One more level before we bag and tag.
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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One more level before we bag and tag.
against the 
of the button.The board came
allowing Lederer's pocket jacks to hold up. He doubles and is now at 39,400.
holding 
against his oppoenent's nut flush draw with the 
. The turn brought the , making the flush and sending Cantu to the rail. The river completed the board with the 
.
He rubbed his eyes, checked his cards and pondered his position. "I don't really want to call half my stack on a coin flip," he said pretty much to himself. After another 30 seconds, Harrington said "I'll give it to you," and mucked his hand.
Lisandro raised to 900 from late position and the big blind called. The flop came
. The big blind checked, Lisandro made a continuation bet of 1,700 and his opponent made the call.The turn brought the
and the big blind led out for 2,600. Lisandro called.The river was the
and both players checked it down.Big blind:
Lisandro:
Lisandro took down the pot with tens and eights, ace kicker. He is now up to 135,200.
, Tehan got the remaining 19,750 of his chips into the pot, and his opponent was right there to put him at risk with 
. Tehan's 
was miles ahead though, and the board would run out blanks to lock up the pot. Tehan more than doubles up, sitting pretty with 70,500 now.
. His opponent held a dominating position though with a broadway draw, .The board ran out
. Despite neither player hitting their wheel or broadway, Batista's opponent's pair of kings eliminated Chad from the tournament.
. Richey had flopped middle set with 
and was called a player who was drawing two ways, 
. The turn paired the board to take all of the drama out of the hand. It was a good thing for Richey; the river fell to fill Richey's opponent's flush.Richey doubled up to 24,000.
The flop came
. The big blind led out for 4,500 and Merkow called.The turn brought the
and after a check from the big blind, Merkow bet 6,000. The big blind sheepishly mucked his hand and Merkow slammed 
to the felt yelling "You want to gamble!? We can gamble!"He rakes in the pot and is currently at 65,500.
