Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

06-30-2009 11:26 UTC-12

Carving to a Bigger Stack

donpeters

Michael Katz raised to 51,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Jason "JCarver" Somerville in the big blind. Somerville moved all in for 377,000 total and Katz snap-called.

"Do you have aces?" questioned Somerville, thinking he ran into the ultimate cooler. But, Katz only turned up {A-Clubs}

. Somerville held {K-Hearts}

.

The flop came down with no ace, {Q-Spades}

. The turn brought a nice sweat to things when the {J-Clubs}

rolled off, adding some straight and flush outs for Katz. The river was the {2-Diamonds}

and missed all of those outs, giving Somerville the double up.

Tags: "JCarver""Taknapotin"Jason Somerville Michael Katz

06-30-2009 11:14 UTC-12

Action... Kind Of

donpeters

From the button, Jason DeWitt raised to 50,000. Karga Holt made the call from the big blind. The flop came down {7-Spades}

between the two players. Holt checked and DeWitt fired 65,000. Holt folded, which prompted DeWitt to show {A-Hearts}

.

It's not much, but it's really all the action we've seen lately.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Karga Holt

06-30-2009 11:03 UTC-12

Katz Gets the Better of DeWitt

donpeters

Michael Katz raised to 51,000 and Jason DeWitt called. The flop came down {A-Diamonds}

and both players checked.

The turn brought the {3-Hearts}

and once again both players checked.

The river was the {10-Spades}

and after Katz checked, DeWitt fired out 53,000. Katz made the call with {K-Spades}

. DeWitt held only {9-Diamonds}

.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Michael Katz

06-30-2009 10:52 UTC-12

Erickson Doubles Through Holt

donpeters

From under the gun, William Erickson raised all in for 147,000 chips total. Karga Holt was in the cutoff and reraised all in. Everyone else folded, leaving Holt and Erickson heads up.

Holt was behind Erickson's {J-Spades}

holding

. The board ran out {K-Diamonds}

and Erickson earned the double up.

Erickson - 350,000
Holt - 250,000

Tags: Karga Holt William Erickson

06-30-2009 10:39 UTC-12

Somerville Drops a Small Pot

donpeters

Benjamin Gilbert raised to 55,000 and Jason "JCarver" Somerville called. The flop came down {A-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn brought the {4-Clubs}

and Somerville fired 80,000. Gilbert made the call. The river was the {10-Hearts}

and both players checked.

"Pair." said Somerville. He then mucked when Gilbert showed {A-Clubs}

for top pair with a jack kicker.

Tags: "JCarver""Taknapotin"Benjamin Gilbert Jason Somerville

06-30-2009 10:36 UTC-12

Wes Watson Eliminated in 9th Place ($47,070)

donpeters

Jason DeWitt raised to 38,000 and then Wes Watson moved all in from the cutoff seat for 189,000 total. DeWitt made the call and tabled {K-Clubs}

. Watson was in the lead holding {7-Clubs}

, but racing for his tournament life.

The flop came down clean for Watson, {Q-Hearts}

. The turn wasn't so clean as it came the {J-Diamonds}

, pairing up with DeWitt's hand. The river was the {10-Spades}

and that was it. Watson was our 9th-place finisher, taking home nearly $50,000. DeWitt is up to 1,750,000.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Wes Watson

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

06-30-2009 10:29 UTC-12

Max Greenwood Eliminated in 10th place ($33,281)

donpeters

Max Greenwood opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 40,000 and Jason "JCarver" Somerville called from middle position. In the big blind, Jorg Peisert, made a reraise to 175,000. Greenwood then announced that he was all in and after Somerville folded, Peisert made the call.

Peisert held {A-Spades}

and would be racing against Greenwood's {J-Diamonds}

. The flop contained an ace, {A-Hearts}

, to put Peisert in the lead. The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}

and Greenwood began to put his backpack over his shoulder. The river brought the {3-Spades}

and that was it.

"You gotta win races." mentioned one of Greenwood's railbirds as he was sent to the rail in 10th place. We're now officially at the final table.

Tags: "JCarver""Taknapotin"Jason Somerville Jorg Peisert Max Greenwood

06-30-2009 10:22 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air with 11 minutes remaining in the level.

Jack Effel did make an appearance, by the way. He explained that the secondary feature table is off-limits so it can be prepared for the Main Event. The players, led by Jason DeWitt, complained that playing on Green 152 allowed almost no opportunity for railbirds to watch. Effel suggested switching to Green 151, which had a bigger rail. That was the agreed solution.