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

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 14:00 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 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 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 13:52 UTC-12

Two in a Row for Begleiter

[user25067]

Eric Buchman raised to 550,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the small blind.

Begleiter led out for 1.1 million on the {A-Hearts}

flop. Buchman folded and Begleiter won the pot.

07-15-2009 13:49 UTC-12

Begleiter Runner-Runners Two Pair

[user25067]

Jamie Robbins raised to 530,000 from the button and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind.

The flop came down {A-Clubs}

. Both players checked. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}

. Check-check again. The {5-Spades}

hit the river and Begleiter led for 750,000. Robbins made the call.

Begleiter showed {8-Spades}

for two pair and Robbins mucked.

07-15-2009 13:45 UTC-12

Antoine Saout Doubles Through James Akenhead

[user25067]

Antoine Saout raised to 550,000 from the cutoff, James Akenhead reraised from the button, Saout moved all in for 5,705,000 and Akenhead called.

Saout {8-Clubs}

Akenhead

The board ran out {10-Clubs}

and Saout doubled to 13,020,000. Akenhead was left with 2.6 million.

07-15-2009 13:37 UTC-12

Buchman Chips Away at Saout

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Eric Buchman raised to 550,000 and Antoine Saout made the call from the small blind.

The flop was {A-Spades}

. Saout checked to Buchman, who bet 800,000. Saout folded and Buchman won the pot.

07-15-2009 13:30 UTC-12

The Bracelet Awaits

Shamus

Of the remaining 14 players, Phil Ivey is, of course, the most decorated with his seven WSOP bracelets, two of which he won earlier this summer in Event No. 8 ($2,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw) and Event No. 25 ($2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better).

The only other player still with chips who owns a WSOP bracelet is Jordan Smith. He won his this summer in Event No. 36, a $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event.

Smith's name currently appears in the top half of the chip counts with his 16.5 million, while Ivey is lower down the list with 6.54 million.

07-15-2009 13:28 UTC-12

Ben Lamb Doubles Up

[user75032]

Ben Lamb's rail is ecstatic after watching their horse double up through Jeff Shulman. Shulman was the first preflop aggressor, opening the action to 700,000. Lamb was in the small blind and moved in for 1.71 million more when action passed to him. Shulman wasted little time in calling.

Lamb: {10-Diamonds}

Shulman:

"Teeeeeeen!" shouted his fans. "Ben-ba! Ben-ba! Ben-ba!" They were even more rowdy when the flop missed Shulman, {9-Clubs}

. The

turn and

river gave Lamb and his fans a shudder, but neither one improved Shulman to the best hand. He paid off the double-up, increasing Lamb's count to 4.9 million.

Tags: Ben Lamb Jeff Shulman