2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 8
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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The flop came
. Kopp led with a bet of 700,000, then Balmigere pushed all in for 2.785 million total. Begleiter folded, and Kopp went into the tank.After a minute, Kopp counted out the chips needed to call and stacked them in a single column. Finally he picked up the stack and set it down before him with a thump. The players' cards were revealed:
Kopp
Balmigere
The turn was the
, and Balmigere's jacks were still good. But the river brought the 
, giving Kopp the straight. Balmigere stood with a pained look for a moment, then shook hands with the others as he departed. Kopp is now up to 17.5 million.
The first three community cards came out
. Buchman and Moon checked to the preflop raiser, Tamayo. He bet 760,000 and was called only by Buchman. Both men checked the turn.The river fell
. Buchman made a less-than-half-pot bet of 1.1 million. Tamayo probably never saw the hand he was running into when he called. Buchman showed down 
for a turned full house, sixes full of nines.
The flop was
. Ivey led out for 120,000 and Shulman called. The turn was the 
and Ivey checked to Shulman, who bet 200,000. Ivey gave up his hand and Shulman won the pot.
The flop came
, and both checked. Both also checked the 
turn.The river brought the
, putting four spades on board. Both checked again. Kopp turned over 
for the straight, and Lamb mucked.Kopp is now up over 18 million, and Lamb at 7 million.
, then raised to 1.0 million after Akenhead bet 380,000. Akenhead snap-mucked to the raise, preserving his stack at 3.3 million.
He was in action again just now, raising to 275,000 from under the gun and getting a caller in Steven Begleiter from the button. The flop came down
. Kopp continued for 600,000, and Begleiter called. Both then checked the turn and river.Kopp showed
, and Begleiter mucked. Kopp has moved into the chip lead now with 19.1 million. Begleiter currently has 11.35 million.
Smith moved all in on the
flop and Maimone snap-called. Maimone
Smith
The stands surrounding the feature table exploded as Maimone hit the
on the turn. The river was the and Maimone scored a double-up to just over 4 million.
Smith checked the
flop over to Ivey, who checked behind. The fell on the turn and both players checked again. The on the river prompted an excited "oooh" from the crowd, but they checked it down again. Smith turned over
for two pair and Ivey mucked.
