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

06-30-2009 11:56 UTC-12

Noda Missed the Memo

[user75032]

Action passed to Karga Holt in late position. He opened for 60,000, then looked like he wanted to vomit when big blind and short stack Michael Noda moved all in for an additional 178,000.

Noda rolled his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a few moments. "I was waiting for *his* big blind to raise," Holt told the rail to some scattered laughs.

He looked at Noda. "You of all people were supposed to be the one who folded."

After a few more moments of agonizing, Holt mucked. "Short stack raises but doesn't go all in. That's supposed to be powerful!"

06-30-2009 12:14 UTC-12

Somerville Doesn't Want to Fold... but Does

[user75032]

Jason Somerville opened the action preflop with a raise that was called by only Jason DeWitt. On a flop of {Q-Diamonds}

, Somerville fired out 95,000. Dewitt called to the {7-Clubs}

turn, which both players checked. The river double-paired the board {Q-Spades}

. Somerville checked to DeWitt, who thoughtfully bet 155,000. Somerville went into the tank for two full minutes before folding.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Jason Somervvile

06-30-2009 12:20 UTC-12

Variation on a Theme

[user75032]

Many of our hands today have been won with either a single preflop raise or a preflop raise followed by a preflop re-raise. So it was nice to see a variation on that theme in a pot won by Jason DeWitt. DeWitt opened to 50,000 from middle position. Benjamin Gilbert was next to act and reraised to 175,000. Michael Katz was in the small blind and tanked for a minute before folding.

With all players folding, DeWitt put in a fourth raise to 410,000. That was enough to produce a fold from Gilbert.

Tags: Benjamin Gilbert Jason DeWitt

06-30-2009 12:25 UTC-12

Stats On the Final Eight

donpeters

Here are some quick stats on the final eight players remaining in the tournament.

Karga Holt (Atlanta, GA)
- $453,117 in live tournament winnings
- Three WSOP cashes, one final table

Jorg Peisert (Dusseldorf, Germany)
- $120,725 in live tournament winnings
- Making first WSOP cash

Michael Katz (Manalapan, NJ)
- $467,520 in live tournament winnings
- Eight WSOP cashes

Michael Noda (Philadelphia, PA)
- $242,349 in live tournament winnings
- One WSOP cash

William Erickson (Clifton Park, NY)
- $217,875 in live tournament winnings
- Two WSOP cashes

Jason "JCarver" Somerville (Stony Brook, NY)
- $327,376 in live tournament winnings
- Five WSOP cashes, one final table

Jason DeWitt (Granger, IN)
- $255,550 in live tournament winnings
- Six WSOP cashes, two final tables

Benjamin Gilbert (Studio City, CA)
- $20,613 in live tournament winnings
- Two WSOP cashes

06-30-2009 12:30 UTC-12

Noda Doubles Up

[user75032]

Poker is easy sometimes. Michael Noda looked down at {J-Hearts}

and shipped his last 243,000 into the middle. Jason Somerville re-raised to isolate Noda, but he had a worse hand -- {9-Clubs}

. There was no help for Somerville on a board of {4-Clubs}

. Noda doubled up to 531,000 while Somerville dropped to 350,000.

06-30-2009 12:31 UTC-12

Holt Doubles Up

donpeters

Jason DeWitt raised from the button and then Karga Holt moved all in for about 330,000 total from the big blind. After some deliberation, DeWitt made the call with {A-Diamonds}

. Holt held {K-Spades}

and was behind, but did have live cards.

The flop paired up Holt, coming {K-Diamonds}

. The turn brought the {Q-Clubs}

and the river the {8-Hearts}

, giving Holt two pair. He was able to double up through DeWitt and move to about 700,000 chips.

Tags: Jason DeWitt Karga Holt

06-30-2009 12:33 UTC-12

Dinner Break

donpeters

On the final hand, Jason DeWitt opened to 55,000 and then Jorg Peisert reraised to 150,000 from the small blind. DeWitt folded and that was it.

Pause the clock, we're on a one-hour dinner break.

06-30-2009 13:33 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Players are back in their seats and cards are back in the air. Eight players remain.

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

06-30-2009 13:46 UTC-12

Nobody's Buying

[user75032]

We have settled back into a lull here to start post-dinner play. The last three hands in a row, someone was all in but wasn't called. First Jason Somerville took down a pot by shoving from under the gun.

The next hand, Jorg Peisert opened for a raise, prompting Michael Noda to shove all in from the button. Everyone folded.

Finally, William Erickson raised the button and then folded to a shove by Jason DeWitt from the big blind.

We could be here a while.