2009 World Series of Poker

Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$460,836
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
185
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Hsiung's In Charge

Hsiung is very effectively captaining his table. Just now he called bets from Greg Mueller all the way down the {5-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {7-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} board until Mueller checked the river; Hsiung out in a quietly confident bet, and after a little, "Wow," from Mueller, it was enough to make him fold.

As if to confirm his status, he raised under the gun the next hand and everyone folded to him. Respect.

Tags: Kenny Hsiung

Ho Splashes Around

Maria Ho hasn't exactly put her newly-found chips to good use. In recent hands she called down Greg Mueller who showed her a full house, and then ran into the set of queens of Kenny Hsiung.

Ho is now back down to 360,000 chips.

Tags: Maria Ho

Rivered Set For Ho; Shamseddin Steaming!

Chip leader Kenny Hsiung started the madness with a raise from the button. Soheil Shamseddin reraised from the small blind before Maria Ho made it four bets from the big blind. Hsiung deliberated before tossing out a call but Shamseddin then capped the action with both opponents making the call.

Shamseddin fired barrels on all three streets on the board of {9-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} with both opponents calling all the way to showdown.

Shamseddin confidently tabled {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} but Ho revealed {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} for a rivered set as Hsiung mucked.

"Jesus Christ!" yelled Shamseddin, "I can't f*$#ing believe that!"

Ho's two-outer jumps her to 560,000 with Shamseddin now on the short stack with just 95,000 chips.

Tags: Kenny HsiungSoheil Shamseddin

Hsiung Owns Shamseddin

Kenny Hsiung has taken down another pot, boosting his stack to over that magical one million mark.

He and Soheil Shamseddin locked horns once more, and they made it all the way to the end of a {J-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} board; Hsiung bet, and Shamseddin called. Hsiung turned over {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} and again Shamseddin mucked. His position on the chip leader does not seem to be helping him any -- he was down to just 180,000 after that hand.

Tags: Kenny HsiungSoheil Shamseddin

Jennifer Harman Eliminated in 12th Place ($41,040)

Jennifer Harman - 12th Place
Jennifer Harman - 12th Place
Jennifer Harman lost three pots in a row to bring an end to her run here in this event.

First she raised the big blind of Pat Pezzin who took down the pot with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} on a board of {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}.

She then raised under the gun before Maria Ho reraised from middle position. Harman called and led at a {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} flop. Ho reraised and Harman called. The turn brought the {K-Spades} and Harman checked, Ho bet, and Harman gave it up.

Down to her last 50,000 chips she decided to commit them from the big blind preflop, after Greg Mueller had opened the action with a raise. Mueller called with {K-Spades}{10-Spades} as Harman held the lead with her {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts}.

The board fell cruelly for Harman when it arrived {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} to spike a pair on the river for Mueller to end the tournament of fan-favorite Harman in 12th place for a pay day of $41,040

Tags: Greg MuellerJennifer Harman

Harman Gets Respect

Jennifer Harman does not seem particularly bothered by her short stack status coming back today -- she's spent much of the morning blithely chatting away to Chad Brown at the next table, who is himself preoccupied with eating from a paper cup full of horrible beige gruel that turns out to be oatmeal.

Nevertheless she has got herself involved in one early pot with chip leader Kenny Hsiung. In a pot raised by Hsiung and either called or reraised; either way, they saw an {A-Hearts} {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds} flop heads up. Hsiung checked it -- and then insta-folded when Harman bet.

Tags: Jennifer Harman

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/15,000

Ante: 0