Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-14-2009 11:34 UTC-12

Jimmy Gets a Few Back

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Jimmy Arvanetes bet his remaining 20,000 from the cutoff, Al Barbieri raised from the button, and Tomas Alenius called from the big blind. Alenius and Barbieri checked down the {Q-Spades}

board.

Barbieri turned up {A-Hearts}

but Arvanetes had paired up on the flop with his {K-Spades}

and doubled up to 40,000.

06-14-2009 11:32 UTC-12

Sugar Bear Decimates Arvanetes

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Demetrios "Jimmy" Arvanetes raised from the small blind and Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri looked him up from the big.

The flop was {A-Diamonds}

. Arvanetes bet and Barbieri called. The turn was the {6-Clubs}

and Arvanetes check-raised Barbieri's turn bet. Barbieri considered a moment, then made the call. The river was the {5-Hearts}

. Arvanetes bet again and after a bit of a think, Barbieri called.

Arvanetes showed {A-Hearts}

only to have Barbieri turn over {A-Spades}

, his kicker playing to take down the pot.

"Nice slowroll," said Arvanetes as he shuffled his four remaining 5,000-denomination chips.

"Slowroll?" replied Barbieri in disbelief.

"You were actually thinking of folding that hand?" queried Arvanetes, who was left with only 20,000 in chips after the hand.

06-14-2009 11:16 UTC-12

Tam's Turn

Shamus

Jason Tam raised from the cutoff, and it folded back around to Al Barbieri who called from the big blind. The flop came {K-Hearts}

. Barbieri checked, Tam bet, and Barbieri called. It also went check-bet-call on the turn -- the {6-Diamonds}

-- and the river -- the {10-Hearts}

.

Tam quickly turned over {Q-Spades}

for the flopped straight, and Barbieri mucked. Tam is up to about 550,000 now -- second place at the moment -- while Barbieri still holds the lead with just over a million.

06-14-2009 11:11 UTC-12

Comeback Strategies

Shamus

"A short stack at a final table is better than a big stack anywhere else." So said Demetrios Arvanetes just now to his friends on the rail. Relatively speaking, we have more short stacks than not left in the tourney at the moment, given Al Barbieri's significant chip lead.

"Can we change games?" Arvanetes later cracked. "Let's change to PLO right now!"

06-14-2009 11:03 UTC-12

Dominik Kulicki Eliminated in 6th Place ($31,325)

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Jason Tam raised from UTG+1, Dominik Kulicki three-bet all in from the big blind and Tam made the call.

Kulicki {K-Hearts}

Tam

The board ran out {Q-Spades}

, Tam's aces holding up to send Kulicki home in sixth place.

06-14-2009 10:53 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

Shamus

Here are the counts as we begin Level 23:

Al Barbieri -- 1.17 million
Glenn Engelbert -- 465,000
Tomas Alenius -- 410,000
Jason Tam -- 360,000
Demetrios Arvanetes -- 280,000
Dominik Kulicki -- 220,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-14-2009 10:51 UTC-12

Players Return from Break

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06-14-2009 10:31 UTC-12

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

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06-14-2009 10:27 UTC-12

Prettiest Rail I've Ever Seen

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Demetrios "Jimmy" Arvanetes has at least one high-profile railbird today. Patrik Antonius, making a rare appearance in the Amazon Room for Phil Ivey's bracelet ceremony, has been sweating Arvanetes for most of the last level, though he just departed for a moment with a promise to return.

"Play tight, OK Jimmy?" said Antonius to laughter around the table as he scooted out the door.