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

06-30-2009 09:05 UTC-12

Joe Patrick Eliminated in 14th Place ($24,725)

donpeters

Joe Patrick raised from the button before Benjamin Gilbert moved all in from the big blind. Patrick made the call.

Showdown
Gilbert: {J-Spades}

Patrick:

The board ran out {A-Hearts}

. Gilbert had Patrick slightly covered and raked in the pot, eliminating Patrick in the process.

Tags: Benjamin Gilbert Joe Patrick

06-30-2009 08:56 UTC-12

An "The Boss" Tran Eliminated in 15th Place ($24,725)

donpeters

An "The Boss" Tran moved all in from middle position for 162,000 total. Next to act was Jason DeWitt and he announced that he was all in for over 1.6 million chips. Everyone else quickly folded. Tran held {A-Clubs}

and DeWitt held pocket kings, {K-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

, failing to improve Tran's hand better than DeWitt's and he was eliminated in 15th place.

Tags: "The Boss"An Tran Jason DeWitt

06-30-2009 08:55 UTC-12

Watson Doubles through Holt

[user75032]

Karga Holt found himself in a bind. He had opened with a raise to 38,000 and was facing an all-in reraise to 150,000 total from Wes Watson.

"I don't know what to do," said Holt. "I don't have anything, but I don't think I can fold." Holt finally decided that no, he definitely couldn't fold, and called with {k-Spades}

. Watson showed {A-Spades}

, meaning Holt's cards were live.

"Thank you," said Holt. "That's exactly what I wanted to see." While that may have been the case, Holt didn't find any help on a board of {3-Hearts}

and was forced to pay Watson off.

Tags: Karga Holt Wes Watson

06-30-2009 08:51 UTC-12

Lynch Rises With a Double

donpeters

Action folded around to the small blind, Joe Patrick, and he moved all in to attack Eric "Rizen" Lynch's big blind. Lynch squeezed his cards and then made the call. Lynch held {A-Clubs}

and Patrick held {K-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

and Lynch earned the double up to 520,000. Patrick dropped to 295,000.

Tags: "Rizen"Eric Lynch Joe Patrick

06-30-2009 08:46 UTC-12

Vladimir Kochelaevskiy Eliminated in 16th Place ($19,068)

[user75032]

Vladimir Kochelaevskiy will probably be thinking about this day for a long time. After Michael Katz opened for 30,000, Kochelaevskiy re-raised to 80,000. Katz shipped in his whole stack of 361,000 and Kochelaevskiy snap-called with {A-Diamonds}

. Katz said "Good hand," as he showed {K-Diamonds}

, but it wasn't over yet.

The flop came {A-Hearts}

! Katz flopped the joint, then had to sweat two streets to see if the board would pair. It did not. Katz dragged the pot and left Kochelaevskiy with just 6,000 chips. Those chips went in on the next hand with a naked ace, but Jorg Peisert was dealt pocket queens. They held up to send Kochelaevskiy to the rail in 16th place.

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

06-30-2009 08:41 UTC-12

Queen High Good

donpeters

Benjamin Gilbert limped in from the small blind and Max Greenwood checked in the big blind. The flop came down {K-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

and Gilbert checked again. Greenwood opted to fire out a bet of 19,000, to which Gilbert called.

After the river produced the {J-Diamonds}

, both players checked. Gilbert showed {Q-Spades}

and won the hand with queen high after Greenwood mucked.

Tags: Benjamin Gilbert Max Greenwood

06-30-2009 08:34 UTC-12

Another Blow for Millar

[user75032]

If Alex Millar had a plan to try to control his table today with raises and reraises, it's not working out. It doesn't help to run into aces. Millar reraised from the small blind to 110,000 after Jorg Peisert opened for 30,000. Peisert then announced he was all in and Millar called.

Peisert: {A-Clubs}

Millar:

Peisert's aces held on a board of {5-Diamonds}

. Peisert got out of his chair, shouted "YES!", walked a few paces, and then shouted "YES!!" two more times. The third shout prompted An Tran to shout "NO!" from the neighboring table. It also provoked a discussion between Max Greenwood and Jason Somerville, who remarked that they thought it was poor from Peisert and how yesterday Peisert had shown little class each time he won a hand.

Peisert's stack was counted down at 439,000. With the double-up he's at about 900,000.

Tags: Alex Millar Jorg Peisert

06-30-2009 08:28 UTC-12

DeWitt Pressures Somerville Out

donpeters

Jason "JCarver" Somerville raised to 30,000 from under the gun a few hands prior to this hand, where he opened for 28,000 again from the button. Maybe Jason DeWitt picked up something based on bet sizing, or maybe he just felt Somerville has been opening too many buttons (this is the second one we have seen already), but he decided to shove over the top of Somerville.

Somerville had the pressure back on him with 260,000 chips left in his stack. He took some time and then mucked his hand, allowing DeWitt to take the pot in preflop action.

Tags: "JCarver""Taknapotin"Jason DeWitt Jason Somerville

06-30-2009 08:27 UTC-12

What's a Flop?

[user75032]

Usually, after a long Day 2, play is wide open at the start of Day 3. That's not the case today. The last five hands at Green 153 have either been raise-it-and-take-it preflop, or raise-reraise-and-take-it. The players don't seem much interested in playing after the flop right now.