2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Max Greenwood Eliminated By Kenny Tran

From the cut Max Greenwood moved all in for 86,500. Prahlad Friedman called from the button and Kenny Tran moved all in from the big blind. Friedman then got out of the way.

Kenny Tran: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Max Greenwood: {Q-Spades} {J-Hearts}

The board came {A-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {K-Spades} {9-Spades} giving Tran a set and the pot to eliminate Max Greenwood from the Main Event.

Kenny Tran - 800,000
Prahlad Friedman - 150,000
Max Greenwood - eliminated

Tags: Kenny TranMax GreenwoodPrahlad Friedman

Row Row Row Your Boat?

It's like a chorus in rounds here in the Amazon Room now that the bubble has burst.

"All in and call!"
"All in and call!"
"All in and call!"
"All in and call!"

The payouts table and the cashiers at the cage are going to be very, very busy for the next hour.

Added Time

Players celebrate making the money
Players celebrate making the money
Since 13 hands were played while the tourney was being played hand for hand, tourney officials have added three minutes per hand -- 39 minutes -- back to the clock.

Kia Hamadani went out with just a tick left in Level 16, so we'll play those last 39 minutes now before the players take their next break.

Kia Hamadani = Bubble Boy

Kia Hamadan busting
Kia Hamadan busting
The bubble has finally burst!

After being blinded and anted down over the past level, Kia Hamadani was finally all in for his 500-chip ante as Reed Hensel raised it up to 17,000 from the hijack position. Both blinds made the call.

The flop landed {Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Hensel fired 20,000 to force folds from the two live players.

Incredibly, Hensel tabled an imaginative {9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, perhaps to the dismay of the remaining 647 players in the room who wanted to burst this bubble. However they didn't need to worry as Hamadani could only find {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} in the hole as Hensel held the lead with his nine-high.

Hensel sealed the deal when the {9-Diamonds} spiked on the turn and followed it up with the {9-Spades} on the river to take down the pot.

Kia Hamadani is eliminated as the bubble boy as the Amazon Room exploded into a round of applause and cheers, as they are now officially in the money!

Hamadani was then introduced to the room as it was announced that he wouldn't quite go home empty-handed. The WSOP and Jack Link's have agreed to buy-in Hamadani into the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event! Better luck next year!

Tags: Kia HamadaniReed Hensel

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