Seat 1: Matt Livingston
Seat 2: Chairud Vangchailued
Seat 3: Tyler Spalding
Seat 4: Patrick O'Connor
Seat 5: Brandon Cantu
Seat 6: Alex Jacob
Seat 7: Ray Foley
Seat 8: Richard Lutes
Seat 9: Wei Mu
Seat 10: Jonathan Markham
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,715
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2715
Filter
(1)
Seat 1: Matt Livingston
Seat 2: Chairud Vangchailued
Seat 3: Tyler Spalding
Seat 4: Patrick O'Connor
Seat 5: Brandon Cantu
Seat 6: Alex Jacob
Seat 7: Ray Foley
Seat 8: Richard Lutes
Seat 9: Wei Mu
Seat 10: Jonathan Markham
Showdown
Livingston:
Foley:
The flop paired Foley's ace, but gave the at-risk player a sweat as it came down
. "Nine!" came the calls from the rail, but the turn was a blank 
. "Nine, nine!" but again there was no nine. The 
filled out the board, ending Livingston's day. He'll take home the last of the $56,071 payouts for his efforts over the past three days.
Seat 1: Chairud Vangchailued (875,000)
Seat 2: Tyler Spalding (1,485,000)
Seat 3: Patrick O'Connor (580,000)
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu (880,000)
Seat 5: Alex Jacob (2,200,000)
Seat 6: Ray Foley (2,860,000)
Seat 7: Richard Lutes (1,555,000)
Seat 8: Wei Mu (1,370,000)
Seat 9: Jonathan Markham (400,000)
With the bios and introductions out of the way, the cards are in the air at the final table!
Showdown
Jacob:
Markham:
The flop was safe and sound for the all-in player, coming
. Disaster struck the turn though as the 
gave Jacob a big lead. Not to worry for Markham; the 
landed on the river, improving Markham to the winning Broadway straight.He's doubled up to just over 800,000, knocking Jacob down a peg to 1,800,000.
"You know what's funny, Brandon?" Lutes started to say. "I knew you were gonna raise my big blind. I didn't know you were gonna move all in though." With that, he flashed
and sent his cards back to the muck.
No objections from the players, so that's the plan.
and made the call to put O'Connor at risk. The Irishman opened up 
, racing to stay alive.The flop was bone dry for him, coming
. O'Connor stood up and began stuffing his belongings into his backpack. The turn was a blank too, the 
. The backpack now went onto the shoulders. The last card off was the , again no help to the all-in player. He slid his chair under the table with his foot, shook hands with the table, and made his way to the payout desk.For his three-day run to the final table, he'll take home more than $80,000. Not too bad.
