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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2a
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Landgraf's opponent, Alexander Yaroshetskiy, raised to 1,200 preflop and Landgraf called. The flop came down
. Yaroshetskiy bet 5,000 into Landgraf and he called.The turn added another lady to the party with the
. Yaroshetskiy fired out 10,000 and Landgraf called.The river brought the
and Yaroshetskiy bet a hefty 20,000. Landgraf shoved and his opponent snap-called. Landgraf was happy to roll over 
for quad queens. Yaroshetskiy however, was holding a superior hand, 
, for the royal flush. The table erupted and one player even fell back out of his chair as he was leaning back in it.Yaroshetskiy is now up to 240,000 and Landgraf dropped all the way to 15,000.
held up against his opponent's 
. He is now at 14,000.
, Norman Gautron bet out and Gus Hansen called. The turn brought the 
and Gautron bet again. Hansen raised and then Gautron moved all in. Hansen snap-called with 
for the Broadway straight. Gautron held pocket threes for bottom set.The river was a dagger to the heart of Hansen when the
paired the board, sending him to the rail.
Baron has already been active. He lost 10,000 chips to Hennigan after raising 1,200 preflop, betting 2,400 on a flop of
, checking the 
turn and calling 6,500 on the 
river. Baron's pocket aces were cracked by Hennigan's 
, which turned a club flush."John Hennigan, ladies and gentleman," said Matusow.
A few hands later, Baron called a short stack's all in. Baron's
was in rough shape against the short stack's but flopped a set, 
. The set held through the river."Seven right in the window," exclaimed Matusow. "Isaac Baron, ladies and gentlemen. Loses 10,000 with aces and gets 4,000 back cracking someone else's aces."
. The turn brought the and Maimone checked. Yarosh bet 3,000 and Maimone called.The river brought the
and Maimone check-called a bet of 7,200 this time. Yarosh tabled for some whiffed Broadway cards. Maimone showed pocket nines and won the hand to move to 135,000.
The flop came down
and Allam checked. Maier fired a continuation bet of 3,500 before Campbell folded. Allam then raised all in for 9,150 total. Maier called holding for top two pair. Allam held 
for a straight draw and a flush draw.The turn was the
, giving Allam the flush. Maier failed to fill up on the river when the hit and dropped to 67,000.
