2009 World Series of Poker

Event 51 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Carsten Joh
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$664,426
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,796,065
Entries
2,781
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Diego Vilela Doubles Through Jason Helder

Diego Vilela
Diego Vilela
Jason Helder raises to 60,000 from the cut off and Diego Vilela moves all in from the big blind for 337,000 more. Helder calls.

Vilela: {K-Spades} {7-Hearts}
Helder: {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}

The board came {6-Clubs} {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} giving Vilela a river pair to double up. He explodes out of his chair in excitement into the arms of his Brazilian friends screaming for him on the rail.

A member of the tournamnet staff is forced to come over and give Diego Vilela his one and only warning for excessive celebration. Another outburst and he will be forced to serve a penalty.

Diego Vilea - 750,000
Jason Helder - 800,000

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Carsten Joh Doubles Through Jeffrey Vanchiro

From the cut off Jeffery Vanchiro raised to 60,000. John Mazurski calls from the button as does Jason Helder in the small blind. Carsten Joh then moves all in from the big blind for 424,000 more. Vanchiro calls and the others get out of the way.

Joh: {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Vanchiro: {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}

The board comes {A-Hearts} {A-Spades} {5-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {10-Clubs} pairing Joh's ten on the river allowing him to double up.

Jeffery Vanchiro - 375,000
Carsten Joh - 1,030,000

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Jeffery Vanchiro Eliminated in 15th Place ($39,820)

Jeffery Vanchiro - 15th Place
Jeffery Vanchiro - 15th Place
Carsten Joh raised to 75,000 from middle position and from the cut off Nathan Page announces a raise, however, he only puts 60,000 in front of him.

Apparently, he did not see Joh make the initial raise. Since he made a verbal declaration, he is forced to raise the minimun.

Action folds around to Jeffery Vanchiro in the big blind who moves all in for 350,000. Joh gets out of the way and Page makes the call.

Vanchiro: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Page: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}

The board comes {A-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {3-Clubs} allowing Page to win the race, eliminating Vanchrio in 15th place.

Nathan Page - 1,250,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/3,000

Ante: 4,000

Jesper Mertz Eliminated in 14th Place ($39,820)

Jesper Mertz - 14th Place
Jesper Mertz - 14th Place
From under the gun, Steven Levy raised to 62,000. Jesper Mertz reraised all in for 416,000. Action folded back around to Levy who tanked for a few minutes before making the call.

Levy: {8-Clubs} {8-Hearts}
Mertz: {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

The board came {9-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {8-Spades} {3-Hearts} to give Levy a full house and the pot. Jepser Mertz is eliminated in 14th place.

Steven Levy - 1,780,000

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Viktoria Szilasi Eliminated in 13th Place ($39,820)

Viktoria Szilasi - 13th Place
Viktoria Szilasi - 13th Place
Viktoria Szilasi moves all in from the button and Steven Levy calls from the small blind. Szilasi shows {A-Spades} {7-Clubs}, however, Levy has her out-kicked with {A-Hearts} {8-Clubs} .

The board comes {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} giving Levy aces and eights to eliminate Viktoria Szilasi from the tournament in 13th place.

Steven Levy is now the chip leader with 2,050,000

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Jon Mazursky Doubles Through Josh Schlein

Jon Mazursky
Jon Mazursky
Josh Schlein opens the pot for a 95,000 raise from the cut off and Jon Mazursky moves all in for 187,000 more from the button. The blinds fold, and after weighing his options, Schlein decides to make the call.

Schlein: {5-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}
Mazursky: {A-Spades} {k-Clubs}

The flop comes {7-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} giving Schlein the best hand with a pair of fives and a diamond flush draw. Mazursky was left with just four clean outs, or the slim possiblity of runner-runner straight cards.

The turn was a blank in the {Q-Clubs} , however, a river {K-Hearts} saved Mazursky from elimination.

Mazursky doubles up and is now at 620,000.

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