. Gazes tabled 
.The flop was
and the turn 
, and Gazes was still ahead although needed to avoid an ace, king, or heart. The river then brought the 
, and Gazes shook hands with everyone as he left. Brooks is now up to 185,000.
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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. Gazes tabled .The flop was
and the turn , and Gazes was still ahead although needed to avoid an ace, king, or heart. The river then brought the , and Gazes shook hands with everyone as he left. Brooks is now up to 185,000.
, the action checked to Tim "Luckyshades" Horan, who fired a bet of 5,000. His opponent in the small blind then minimum check-raised to 10,000. Horan quickly called.The turn brought the
and the small blind tossed out 10,000. Horan raised it up to 25,000 and his opponent made the call.The river brought the
and the small blind led again, this time for a small bet of 15,000 into the very healthy pot.Horan tanked for several minutes, riffling his chips, appearing as if he was about to raise, but tossed out three 5,000-denomination chips to make the call.
Both players were reluctant to show their cards as Horan motioned to the small blind to show first. He revealed
for just ace-high as Horan dropped his head and slowly slid his cards into the muck."I knew you didn't hit," sighed Horan. "I wish I'd raised!"
Horan slips to 70,000.
. Somerville went into the tank for three minutes before reluctantly calling. "You got jacks full?" said Somerville, and didn't looked too surprised when his opponent flipped over
. Somerville nodded his head and showed 
. Somerville takes a hit and is now at 190,000.
, Jesse Jones led out for 15,000 into the fairly hefty pot.His only opponent in the hand quickly moved all in and with Jones having most of his chips committed to the pot, he made the call for his tournament life.
Jones:
Opponent:
The turn and river landed the
and 
, and with Jones unable to improve, he headed to the rail.
The flop came
and Gerasimov made a continuation bet of 4,000. The big blind called quickly and once again checked dark to the turn.The turn brought the
and Gerasimov bet 10,500. Five orange chips then immediately flew out of the big blinds hand, making a check-raise to 25,000. Gerasimov thought for only a moment before giving up the hand. The big blind shared one of his cards with the table - a king.
Kirill Gerasimov - 42,000
Showdown
Grigsby:
Joanides:
Joanides was in bad shape, probably looking for a jack to stay alive. And sure enough, he caught one of his two save cards on a board of
. That third-of-a-kind on the turn was a beautiful sight for Joanides, rising from the ashes to double up through the former top fiver. After several early setbacks, Grigsby is all the way back to 190,000.
Antonio:
Opponent:
The board ran out
. Dr. Esfandiari is now down to 67,000.
. The river fell 
and brought another bet of 16,000 chips from Scott's opponent. With the ESPN cameras rolling, Scott thought over her decision and finally called. Her opponent dejectedly mucked his hand. Scott opened
for two pair, jacks and eights, to collect the pot.
Katchalov eyed up his opponents with a few glares before making it 40,000 to go, which quickly prompted three folds.
Katchalov:
Topakas:
The board ran out
and Topakas hit the rail as Katchalov climbed to 268,000 in chips.
, Farzad Rouhani was all in with for the broadway staight. However, his opponent had the same straight with but was free rolling to the river with a flush draw.The river was the
, giving Rouhani's opponent a flush and eliminating Rouhani from the tournament.
