Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-01-2009 13:12 UTC-12

Dinner

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And, after a less than exciting level of play, we're on a one hour dinner break.

07-01-2009 13:10 UTC-12

Nobody Wants to Play

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The drought continues, with players just not wanting to get involved in any hands right now. It's a very quiet final table.

07-01-2009 12:59 UTC-12

Back to the Grinding

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After a brief flurry of excitement with Mike Ratcliff's elimination, play has gotten very tight once again with almost no hand even reaching a flop.

07-01-2009 12:39 UTC-12

Mike Ratcliff Eliminated in 10th Place ($57,506)

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Jason Wheeler raised to 85,000 from under-the-gun and Mike Ratcliff moved all in from late position. Wheeler called and we saw the hands.

Wheeler: {Q-Spades}

Ratcliff:

Wheeler liked the flop which came {5-Clubs}

and his set held up as the board finished {10-Spades}

. Ratcliff left in 10th spot with $57,506.

Tags: Mike Ratcliff

07-01-2009 12:34 UTC-12

One Very Tight Table

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There have been absolutely no flops since play has started at our last (but not final) table. The word we're looking for here is "tight."

07-01-2009 12:13 UTC-12

Cards are back in the air. Player at the 10-handed table are seated as follows:

Seat 1: Sergey Konkin - 700,000
Seat 2: Tony Veckey - 1,180,000
Seat 3: Jason Wheeler - 2,000,000
Seat 4: Miha Remic - 800,000
Seat 5: Andrew Malott - 1,000,000
Seat 6: Joseph Chaplin - 1,300,000
Seat 7: Christopher Bonita - 1,980,000
Seat 8: Mike Ratcliff - 415,000
Seat 9: Christopher DeMaci - 1,300,000
Seat 10 David Jaoui: 920,000

07-01-2009 11:50 UTC-12

Play is Paused

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Play is stopped while we consolidate to a single - though not yet final - table.

07-01-2009 11:46 UTC-12

Arkadiy Tsinis Eliminated in 11th Place ($57,506)

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Arkadiy Tsinis moved all in from the button and Tony Veckey called from the small blind.

Tsinis: {A-Diamonds}

Veckey:

Tsinis caught a pair on a flop of {2-Spades}

, but Veckey made his flush with the {7-Spades}

on the turn. The {Q-Clubs}

on the river was meaningless, and Tsinis went home with $57,506.

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

07-01-2009 11:34 UTC-12

Wheeler Rakes a Pot

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Christopher DeMaci made it 63,000 to play from the button and Jason Wheeler raised an additional 100,000 from the small blind. DeMaci called and we saw a flop of {A-Spades}