2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 8
Players Left 9 / 6494
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. When the turn fell 
, small blind James Akenhead bet 360,000 chips. James Calderaro was the only caller.The river was the
. Again Akenhead bet 360,000."Wow," said Calderaro. "He's milking me." Despite that sense, Calderaro was unable to fold his hand. He called the last 360,000 to see that he was right -- Akenhead showed down
for flopped trips.
The flop was
. Shulman checked to Caragiorgas, who bet 500,000. Ivey came in with a raise to 1.1 million, Shulman folded, Caragiorgas folded, and Ivey took the pot.
At the river, the board showed
. Zackey softly called the amount of his bet as "1.8" and then slid out, one at a time, three stacks of twenty green (25,000) chips and three Hawaiian Flowers (100,000). Vedes didn't hear the bet declaration and immediately called for a string bet.A floor was summoned to the table. He listened to his dealer say that she had heard Zackey declare 1.8 million, and Jonathan Tamayo also piped up that he heard the same. Zackey's bet was allowed to stand. Vedes called anyway and won the pot with
against Zackey's 
.New counts:
Zackey: 4.1 million
Vedes: 10.1 million
Mattes
Ivey
The flop was
, Mattes' queens still leading. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Mattes doubled to 5.41 million while Ivey fell to 6.3 million.
The flop came
. Esfandiari led out for 535,000. Saout then raised to 1.8 million total. Esfandiari thought for about a minute, then tossed his cards dealerward.Saout chips back to 8.7 million, while Esfandiari is now sitting with 4.6 million.
Smith checked the
flop to Maimone, who bet 340,000. It was enough to induce a fold from Smith and Maimone took it down.
. Zackey checked to Vedes, then folded to his shove of roughly 2.7 million chips.Zackey falls in the counts to 7.8 million. Vedes climbs to 4.8 million.
The flop came
. Saout checked, Kopp bet 600,000, and Saout called. Both checked the 
turn. The river brought the
. Saout checked, Kopp bet 1.7 million this time, and Saout made the call.Saout showed
, but Kopp had 
and had made a straight. Kopp chips up some more, moving past the 21 million mark. Saout is at about 8 million now.
