2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Schoenfeld Takes a Stand
Lehavot checked the flop of , Schoenfeld then made a pot sized bet of 12,000, Lehavot raised to 30,000. Schoenfeld thought for a minute before going all in for 55,000 more, Lehavot folded.
"Bankrolls on Swoll," touted Schoenfeld who is sitting on 132,000. Lehavot is at 585,000.
Big Stacks Get Bigger
Portal Runs Into Rockets
Portal tabled but her opponent showed the rockets - !
The flop gave Portal some glimmer of hope when it arrived . However the on the turn and on the river gave her opponent the double up. Portal is back down to 75,000.
De Wolfe Eliminated
Jesper Jets Ahead
In one of the first hands of the level, Hougaard had opened with a raise to 3,200 from the hijack, and Starner called from the button. The flop came and both checked. The turn was the , Hougaard bet 4,500, and Starner called. The river brought the . Hougaard checked, Starner bet 8,000, and after a long pause Hougaard let it go.
Just now came another hand involving the two. After a flop, Starner had bet, Hougaard raised from the button, Starner reraised 13,500 more, then Hougaard went ahead and repopped it to 100,000 -- more than what Starner had left behind. Starner thought a bit, then called. Hougaard flipped over . "That's good," said Starner, turning over .
The turn was the and the river the , and Starner is out. Hougaard is now up to 245,000.
Justin Young Takes Out a Player
The board came giving Young a flush and the hand to eliminate his opponent.
Justin Young - 235,000
Gobbo Getting Creative
Both players checked the turn. The river was a repeater, the . Fricke's opponent checked. Fricke made a bet of 16,000. His opponent wasn't happy to call but did anyway. He was even less happy when Fricke showed for two pair, jacks and deuces. It was the winner.
Fricke is up to about 150,000.
Will Mitchell Doubles Up
Featured Tables
Featured Table
Seat 1: Frank Ward
Seat 2: George Hardie
Seat 3: Claus Nielsen
Seat 4: James Mosele
Seat 5: Sol Bergren
Seat 6: Joe Hachem
Seat 7: George Lusby
Seat 8: Andrew Dakoski
Seat 9: Jeff Lisandro
Secondary Featured Table
Seat 1: Tim Haecker
Seat 2: Stuart Atkin
Seat 3: Chris Bush
Seat 4: Joe Luht
Seat 5: Ville Wahlbeck
Seat 6: David Frederic
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Mr. Gaines
Seat 9: Kenny Tran