2009 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$639,331
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,641
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

On The Rail

On the rail we find Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy, Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul and Thayer 'THAY3R' Rasmussen all here supporting Jason Potter.

Along with the countless family and friends of the other three final members it is bound to get even louder as they fight it out for the $639,331 first prize, coveted bracelet and title of champion.

Chang Sets Up

Rico Ramirez made it 180,000 to go from the cutoff and both Mike Eise and Jeff Chang made the call.

The flop fell down {k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and it was checked round to see the {A-Hearts} fall on the turn. The action was checked to Ramirez who fired with 200,000, only to see Eise push all in for 840,000 more.

Chang mucked and then Ramirez followed by open-mucking his {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

As Eise raked in the pot to move to 1,600,000 he flashed his {6-Hearts}{6-Spades} for a flopped set.

Tags: Jeff ChangMike EiseRico Ramirez

Jason Potter Eliminated in 4th Place ($185,444)

Jason Potter eliminated in 4th place
Jason Potter eliminated in 4th place
Jason Potter shipped it all in from the button for just on a million and Jeff Chang made the call from the big blind.

Potter: {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Chang: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

With Potter needing to catch a Queen to stay alive or a combination of a flush or straight, the crowd and Potter would erupt seeing the {Q-Clubs} as the window.

Like an online glitch, the dealer spread the flop but one card remained hidden. With it reading {Q-Clubs}-{4-Spades} the dealer would finally un-stick the two cards and out popped the {10-Hearts}.

Similar to the magnitude of a fireworks display on New Years Eve; the crowd erupted with an ear-splitting and deafening display of claps and stomps that the secondary feature table surely couldn't handle!

With thunderous noise echoing throughout the stage the {A-Spades} on the turn made it more interesting as it gave Potter additional flush outs to go with the two remaining Queens that could save his tournament life.

The dealer burned and turned a black . . . {7-Clubs} and Potter would be forced to leave the rowdy stage on his way to collecting $185,444 for his 4th place finish.

Tags: Jason PotterJeff Chang

Rico Our Seven Million Man!

Rico Ramirez opened the button to 175,000 and both blinds made the call.

The flop fell down {5-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Mark Eise checked to Jeff Chang who fired out 250,000. Ramirez proceeded to raise to 1,500,000 total to force Eise out of the pot and the decision back on Chang.

Chang sat in the tank slowly shuffling a handful of chips before laying his hand down to give Ramirez the pot as he climbed to over seven million.

Tags: Jeff ChangMike EiseRico Ramirez

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

Eise Doubles

With the action on Rico Ramirez in the small blind, he bumped it up to 500,000. Mike Eise then reraised all in for an additional 2,070,000 more to put Ramirez in the tank.

After nearly three minutes in the tank, Ramirez made the call putting Eise's tournament life on the line.

Eise: {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Ramirez: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} to see Eise double through to 5,100,000, while Ramirez slips to 4,500,000 in chips.

Tags: Mike EiseRico Ramirez

Rico Ramirez Eliminated in 3rd Place ($261,963)

Rico Ramirez eliminated in 3rd place
Rico Ramirez eliminated in 3rd place
Mike Eise raised to 300,000 from the button and Rico Ramirez made the call from the big blind.

The flop fell down {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and both players checked the see the {9-Diamonds} fall on the turn. Ramirez lead out for 725,000 only to have Eise move all in. Ramirez called and the cards were tabled.

Ramirez: {J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Eise: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

With Ramirez needing to improve to a full house to stay alive, the {10-Hearts} on the river would be not what he was looking for, and consequently headed to the rail in 3rd place for a $261,963 payday.

Tags: Mike EiseRico Ramirez

Heads Up Counts

These two are playing for this
These two are playing for this
We are now heads up for the bracelet with the following counts.

Mike Eise - 9,765,000
Jeff Chang - 2,115,000