2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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With the board showing
, Kevin Schaffel shoved all in from early position, and the action was on Mike Carlson in the cutoff. Schaffel had Carlson covered, so Carlson's tourney life was at risk.Finally Carlson made the call, and Schaffel turned over
for the nut flush. Carlson mucked, and we are down to 649 players. One more elimination until the money! Tension is high!
and Chait showed the 
that he had folded.Michael flashed the
as they mucked and Chait went into a rant against himself for making the fold, kicking his own chair at one point.We're still on the bubble.
and called by a player with 
. Things were grim for the player with aces after a flop of 
made two pair for his opponent. But the turn and river came running deuces, 
and 
, to make a bigger two pair for the short-stacked and all-in player. When Jack Effel announced the action to the room, a smattering of boos went up.
The flop came
. Phillips bet 20,000 and Tran called.The turn brought the
Phillips bet again, this time for 30,000. Tran check raised to 80,000 and Phillips smooth called.The river was the
and Phillips bet 130,000. Tran mucked his hand and Phillips showed 
for the straight.Lou Diamond Phillips - 565,000
J.C. Tran - 150,000
.Perner bet 33,500 and Wu folded before Graydon raised to 90,000. Perner tanked before finally calling. The turn brought the
and a bet of 58,500 from Perner. Graydon just called and we saw the river, which brought the 
and a potential wheel. Perner took some time before checking to Graydon who bet 120,000. This time, Perner went deep into the tank, taking nearly five minutes before finally calling. When Graydon showed 
for a pair of twos, Perner happily tabled 
and took the monster pot.
, the 1978 Main Event champion Bobby Baldwin was all in on a draw, , against Elias Eldon's pocket queens, . "We're rooting for the guy with queens," said a player at a nearby table who stood up to watch the action. "That other guy -- the whole room is against him."
The turn
gave Baldwin some additional outs. He filled one of his draws when the 
hit the river, drawing groans from everyone around the table.
Anderson was clearly pained by his decision, and after a long silence he finally spoke up. "You've got ace-king, right?" he asked. There was no response. After another few minutes, he finally lowered his head and sent his cards back to the muck. The table pleaded for Hensel to show, but he wouldn't oblige. As the dealer was riffling the cards though, Hensel said he had aces and complimented his opponent on making a good bubble fold.
On to the next deal!
There's a lot of tension and nervous excitement in the room, as one would expect, although there are also a lot of very relaxed-seeming players, too (the ones with above-average chips, of course). Many players have gotten to know their tablemates quite well over the last hour-and-a-half as they've sat around chatting, waiting for the next hand to be dealt.
Perhaps Hand No. 11 will be the one. Stay tuned.
Out on the secondary table, players are blowing off steam between hands by getting up from their seats, talking to friends and family on the rail, and generally relaxing. On the main feature table, that's not happening, as players are being asked to stay in their seats between hands.
There's not a lot of talking between the players at the primary feature table either, as everyone seems lost in their own thoughts of how they're going to spend the money they're all hoping to win once the bubble bursts.
