Hachem made the call with
and found the 
board much more favourable for himself than for his opponent who had 
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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2b
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Hachem made the call with
and found the board much more favourable for himself than for his opponent who had .
, Jordan Farmar fired a bet of 7,000 after his opponent checked to him. The player made the call.The turn brought the
and Farmar's opponent bet 14,000. Farmar called.The river was the
and Farmar called a 25,000-chip bet from his opponent. The player held 
for nothing a busted draw. Farmar tabled 
and moved up to 170,000.
Hachem questioned his opponent a few times before making 8,300 to go to put the decision back on the small blind.
There was no running away here, as the small blind reraised to 15,700 total as the action was put back to Hachem once again.
The ESPN cameras approached and fixed their lens and microphone squarely on one of the most popular poker brothers in the industry.
Eventually Hachem would release his hand but, after the small blind tabled his
, wish he had kept it so as not to slip to 131,000 in chips.
In a recent hand, Kalmar opened with a raise to 2,500 from the cutoff, and only the big blind called. The flop came
. The BB checked, Kalmar quickly tossed out a single orange (5,000) chip, and his opponent let it go.Kalmar is back to about 130,000 now.
and had run up against an opponent holding .The board came
, and Griffin was eliminated.
Akenhead and the gentleman on the big blind saw a
flop, and Akenhead called a 9,900 bet from his opponent.Come the
turn, the big blind checked, and then raised all in to a 22,500 bet from Akenhead. A call, a failure for the big blind to hit his flush, indeed a full house for Akenhead, and we lose the big blind.Big Blind:
for two pair and a flush drawAkenhead:
for a better two pairRiver:
to give Akenhead the full house.
flop. When the turn landed the
Koral fired 5,800 at the pot and his opponent check-called.The river landed the
and this time Koral's opponent took the lead; moving all in for his last 16,400 in chips."I think you missed" commented Koral, as he sat mulling over the decision for close to three minutes.
Finally Koral made the call tabling
for a rivered pair. His opponent tapped the table and threw his hand into the muck to award the pot to Koral as he climped to over 78,000 in chips.
.Daneshgar checked, the preflop raiser checked, and then the cutoff fired out 4,000. Daneshgar called and the other player folded.
The turn brought checks from both remaining players after the dealer placed the
on the felt.The river provided the
. Daneshgar fired out 3,800 and his opponent called. Daneshgar tabled 
, but lost to his opponent's pocket eights. He's down a little bit to 70,000.
The flop came
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
. Hellmuth reached for his chips, then tapped the felt. Mukherjee checked as well. The river was the
. Hellmuth wasted little time firing out a bet of 7,000, and Mukherjee folded. On the next hand, Hellmuth opened with a button raise and claimed the blinds and antes. Hellmuth is up to 145,000 now.
into another player's aces and receiving no miraculous assistance from the board. He's down to 27,000.
