Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-15-2009 13:53 UTC-12

Lamb Over Moon

Shamus

Haven't seen many hands go past the flop over on the secondary feature table for the last short while -- not since that Ben Lamb double up through Jeff Shulman. That hasn't stopped Lamb's cheering section from making themselves heard whenever their hero wins a hand, no matter how small the pot is, relatively speaking.

Just now Darvin Moon opened with a raise to 700,000 from middle position, and it folded around to Ben Lamb who called from the blinds.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}

, and both players checked. The turn was the {3-Diamonds}

. This time Lamb led out with a bet of 730,000, and Moon folded to the shouts of "Ben-ba!"

That pot pushes Lamb to about 5.45 million with fifteen minutes to go before the break.

Tags: Ben Lamb Darvin Moon

07-15-2009 13:56 UTC-12

Ivey Chipping Up

[user25067]

Phil Ivey opened for 525,000 and Eric Buchman called from the big blind.

The flop was {6-Hearts}

. Buchman checked to Ivey, who bet 700,000. Buchman folded and Ivey won the pot.

07-15-2009 14:00 UTC-12

Smith Fills on the River

[user75032]

A lucky river card saved Jordan Smith more than 1 million chips. He raised preflop to 525,000 and was called by James Calderaro. Calderaro cheked the {10-Hearts}

flop, then called a bet of 650,000. Both men checked the turn after it fell {5-Clubs}

. The river was a seeming blank, the {2-Hearts}

. Again Calderaro checked. But on this street, Smith did not check behind. Instead he bet 1.75 million. Calderaro called, then mucked when he saw that the river had hit Smith hard, giving him a full house with {2-Spades}

.

Smith is up to 16.3 million. Calderaro is one of the shortest stacks with 3.6 million.

Tags: James Calderaro Jordan Smith

07-15-2009 14:02 UTC-12

Button Reraise Works for Cada

[user25067]

Steven Begleiter made it 525,000 to go from UTG, Joe Cada reraised to 1,500,000 from the button. Begleiter couldn't make the call and Cada took it down.

07-15-2009 14:05 UTC-12

Ivey With the Three-Bet

[user25067]

Joe Cada opened for 500,000 from the cutoff, Phil Ivey reraised to 1.5 million from the small blind, Cada folded and Ivey won the pot. He's up to 7.2 million.

07-15-2009 14:11 UTC-12

Akenhead Cracks Robbins' Aces to Double Up

[user25067]

He looked a lot happier than this when he saw that flop

Jamie Robbins raised to 530,000, James Akenhead moved all in for 2,390,000 and Robbins made the call.

Akenhead {K-Clubs}

Robbins

Boom! The flop came down {K-Diamonds}

, the room going absolutely bezerk as Akenhead flopped two pair. The turn was the {7-Clubs}

, the river was the {5-Diamonds}

and Akenhead's cheering section exploded, high-fiving their man as he earned a much-needed double-up to 5.09 million.

With that, we're on a ninety-minute dinner break.

07-15-2009 14:11 UTC-12

Dinner Time!

[user75032]

With the crowd still chattering away about the miraculous double-up of James Akenhead, we are off to dinner. See you in 90 minutes.

07-15-2009 14:15 UTC-12

Main Featured Table Dinner Break Chip Counts

[user25067]

Seat 1: Phil Ivey 7,325,000
Seat 2: OPEN
Seat 3: Steven Begleiter 27,260,000
Seat 4: Antoine Saout 12,420,000
Seat 5: James Akenhead 5,090,000
Seat 6: Eric Buchman 28,670,000
Seat 7: Joe Cada 19,465,000
Seat 8: Jamie Robbins 1,340,000
Seat 9: OPEN

07-15-2009 14:17 UTC-12

Secondary Featured Table Dinner Break Chip Counts

Shamus

Secondary Featured Table Dinner Break Chip Counts

Seat 1: Ben Lamb 5,200,000
Seat 2: Kevin Schaffel 10,630,000
Seat 3: Jordan Smith 18,840,000
Seat 4: OPEN
Seat 5: Jeff Shulman 15,500,000
Seat 6: Darvin Moon 23,800,000
Seat 7: James Calderaro 5,000,000
Seat 8: Billy Kopp 13,500,000
Seat 9: OPEN

Level: 33

Blinds: 120,000/240,000

Ante: 30,000