2009 World Series of Poker

Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$313,673
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,635
Entries
1,000
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Wong Stays Safe

Brandon Wong
Brandon Wong
Brandon Wong raised to 32,000 from the hijack seat, and Jeffrey Carris made the call from the big blind.

The flop brought out {8-Hearts} {7-Spades} {Q-Hearts}. Carris passed, allowing Wong to bet 47,000 before check-raising it up to 300,000. That bet covered Wong, and he called all in for his tournament.

Showdown
Wong: {Q-Diamonds} {J-Spades}
Carris: {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts}

Wong was ahead with his top pair, but he would need to fade a bunch of outs to survive. The turn was the {Q-Clubs}, and the {3-Diamonds} that filled out the board was safe as well. Carris has shipped a big double up over to Wong who sits with 522,000 now.

Tags: Brandon WongJeffrey Carris

Somerville Slips Back

Jason Somerville has been the most active player at this final table, and we find him once again opening a pot with a raise, this time to 32,000 from the cutoff. Jeff Carris made the call next door, and Michael McNeil came along from the small blind as well.

Three handed, the flop came {4-Spades} {4-Hearts} {J-Spades}. McNeil checked, and Somerville fired 60,000 into the middle of the table. Carris thought for a minute before making the call.

Fourth street came the {9-Diamonds}. Somerville didn't seem to like the call on the flop, and he slowed down now with a check. Carris figured he could bet, and put out another 60,000 chips of his own. Somerville went into the tank for a solid minute or so, eyeing up his opponent. Finally, he let it go, and the pot goes to Carris.

Tags: Jason SomervilleJeffrey CarrisMichael McNeil

Level: 4

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Rail Call

Jeffrey Carris has easily the biggest cheering section sweating him here today. Along with a few supporters on the ground level, about 10-15 of his buddies are up on top of the lounge that overlooks the table, most of them sipping on various libations and playing a friendly game of cards on the cocktail table. We know they're railing Carris because they're all wearing bright orange T-shirts that say, "The Wildcat Jeff Carris," with a picture of Carris' face on the body of a lion or tiger of some sort.

Also on the rail is Jason Young, but he's not here for Carris. Young won this event last year, taking home more than $325,000 and his first gold bracelet. Young's roommate, Joseph Cutler, is looking to bring a second bracelet into the house today with a win in the same event. Young is joined by Eddie Sabat, Dwyte Pilgrim, Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah, and a few other recognizable faces in support of Cutler.

Jason Somerville also has a large section of supporters, and people keep coming up to the media desk from all over the room to ask how he's doing. Off and on, we've seen people like Vivek Rajkumar, "ActionJeff" Garza, and Adam Junglen cheering loudly for Somerville. It's nice to see such a large peanut gallery here for this $1,500 event.

Moore Has Less

Chris Moore raised to 40,000 from the button and Jeff Carris took a few seconds of contemplation before raising an additional 55,000 from the big blind.

Moore counted out his chips, checked his stack, and tossed his hand into the muck.

Michael McNeil Eliminated in 8th Place ($21,981)

Michael McNeil
Michael McNeil
Michael McNeil never really got it going today and nursed one of the shorter stacks at the table through most of the action.

On his final hand, McNeil and Andrew Margolis both called Joseph Cutler's 32,000 preflop raise. When the cards fell {Q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, action checked to McNeil on the button and he shoved. Margolis called from the big blind and Cutler folded.

McNeil: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Margolis: {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}

The {7-Spades} on the turn and {A-Hearts} on the river didn't improve McNeil's hand and he left in 8th place with a payday worth $21,891.

Moore Gets Some Back

When Andrew Margolis raised to 40,000 from the hijack, Christopher Moore read that he was stealing. When he re-popped to 108,000 before the flop, Margolis let his hand go.

Cutler Gets in Behind - Comes Out Ahead

Joseph Cutler
Joseph Cutler
After Jason Somerville made a standard preflop raise, Joseph Cutler pushed his entire 326,000 chip stack into the pot. Eugene Katchalov asked for a count out of the small blind before making the call and, when Somerville folded, we went heads up to the flop.

Cutler: {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Katchalov: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

Cutler got lucky early with a flop of {9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. The {7-Spades} on the turn and {3-Hearts} were no help to Katchalov, who fell to just 70,000 after the hand. Cutler now has nearly 750,000.

Somerville and the Three Kings

Jason Somerville
Jason Somerville
Andrew Margolis made it 40,000 to go from the cutoff and Jason Somerville and Chris Moore called from the blinds.

When the flop came {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{7-Clubs}, action checked to Margolis who bet 50,000. Somerville called and Moore folded. Somerville check-called the rest of the hand when Margolis bet 85,000 at the {4-Hearts} on fourth street and 160,000 at the {2-Diamonds} on the river.

When the action ended, Margolis showed {A-Clubs}{9-Spades} for ace high while Somerville showed {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} for trips.

Eugene Katchalov Eliminated in 7th Place ($29,195)

Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov didn't waste any time with slowplaying, open shoving his last 57,000 into the pot. Jeff Carris made the call from the big blind and the hands were shown.

Katchalov: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Carris: {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

A flop of {10-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{2-Hearts} gave Carris a gut-shot draw which got there on the river after the last two cards came {7-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

Katchalov left the table without a bracelet, but with a payday worth $29,195.