Seat 3: Richard Tatalovich
Seat 4: Jason Alexander
Seat 6: Nick Binger
Seat 9: Marc "Myst" Karam
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Seat 3: Richard Tatalovich
Seat 4: Jason Alexander
Seat 6: Nick Binger
Seat 9: Marc "Myst" Karam
and after two kings flopped, doubled up to over 80,000.
flop, Seth Thomsen called his opponent's all in holding 
to be in great shape against 
.The turn and river fell the
and 
to see Thomsen send his opponent packing, while also climbing to 235,000 in chips.
The flop came
. The MP player checked, Phillips bet 21,000, the button called, and the third player folded. The turn was the 
, and both players checked.The river was the
. This time Phillips bet 35,000, and the button folded. Phillips is up to 360,000 now.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
, only Sebok called a bet of 6,000 from the preflop aggressor.The turn was the
. Sebok again checked, then called 7,500. The river fell . Sebok checked a third time and saw his opponent bet 15,000.That bet sent Sebok deep into the tank. "Not even scared of the ten, huh?" Sebok asked. His opponent made no response. After another minute, Sebok reluctantly folded.
"Ten didn't even scare you?" he asked a second time. His opponent replied that it was a good card and opened
for a full house, queens full of tens.
, and Giang made the call with .Right in the door came the
, and the flop rolled out 
. The 
that hit the turn was a bit of a sweat for Giang, giving his opponent a Broadway draw. It wouldn't come, and an 
on the river was too little, too late. Giang gets the knockout, chipping his way up to about 160,000 now, triple his starting stack.
Things started out normally enough as Hellmuth check-called his opponent's 6,000 chip bet on a board of
. Hellmuth checked the 
on the turn and his opponent led for 6,000 more. Hellmuth raised to 16,000, and his opponent called.When Hellmuth led for 15,000 at the
on the river, his opponent took just over a second before moving all in for an additional 104,900, completely confusing Hellmuth. "What is this? What in the world? Where did you find that card?" Hellmuth asked before falling deep into the tank.As he sat trying to work things through, the table attracted a huge crowd of camera people, reporters and eager spectators. Hellmuth appeared not to notice as he continued to puzzle things together. "You bluffing? You got it?" he asked.
His opponent sat quietly listening to his iPod and doing his best to ignore Hellmuth's questions. "Wow, this is like my whole world series," Hellmuth added. "I don't think you'd move in with aces. I feel like I have you," he continued.
A few minutes later, Hellmuth continued on. "I'm sorry I'm thinking so long guys, but this is my whole world series. My instincts say I have you buddy," Hellmuth said finally before making the call.
Hellmuth:
Opponent:
"Yes! My tournament life on the line baby. Every time I tried to fold, my instincts wouldn't let me," Hellmuth exclaimed when he saw his winning straight. The 15-minute hand ended right at the break and took Hellmuth's stack to 320,000.
