Set over set for Theo
Facing a raise from Ilya Gorodetskiy to 4,500 from middle position, Theo Tran made the call on the button holding a pair of queens.
The flop fell down and Ilya Gorodetskiy led out for 7,500. Tran raised to 20,500 total. Gorodetskiy then reraised an additional 40,000 and Tran put in yet another reraise; this time to 90,000 total.
Gorodetskiy made the call for his tournament life, tabling a set holding .
When the board bricked out, Tran eliminated Ilya Gorodetskiy while climbing to 367,000 in chips.
A boisterous ovation just erupted from the featured table, and we could see Jeff Lisandro standing up and shaking hands with Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack as some quick words were exchanged. The rest of the featured table stood to shake Lisandro's hand as well as the roaring applause continued. A moment later, Media Director Nolan Dalla confirmed our suspicions over the PA system.
Jeff Lisandro has just locked up Player of the Year honors for 2009! Ville Wahlbeck was the only man within striking distance of Lisandro's lofty 355 point total, and it appears the Finn has just been knocked out. It truly was a remarkable and historic Series for Lisandro, picking up three bracelets over the course of the seven weeks. And he's still in the running for number four, we might add. What's even more remarkable is how he did it, absolutely running over three final tables to win the Stud Triple Crown -- one bracelet in each of Stud, Stud Hi/Lo, and Razz.
Congratulations to Jeff Lisandro for his amazing run and on capturing one of the most significant titles here at the WSOP, Player of the Year!
A player in early position raised to 4,000 and a player in middle position made the call. Jean-Robert Bellande then three-bet from late position for 16,000. Action folded back around to the original raiser, who moved all in. The other player folded and Bellande mucked his cards as quick as possible to the dealer.
Jean-Robert Bellande is down more than 100,000 from where he started the day and is currently at 37,000.
Jennifer Harman Eliminated
Jennifer Harman's dreams of WSOP glory have been dashed after her last chips were taken from her.
She was all in from the small blind for 17,800 on a flop of , but her opponent in the big blind was happy to call and tabled for two pair. Harman wasn't dead yet as she flipped for a pair and flush draw.
The turn improved Harman to two pair but she still trailed and the on the river ended her run in the Main Event.
It's quite an interesting field to follow here in the orange section of the Amazon Room -- every time we look up, the field seems to have completely changed.
The reason for this is that in an effort to get everyone in the Amazon Room by the end of the day, they're breaking orange section tables and moving whole tables in from the Brasilia Room to fill the spaces they leave behind.
Recently appeared in the orange section: Trond Eidsvig, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, Mark Gregorich, Ivo Donev and Kara Scott.
With the board showing , two players checked to Greg "FBT" Mueller on the button who bet 7,000, and just one of his opponents stuck around. The river was the . Mueller's opponent checked. Then Mueller bet 10,000 and was called.
Mueller turned over , and his opponent mucked. Mueller has 345,000 now.
After one player limped in from early position, Adam Junglen raised the action to 6,000. He was called by the small blind before the big blind reraised to 36,000. That reraise folded the early-position limper and brought the action back to Junglen.
Junglen wanted to know how much his opponent was playing behind the 36,000. He was told that it was roughly 45,000. After weighing this piece of information, Junglen reraised to 101,500. That took care of the small blind, but not the big blind. After thinking it over, the big blind called all in for 82,200.
Junglen:
Big blind:
The board ran out no help for Junglen, . After paying off the big blind, Junglen fell to 51,000 chips.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
A short while after losing that two pair-versus-set of tens hand, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got it back and then some, benefiting greatly from an opponent's badly-timed bluff.
After a flop of , Grospellier bet 15,500 from the cutoff, his opponent raised to 40,500 from the button, ElkY reraised to 83,000, and his opponent called.
The turn was the , and this time Grospellier bet 55,000. His opponent -- who had ElkY covered -- immediately pushed all in, and Grospellier didn't waste much time calling.
Grospellier turned over for a set of fours, while his opponent showed for a lot of nothing. The on the river didn't matter, and Grospellier leaps up toward the top of the leaderbaord with 470,000.
Antonio Esfandiari has dropped down to around 85,000 after a blind-on-blind confrontation turned into a rather large pot.
We caught up with it on the turn of the board, when Esfandiari bet out 8,100. The big blind called and they saw the river. Esfandiari now bet out 15,400 and his opponent called again. Esfandiari confidently turned over -- but the big blind was holding and took the pot.
A short-stacked player shoved for 29,200 from UTG and an older gentleman moved all in behind him for 78,500 from middle position.
"All in and an call on Table 8!" shouted the dealer. A floor supervisor came over to watch the action.
"You have to wait for the cameras. I want to be on TV. I at least deserve that for my $10,000! Come on, where's the cameras!"
"Sir, you still have action behind you," said the supervisor as he pointed at the player in the big blind, who was contemplating a call. The older gentleman apologized.
The big blind folded, and the UTG player turned up his .
"Wait, I want to wait for the cameras! I want to be on TV!"
"Sir, we don't control what hands they choose to film."
Positively crestfallen, the older gentleman turned up .
The flop came down and the UTG played screamed "Yes! Hold'em! Come on!" as he clapped his hands together.
The dealer quickly put out the on the turn and the on the river, and awarded the pot to the UTG player, who received an excessive celebration warning. He sunk back into his seat having earned a double-up. The older gentleman was left with 56,000 and was not eliminated.
and Ilya Gorodetskiy led out for 7,500. Tran raised to 20,500 total. Gorodetskiy then reraised an additional 40,000 and Tran put in yet another reraise; this time to 90,000 total.
, but her opponent in the big blind was happy to call and tabled 
for two pair. Harman wasn't dead yet as she flipped 
for a pair and flush draw.
turn improved Harman to two pair but she still trailed and the 
on the river ended her run in the Main Event.
, two players checked to Greg "FBT" Mueller on the button who bet 7,000, and just one of his opponents stuck around. The river was the 
, and his opponent mucked. Mueller has 345,000 now.
. After paying off the big blind, Junglen fell to 51,000 chips.
, Grospellier bet 15,500 from the cutoff, his opponent raised to 40,500 from the button, ElkY reraised to 83,000, and his opponent called.
, and this time Grospellier bet 55,000. His opponent -- who had ElkY covered -- immediately pushed all in, and Grospellier didn't waste much time calling. 
for a set of fours, while his opponent showed 
for a lot of nothing. The 
on the river didn't matter, and Grospellier leaps up toward the top of the leaderbaord with 470,000.
board, when Esfandiari bet out 8,100. The big blind called and they saw the 
and took the pot.
and the UTG played screamed "Yes! Hold'em! Come on!" as he clapped his hands together. 
on the river, and awarded the pot to the UTG player, who received an excessive celebration warning. He sunk back into his seat having earned a double-up. The older gentleman was left with 56,000 and was not eliminated. 
