Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-01-2009 22:43 UTC-12

Day 3 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

[user22113]

The action continues at 1:00pm.

(Table 58)
Seat 1: Peter Feldman - 1328000
Seat 2: Aurelien Guiglini - 549000
Seat 3: Josh Brikis - 294000
Seat 4: Thorsten Schaefer - 1094000
Seat 5: Matthew Waxman - 1132000
Seat 6: Alex Venovski - 684000

(Table 59)
Seat 1: James St Hilaire - 876000
Seat 2: John Conkright - 749000
Seat 4: Rory Mathews - 1358000
Seat 5: Jonas Wexler - 848000
Seat 6: Eugene Katchalov - 356000

(Table 61)
Seat 1: Robert Kay - 1213000
Seat 3: Frank Calo - 569000
Seat 4: Sean Keeton - 641000
Seat 5: Matt Hawrilenko - 1327000
Seat 6: Faraz Jaka - 778000

07-02-2009 07:53 UTC-12

Who Will Win the Last Bracelet of the Summer?

Shamus

Since the Main Event will not be decided until November, today's finale of Event No. 56, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event, will determine who gets the last coveted WSOP gold bracelet of the summer.

We're about ten minutes away from the restart. Sixteen players return to battle for the $1 million-plus first prize. Back in a few.

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

07-02-2009 08:07 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shamus

All sixteen players are in their seats and cards are in the air.

07-02-2009 08:15 UTC-12

Preliminaries All Preflop

Shamus

No flops on any of the three tables here in the early going, with all hands ending preflop with raises and/or reraises.

Eugene Katchalov just open-pushed all in from the small blind, and James St. Hilaire thought about it for a minute before letting it go. Katchalov has 375,000, and St. Hilaire 840,000.

07-02-2009 08:20 UTC-12

Much Ado

Shamus

Peter Feldman opened with a raise to 50,000 from the cutoff, then Thorsten Schaefer reraised to 115,000 from the big blind. Feldman repopped it to approximately 375,000, Schaefer announced he was all in, and Feldman called.

Schaefer showed {A-Spades}

, and Feldman {A-Clubs}

. The board came {7-Hearts}

, and they chopped.

"Boooring," cracked Alex Venovski afterwards. "One of you is supposed to have deuces there," added Josh Brikis with a grin.

07-02-2009 08:25 UTC-12

Double The Ladies, Double The Stack

[user22113]

Frank Calo three bet a standard raise out of the small blind. Sean Keeton, from the big blind then announced he was all in for around 400,000. The action folded back to Calo who made the call.

Calo: {9-Hearts}

Keeton:

The board would run out {10-Hearts}

leaving the well dressed Keeton with a doubled stack of 985,000. Meanwhile Calo drops to just 170,000.

07-02-2009 08:29 UTC-12

Frank Calo Eliminated in 16th Place ($37,379)

Shamus

Frank Calo suffered a big hit after having his pocket queens cracked by an opponent holding pocket nines who hit a set. Calo then shoved his last 149,000 from under the gun, and got called by Sean Keeton.

Calo had {8-Diamonds}

, and Keeton K-Q. The flop came 5-9-K, giving Keeton kings but Calo still had a gutshot draw. But the turn and river bricked out, and Calo is out in 16th. Keeton has quickly bounced up over the one million-chip mark here in the early going.

Tags: Frank Calo Sean Keeton

07-02-2009 08:32 UTC-12

Guiglini Doubles Through Feldman

Shamus

Peter Feldman just had Aurelien Guiglini all in before the flop, with Feldman holding {A-Spades}

and Guilglini {10-Hearts}

. The flop was {7-Spades}

and the turn {9-Hearts}

, but the river brought the {10-Clubs}

to rescue Guiglini.

Guiglini now has 1.1 million, and Feldman down to 625,000.

07-02-2009 08:38 UTC-12

Brikis Wheelin It In

[user22113]

Josh Brikis open shoved from the small blind after it was folded to him. Thorsten Schaefer, who was in the big blind, snap called after peaking down at his cards.

Brikis: {A-Hearts}

Schaefer:

The flop of {3-Clubs}

peaked the interest of Brikis as he had now picked up more outs. The turn was the {5-Clubs}

giving him the wheel. River fell {Q-Spades}

and Brikis is now at 530,000.