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Markholt:
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Markholt added the button's chips to his own, making a stack of about 100,000 chips that he dropped into a chip bag for the journey to the Amazon Room.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Button:
Markholt:
Board:
Markholt added the button's chips to his own, making a stack of about 100,000 chips that he dropped into a chip bag for the journey to the Amazon Room.
and there was about 30,000 in the middle. A player in middle position bet 22,000, and Kara Scott thought a moment before announcing a raise to 55,000. Her opponent quickly let it go.Scott has 335,000 now.
We join the action in a heads-up confrontation following a preflop raise. On a flop of
, Jerry Wong checked, ElkY bet 9,200, and Wong called. The 
came on the turn, and this time ElkY checked behind Wong.The river card was the
. Wong mustered the gumption to fire a bet, and he slid 33,000 chips out into the middle of the table. After just a quick second to consider, ElkY made the call. Wong instantly tapped the felt, said, "Nice call," and mucked his hand. ElkY turned over 
as was required to earn him the pot.
flop. It checked to Esfandiari under the gun, who bet 12,500. Everyone got out of the way except Robert Mizrachi in the small blind, who flatted instead, and they saw a turn.The turn was the
and Mizrachi checked. Esfandiari bet 28,000 and again, Mizrachi called.Come the
river, Esfandiari went all in. Mizrachi finally folded, and the pot belonged to Esfandiari.Esfandiari up to 265,000, Mizrachi down to just 51,000.
The flop came down
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Arieh checked again. Hellmuth fired 8,000 and Arieh called.The river brought the
and Arieh took a moment to himself. He then bet out 20,000. Hellmuth didn't seem too thrilled and took his time. After about a minute went by, he tossed in the call. Arieh tabled 
for top two pair and Hellmuth mucked."Nice dealing, buddy. You just gave the guy that gave me 100 two pair, nice one," Hellmuth said, while Arieh chuckled. Hellmuth then went on to explain to Arieh how he's going to get all of his chips.
"We're gonna play a big pot," said Hellmuth. "And I'm gonna show you the nuts."
"I can't wait," responded Arieh. "The window's always open."
"You deal me king-queen and him king-jack and he gets there. Unreal," finished Hellmuth.
"Nice call," said Arieh sarcastically.
. Van Den Berg turned over .The community cards came
, and Van Den Berg doubles back to 160,000.
, and both checked. The turn was the . The preflop raiser checked, Phillips bet 11,000, and his opponent called.The river was the
. Again it checked to Phillips who bet 20,000 this time, and his opponent called. "King-high," said Phillips. His opponent turned over 
and took the pot.Phillips is at 245,000.
. Caby kept the heat on with a bet of 12,000. That was enough to fold two of the players, but one opponent came along to the turn. The next card off was the . Caby checked this time, and he would fold to a bet of 12,000 from his opponent. That fold puts him down to 37,000.
The flop came
and Palevic checked. Latimer took his time staging his chips before betting 17,500. Palevic immediatly check raised to 40,000 and Latimer made the call.The turn brought the
and again, Palevic checked. It would be several minutes before Latimer finally bet out 75,000. Palevic called quickly.The river was the
and Palevic checked for the third time. Latimer checked behind and their hands were turned face up.Palevic:
Latimer:
Fives and sevens take down the large pot and Latimer moves up to 397,000 while Palevic drops to 530,000.
