The tournament will be played hand for hand until the cash bubble bursts.
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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The tournament will be played hand for hand until the cash bubble bursts.
against Rifat Palevic's
but the board came
and Baron goes out agonizingly close to the money
, Peter Kremenliev checked to Benjamin Jensen, then raised Jensen's flop bet to 108,000. Jensen, wielding one of the larger stacks in the tournament, reraised to 225,000. Kremenliev folded
face up. That prompted Jensen to show down total air --
!


Nick Schulman checked over to Ed Perry who fired 18,000 from the cutoff. Schulman then check-raised to 55,000 with Perry making the call.The turn brought the
and Schulman led out for 120,000. Perry gave it up and Schulman extends himself to 680,000 chips.
and was called by Owen Crowe, who showed a pocket pair of fives,
. Butler didn't hit the flop or turn,
. That left him looking for an ace or an eight on the river. Instead it was a tournament-ending
, making a set of fives for Crowe to rub some salt in the wound of Butler's elimination from the Main Event just short of the money.
, and Castella was at risk with
. The board ran
, and Lyllof's flush took care of Castella.

against Steve Sanders' 
when the board ran out 



to give Sanders a pair of aces on the river.
Phillips responded by repopping it to 140,000, causing both of his opponents to fold. Phillips moves up to 570,000 as we approach the bubble.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500