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

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 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 11:34 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}

.

Wheeler bet 100,000 and DeMaci called. Wheeler checked the {Q-Diamonds}

on the turn and then called DeMaci's 175,000 bet. Both players checked the {10-Hearts}

on the river and DeMaci mucked when Wheeler showed {A-?}

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Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

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.

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 12:13 UTC-12

Break is Over

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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 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 12:39 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}