Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-25-2009 13:52 UTC-12

More Action

[user111541]

John Kabbaj raised to 150,000 from middle position and Kirill Gerasimov reraised pot to 540,000. Action folds back around to Kabbaj, who releases his hand.

Tags: Kirill Gerasimov

06-25-2009 13:52 UTC-12

Isaac Haxton Eliminated in 8th Place ($82,668)

[user66118]

Isaac Haxton opened from middle position with a pot-raise to 210,000. Next door, chip leader Davidi Kitai stacked out reraising chips and made it a total of 425,000 to go. The table passed back around, and Haxton moved all in for a total of 520,000. Kitai quickly called the extra 95,000 to put Haxton at risk.

Showdown
Haxton: {K-Clubs}

Kitai:

The board would run out blanks all the way, coming {8-Clubs}

. The paint card on the end was a bit of a heart-skipper for Kitai, but his ace high holds up, knocking off Isaac Haxton in 8th place. Haxton was certainly a player to watch here at this final table, but he was unable to get much going today, and he now finds himself on the outside looking in. He'll pocket more than $80,000 for his work over the past three days.

Tags: Davidi Kitai Isaac Haxton

06-25-2009 13:47 UTC-12

Jason Lester Doubles Through J.C. Alvarado For a Second Time

[user111541]

J.C. Alvarado raised from under the gun to 120,000. Jason Lester reraised to 420,000 from behind. Action folded back around to Alvarado who reraised enough to put Lester all in. He made the call.

Alvarado: {A-Diamonds}

Lester:

The board came {J-Diamonds}

, allowing Lester's ace-king to hold, resulting in a double up courtesy of Alvarado.

Tags: J.C. Alvarado Jason Lester

06-25-2009 13:41 UTC-12

Kirill Gerasimov Doubles Through John Kabbaj

[user111541]

Kirill Gerasimov raised to 200,000 from under the gun and action folded around to John Kabbaj who reraised enough to put Gerasimov all in. He made the call.

Kabbaj: {A-Hearts}

Gerasimov: {Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Spades}

allowing Gerasimov's queens to hold up.

Kabbaj - 1,570,000
Gerasimov - 810,000

Tags: John Kabbaj Kirill Gerasimov

06-25-2009 13:35 UTC-12

Baldwin Second In a Row

[user111541]

Eric Baldwin raised pot from middle position and took down his second pot in a row.

Tags: Eric Baldwin

06-25-2009 13:34 UTC-12

Baldwin Turns Pair To Take Pot

[user111541]

Eric Baldwin limped into the pot from the cut off. Jason Lester completed from the small blind and Eugene Todd checked his option.

The board came {J-Spades}

with all three players checking it the whole way down.

Baldwin showed {A-Clubs}

for a pair of tens to take the pot.

Tags: Eric Baldwin

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 0

06-25-2009 13:27 UTC-12

J.C. Alvarado Doubles Through Isaac Haxton

[user111541]

Isaac Haxton raised to 105,000 from middle position and action folded around to J.C. Alvarado who reraised pot from the big blind. Haxton reraised enough to put Alvarado all in and he called for his last few thousand.

Alvarado: {Q-Spades}

Haxton:

The board came {J-Hearts}

to give Alvarado the pot with two pair, doubling through Haxton.

Alvarado - 1,045,000
Haxton - 495,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton J.C. Alvarado

06-25-2009 13:20 UTC-12

Kitai Picks One Up

[user66118]

Davidi Kitai limped in from the small blind, and John Kabbaj checked his option from the big.

The flop came {10-Hearts}

. Kitai checked, then called a bet of 50,000 from Kabbaj. The turn and river brought {A-Spades}

and

respectively with the two players checking it down.

Kitai showed {9-Spades}

, and it was good enough to win the pot.

Tags: Davidi Kitai John Kabbaj

06-25-2009 13:19 UTC-12

Scramble, Scramble!

[user111541]

A new deck has been brought into play and J.C. Alvarado implores the dealer "Scramble! Scramble!" Haxton agrees, motioning the dealer to mix up the deck.

He and the other players are hoping for some better hole cards with a freshly scrambled deck. So far this level has been a little thin on action.