. The UTG player checked behind.The turn was the
and Wayans fired 1,500. His opponent quickly called and the 
hit the river. Wayans fired an identical 1,500 and again was met with a call.Wayans tabled
for two pair to take it down.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
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. The UTG player checked behind.The turn was the
and Wayans fired 1,500. His opponent quickly called and the hit the river. Wayans fired an identical 1,500 and again was met with a call.Wayans tabled
for two pair to take it down.
when his opponent held pocket threes.He's now down to 26,000.
, Shannon Shorr bet 17,000, which was enough to put his opponent Phil Galfond all in. Galfond would go into the tank for four minutes before making the call. Shorr tabled 
for three nines, "Nice hand" said Galfond as he tapped the table and made a graceful exit. On another table we found Jeff Madsen all in on a flop of
. Madsen held 
and was well behind his opponent's 
. The turn and river would fall 
sending Madsen to the rail.
flop.Both players checked the
turn, and Mr. Original Raiser check-called a teeny tiny 525 from Somerville on the 
river. Somerville's 
was good against Mr. Raiser's 
, and he's up to 36,000.
Consequently, we at PokerNews, think we should elaborate a little more on the man they call 'Tahoe'.
Hailing from Walnut Creek, California, Andrew first came to public attention when he captured two bracelets in 1976 in a $1,000 and $2,500 No Limit Holdem event for a $23,000 and $28,000 win-fall respectively.
Since then, Andrew has played every WSOP Main Event for the past 35 years while collecting seventeen total cashes including four Main Event in-the-money finishes including an 8th placing in 1984 to Jack Keller.
35 years WSOP experience, two bracelets and over $1,200,000 in tournament earnings sure puts Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew in an elite class of WSOP veterans that not too many can match.
Sitting with just over 22,800 in chips, Andrew will be looking to add another cash to his impressive poker CV.
Over at Robert's table, he and three others limped in to see a flop come
. It checked around to Varkonyi who bet 800, and only the player in the big blind called. The turn was the 
. This time Varkonyi bet 1,500 when checked to, and again his opponent called.Both checked the
river. Varkonyi showed 
for jacks, and his opponent 
for the busted straight draw. Varkonyi is back close to the starting stack now with 29,000.
held up against an opponent's 
.The board ran out
to see Schoenfeld's opponent crippled as he raked in the huge pot to put him within reach of the chip leaders.
Tran re-raised once again; this time to 10,000, and once the player caught in the middle folded, Kang made the call.
The flop fell down
and Kang check-called Tran's all in shove.Tran:
Kang:
The turn and river fell the
and 
to see Tran hit the rail as Kang soars to 55,600 in chips.
The flop came down
. Action checked to Nathwani and he bet 3,000. Ivey called and the next player folded. The player after that raised all in for 13,350. Nathwani folded, but Ivey made the call.Ivey held top pair,
, but was well behind his opponent's set of nines, . The turn and river were the 
and , allowing the player to double up and then some, mostly through Ivey. Ivey himself dropped to 55,000.
