

for the bottom end of the straight while Carris tabled {A-Spades}

for the top end and the pot.

06-12-2009 09:41 UTC-12

Top Two are Good for Katchalov

[user108095]

Eugene Katchalov raised 15,000 from the cutoff and got called by Brandon Wong in the big blind. Both players then checked the flop of {J-Clubs}

, and Wong check-called for 27,000 when the turn came the {A-Clubs}

.

The river brought the {7-Clubs}

and Wong check-called another 53,000 before Katchalov turned up {A-Hearts}

for top two pair. Wong mucked and we moved on to the next hand.

06-12-2009 09:46 UTC-12

Nines are Enough for Margolis

[user108095]

Andrew Margolis made it 16,000 to go from the cutoff and got called by Jason Somerville and Chris Moore out of the blinds.

Everyone checked the flop of {J-Clubs}