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

07-01-2009 11:26 UTC-12

Felix Lambertz Eliminated in 13th Place ($40,350) Brian Green Eliminated in 12th Place ($57,506)

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Mike Ratcliff took out two players in a single hand.

Felix Lambertz moved all in from under-the-gun and Brian Green shoved over the top from the cutoff. Action moved to Ratcliff, who called from the big blind.

Lambertz: {6-Clubs}

Green:

Ratcliff:

Green held his lead through a flop of {Q-Hearts}

, but Ratcliff moved ahead with the {A-Spades}

on the turn. The {9-Clubs}

on the river didn't change a thing and Lambertz was eliminated in 13th place while Green hit the rail in 12th position.

07-01-2009 11:15 UTC-12

Blind on Blind Violence Hobbles Lambertz

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Mike Ratcliff raised from the small blind and Felix Lambertz shoved from the big. Ratcliff called and we were racing.

Ratcliff: {10-Hearts}

Lambertz:

Ratcliff's 10s held on a board of {6-Hearts}

and he increased his stack to 1.35 million while Lambertz has just 65,000 left.

07-01-2009 10:50 UTC-12

Ratcliff Doubles

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Mike Ratcliff moved all in from the button and got called by Jason Wheeler in the big blind.

Ratcliff: {A-Hearts}

Wheeler:

A board of {J-Diamonds}

provided no help for Wheeler, who slipped to 1,450,000 while Ratcliff increased his stack to 750,000.

07-01-2009 10:44 UTC-12

Thai Tran Eliminated in 14th Place ($40,350)

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Mike Ratcliff moved all in from middle position and Thai Tran called all in for less from the button.

Ratcliff: {K-Hearts}

Tran:

A flop of

was good for Tran, but the turn was not, bringing the {10-Clubs}

and Broadway for Ratcliff. The river was a brick with the {3-Diamonds}

and Tran left in 14th place with $40,350.

07-01-2009 10:41 UTC-12

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in 15th Place ($40,350)

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Vivek Rajkumar shoved from early position and got called by Christopher DeMaci.

Rajkumar: {J-Spades}

DeMaci:

A board of {5-Spades}

provided no help for Rajkumar, who left with $40,350.

07-01-2009 10:34 UTC-12

Break is Done

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We're just six players away from the final table.

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

07-01-2009 10:17 UTC-12

Break

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Players are on a 20-minute break.

07-01-2009 10:14 UTC-12

John Spagnuolo Eliminated in 16th Place ($28,310)

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John Spagnuolo raised to 56,000 from middle position and Jason Wheeler reraised to 176,000 from the button. Spagnulo pushed and Wheeler called.

Spagnuolo: {A-Diamonds}

Wheeler:

A flop of