2009 World Series of Poker

Daniel Makowsky pushed his short stack in from the button and Steve Kohner made the call in the big blind.

Makowsky:
Kohner:

The flop came giving Kohner the better two pair, and from being almost out five minutes ago, Kohner is now on 1,300,000.

Jason Boyes opened for 110,000 and Steve Kohner pushed all in from the button. Eric Ladny then declared all in from the small blind Boyes folded.

Ladny:
Kohner:

The board came and the short stack doubles through.

In the first hand back from break Chris MacNeil raised to 100,000 before Mika Paasonen three-bets. Very quickly MacNeil moves all in and is called by Paasonen to create the biggest pot of tournament so far.

Showdown
MacNeil --
Paasonen --

The boards ran to eliminate MacNeil and boost Paasonen up to 2,725,000.

The tournament has restarted...

The end of level 24 means it's dinner time for our final seven players. Cards back in the air at 6.30pm.

Antoine Amourette moved all in preflop from the cutoff with and Eric Ladny called in the big blind with

A simple board of was enough to eliminate the Frenchman and leave us with seven left.

Daniel Makowsky raised to 75,000 from mid position and only Chris MacNeil called from the BB before the flop came . MacNeil bet out for 75,000 and was called before the turn came . MacNeil then check-raised Makowsky's 125,000 bet all-in. Makowsky instantly folded helping MacNeil's stack to grow to 1,200,000. Makowsky on 500,000.

Amourette pushed on the button for 248,000 and immediately hid under his leather jacket. After about 3 minutes, Chris MacNeil called from the big blind.

MacNeil showed to Amourette's and the board came and they chop it up.

Firstly Chris MacNeil moved all in from SB and manged to take the blinds and antes. He then tried it again from the button for 439,000 but saw Eric Ladny reraise from the SB. The BB folded leaving us in a heads up showdown.

MacNeil --
Ladny --

The board ran to double MacNeil up to 950,000, Ladny down to 1,750,000.