The cameras swarmed around as Alvarado was in the tank, but both players folded and Esfandiari took it down. He's up to 245,000.
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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The cameras swarmed around as Alvarado was in the tank, but both players folded and Esfandiari took it down. He's up to 245,000.
He got his last in preflop, holding
and up against Saar Wilf's 
Board: a pretty decisive
"One forty-three one? Or one forty-three two?" he asked.
"Two," said the dealer confidently.
"Show it to me then," said Hellmuth. The dealer broke down the stacks again, and sure enough, Hellmuth was right. "People are gonna get paid the right amount when I'm at the table," he said to nobody in particular. Hellmuth is scowling and a bit grumpy right now.
Better stick close by his table.
.The turn was the
and the big blind led out with a bet of 9,000. Watkins folded and dropped to 102,100.
They saw a flop of
and the small blind led out for 9,500 with Harrington making the call.The turn produced the
and the small blind checked to Harrington who fired 16,000. The small blind player instantly called.The river was the
and the small blind hesitated before checking to Harrington who thought for a moment before adding 37,000 to the pot. The young player in the small blind immediately moved all in, stunning Harrington.After cutting down the chips it was an additional 36,700 and Harrington made a crying call.
His opponent flipped
for a rivered full house as again Harrington sat in shock, eventually flashing 
on its way to the muck.Harrington slips to 200,000.
Catching the action on the
flop, Lisandro pushed all in for his last 43,200 and was called by John Myung.Lisandro:
Myung:
With Lisandro drawing virtually dead, the
and 
would be the last turn and river he would see for the summer as he headed to the rail short of his seventh cash for the series.
and Bjorin moved his stack into the middle. Kostritsyn asked for a count, but then once the dealer got to about 100,000, he folded.Bjorin has been quiet, but that move pushed him over 250,000.
, and all three checked. The turn was the
. The player in the small blind checked, Daneshgar checked as well, and the third player bet 18,000. Only Daneshgar called.The river was the
. Daneshgar checked again, his opponent bet 45,000, and this time Daneshgar pushed all in for 76,000 more. His opponent made the call.Daneshgar showed
for the nut flush, and his opponent mucked. Daneshgar is up to 240,000 now.
. The opponent held pocket jacks. The turn was a 
and Shak still couldn't watch. After the river fell an 
, Shak returned to his table to gather in the chips and shake his opponent's hand that he just eliminated.Shak is now on 310,000.
to be ahead of his opponent's 
.When the board however dropped
, Buchanan was crippled to 3,500 in chips as his opponent doubled through to over 205,000 in chips.The next hand Buchanan would hit the rail when he was unable to best an opponent's
on a final board of 
.
