His table is being moved to the Amazon room at the start of the break as he hopes to continue his dominance over there.
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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His table is being moved to the Amazon room at the start of the break as he hopes to continue his dominance over there.
and 40,000 already in the middle, Ken Aldridge checked, Rich Belsky bet 15,000, then Aldridge check-raised all in for 65,000, forcing the fold from Belsky. Aldridge showed pocket sevens as he dragged the pot.Aldridge is up to 94,000, and Belsky is at 44,000.
against an opponent's 
.The board ran out
to see Rodman spike am ace on the river to stay alive and double through to 59,000 in chips.
, and one queen on the flop and another on the turn sent him to the rail.
, with Chris 'Genius28' Lee moving all in with a big overbet to put his opponent to a decision for all of his 32,400 chips.After a few moments of thought, Lee's opponent made the call and tabled
as Lee was caught on the bluff with just 
.Lee slipped back to 13,500 chips, and was eliminated shortly after on a board of
against an opponent holding 
.
flop. It folded to Naalden who bet 3,000, and only the player on the button called. The turn was the 
, and Naalden bet 7,000. Again his opponent called quickly.The river was the
. This time Naalden bet 20,000, and once again got the call. He turned over 
for the flopped flush, and his opponent mucked. Naalden is up to 195,000 now.
, Alexia Portal had bet 11,000 into a 30,000 pot on the river which put her opponent into the tank. You could tell he had given some serious thought to the bet, as all but perhaps two of the other players were taking an opportunity to stretch their legs.
Eventually he made the call and Portal flipped
. "Same hand!" he cried, turning over 
and they split the pot.
Board:
Heyward bet out 16,000, and after some pondering, Albertson called, leaving himself 30,000 behind.
They both checked the
river, and Albertson confidently flipped . Heyward looked at his hand for a minute, unintentionally (we think!) slow-rolling Albertson -- after a moment she flipped to take the pot and put her up to 120,000.
A short-stacked player in the small blind then moved all in for his last 20,600 to prompt a fold from Lemke. Hachem eventually made the call.
Hachem:
Opponent:
The flop of
thrust Hachem into the lead, and when the turn dropped the it seemed as though Hachem had one hand on the chips in the middle.However, when the river fell the two-outer
, Hachem's opponent spiked the river to stay alive as Hachem slipped to 155,000 in chips.
Schwartz held pocket kings with all the chips in preflop against the ace-king of Gazes.
However, the board was spread
and Gazes hit his ace to eliminate Schwartz from the tournament.
