2009 World Series of Poker

Event 24 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$607,256
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,420,690
Entries
2,506
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Unscheduled Dinner Time

Players have indeed moved to the TV table, but since their dinner break was scheduled for right after this level, it has been decreed dinner right now instead.

Back in an hour.

Benny Champlin Eliminated in 11th Place ($51,755)

Champlin - not champ
Champlin - not champ
Benny Champlin shoved for his last 319,000 under the gun and picked up exactly one call, from Glen McCaffrey. Showdown.

Champlin: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}
McCaffrey: {8-Hearts} {8-Spades}

Flop: {A-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}

Champlin: "Alright!"

Turn: {J-Hearts}

River: {4-Hearts}

Champlin: "Oh, jeez."

Champlin didn't heart that board, and out he busts in 11th place. We will now be redrawing and heading over to the feature table; please stand by.

Tags: Benny ChamplinGlen McCaffrey

Jaffray Happy About Something

Jaffray and hat - very happy together
Jaffray and hat - very happy together
Alan Jaffray and his brand new 2,000,000 stack raised to 65,000, only for Panayote Vilandos to shove for 598,000. Jaffray thought about it, smiling vaguely all the while. He shook his head slightly, like he could see into the matrix or something -- and then folded with a quick, "Nice hand."

Tags: Alan Jaffray

Gualter Santos Eliminated in 12th Place ($51,755)

Gualter Santos - 12th Place
Gualter Santos - 12th Place
It was folded around to Gualter Santos in the SB who opened for a raise to 90,000 before Alan Jaffray moved all-in. The Brazilian got up out of his chair with an obviously tricky decision that he made by calling with {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs}.

Jaffray tabled {2-Hearts} {2-Clubs} before the board came {3-Spades} {8-Hearts} {2-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}. The set on the flop good for Jaffray to eliminate one more and it also puts him up to 1,925,000.

Nice Flop

Ernst Hermans open-shoved for 215,000 from the button, and after a pause got a speculative call from big blind Andy Seth.

Hermans: {A-Diamonds} {9-Spades}
Seth: {K-Spades} {7-Hearts}

Board: {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {3-Hearts} {6-Hearts}

Hermans back up to 500,000.

Kevin Recovers

Shortly after handing much of his stack to Dean Hamrick, Ronnie Kevin open-shoved from the button with {A-Hearts} {4-Clubs} and got called by Benny Champlin in the big blind holding the far superior {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}.

Nevertheless, board: {3-Spades} {J-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {6-Spades}

Kevin doubled to 550,000, and Champlin was down to 380,000.

Blinds for Santos

Gualter Santos shoved for a frankly still fairly hefty 500,000 or so. David Lerman in one of the blinds announced, "I'm gonna wake up to aces," but clearly didn't as he passed. Andy Seth passed too and Santos picked up the pot, to shouts of, "VAMOOOOO!!!" from the little hardcore of Brazilian pros including Andre Akkari at the rail.

Tags: Gualter Santos

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

Hamrick Takes Another

The river was out and gave us a board reading {9-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {7-Spades} {5-Diamonds}. Dean Hamrick led out for 120,000 and was called by Ronnie Kevin before revealing {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts} for two pair. It was good as Kevin folded leaving himself pretty short.