2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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, the big blind checked to the preflop aggressor, who bet 1,600. Hachem called and then the big blind called as well.All players checked the
turn. When the river fell 
, the big blind led out for 2,500. Her bet folded the preflop aggressor, but not Hachem. He raised to 8,000."You've got it this time, don't you?" Hachem's opponent asked.
"You can make a great call," responded Hachem.
"I'm actually quite strong," she countered, perhaps implying that she didn't need to make a great call.
"Then calling might not be a bad mistake," were the last words uttered by Hachem before his opponent called. She mucked when Hachem turned over the nuts,
, to climb to 76,000.
. The small blind put out a single 5,000 chip and sent Howard Lederer into the tank for several minutes. Looking tortured, he folded his hands over his eyes and bowed his head toward the felt as he pondered a call. Some time later, Lederer made a frustrated fold.
"What did you put him on?" he asked, turning to the long-haired gentleman to his right.
"A flush."
"A flush?! He didn't have a flush," muttered the Professor as he counted down the 17,500 remaining in his stack.
Action folded around to the button who made the huge call.
Baca:
Button:
The board came
giving Baca an ace-high diamond flush on the river. * * *
On the very next hand, Baca limped into the pot and a player in middle position raised to 1,100. Action folded back around to Baca, who made the call.
The flop came
. Baca bet 1,000 and the player in middle postion called. The turn brought the 
and both players checked. The river was the . Baca bet 6,000 into the 4,800 pot.His opponent folded and Baca flashed
for quads.Baca was sent here via a pool collected in his home game. Although his betting patterns may seem erratic, this home game hero is almost back to his starting stack with 25,600
and the small blind check-called Lisandro's bet of 600.Both players checked the
on the turn and the small blind led for 1,750 when the board paired again with the . Lisandro raised an additional 4,000 and the small blind tanked for nearly two minutes before making the call.Lisandro turned over the
and waited for a reaction. When the small blind tabled 
for 8s full, Lisandro revealed his kicker, the 
and took the pot with the bigger house. He now has about 132,000 chips.
, with Watkinson calling.Both players checked the
turn. When the river fell 
, Nguyen tried firing another 2,000 chips. Again Watkinson called."I guess you got it, eh baby?" said Nguyen as he opened
. Watkinson did indeed have it, winning the pot with 
.
The flop came
and Witteles moved all in for 19,100. The button couldn't call the bet and mucked his hand. Todd Witteles - 35,400
.The betting quickly intensified as Seth led for 1,800 and got raised to 5,500. Seth reraised to 14,100 and the cutoff moved all in for approximately 35,000. Seth made the call.
Seth:
Cutoff:
Seth pulled ahead of his opponent's set when he turned the
for his flush, and faded his opponent's remaining outs when the board failed to pair with the 
on the river. The hand lifted Seth's stack to 108,000.
There was some preflop action and on the flop of
, Bellande fired a bet of 2,000 after his opponent checked to him from the small blind. Bellande was on the button. His opponent raised to 5,000 and then Bellande made the call.The turn brought the
and Bellande's opponent checked again. Bellande fired 8,000 and then his opponent raised all in for 18,750 total. With the action back on him, Bellande tanked for a solid few minutes before looking around as if trying to find someone to talk to. He finally found Allie Prescott."Allie, Allie. Come here, I'm about to be all in, check this out." he said as Prescott stopped in his tracks and leaned up against the rail next to Bellande's table.
The dealer then turned to Bellande and said, "Sir, it's on you."
"What? I know it's on me. How can you ask that, it's been on me for a few minutes. That's so rude." responded Bellande.
Bellande then uttered, "I have to call, I think I have to call."
Another minute or so passed before the player in seat eight chimed in by asking if Bellande had to call, because of what he said. Another player in seat three then chimed in and asked for the clock. Bellande responded by saying how rude the two players were and even brought up a previous hand in which the players questioning the call didn't call the clock on another player when he had taken far longer than Bellande had been taking. Finally, the floor was summoned to the table.
It was ruled that from what Bellande said, he had to call. "I know, I'm going to call." said Bellande. "You're right." He then made the call.
Bellande's opponent immediately complimented Bellande on making the call and even stuck his hand out. "What do you mean nice call?" questioned Bellande.
The player tabled
for only ace high and Bellande tabled 
. The dealer then burned and dealt the river, the 
. It would not be a repeat of last year, when Bellande was eliminated in stunning fashion. Instead, he made a full house and moved to 70,000 chips.
. He was looked up by one opponent who showed down . Jamshidi was ahead and looking to double up with 
.The turn was a blank
, but the that hit the river counterfeited Jamshidi's two pair, giving his opponent aces up. Aces and fours are good, and our mustachioed pro is out.
