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

Schwartz Busts

Marla Schwartz has hit the rail, her pocket {10-Spades} {10-Hearts} no good at all against Pat O'Malley's {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}. A jack on the turn gave Schwartz straight outs, but she rivered only dust and is busto.

Board: {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {2-Clubs}

Bubble Boy

The remaining players are, of course, all in the money, and they owe their upcoming paychecks to one man in particular. In the middle of the day yesterday, the money bubble arrived and lingered for quite while. Kia Hamadani decided he'd put a stop to it, getting all in for his ante of 500 chips and bursting the bubble for the rest of the field. Melissa Castello caught up with everyone's hero shortly thereafter:

Tags: Kia Hamadani

The Levi Busts

David Levi was all in for 29,000. Michael Cassela called in a later position, but folded after Clayton Newman reraised all in. Levi had {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} and was racing against with Newman. This time Newman held {10-Spades} {10-Clubs}.

The flop ran out {K-Spades} {10-Hearts} {4-Spades} and things got grimmer for Levi. he did pick up a gutshot though. The turn brought the {J-Spades}, nailing Levi's gutshot straight and giving him the best hand. It looked as if he was going to double, but just as the dealer giveth, the dealer taketh away with the {K-Hearts} on the river. Newman's boat was good enough to bust Levi from the tournament and put him up to 380,000.

Tags: Clayton NewmanDavid LeviMichael Cassela

Wailin' Whalen

Ludovic Lacay just had a slice of luck to knock out Dave Whalen. Lacay held {K-Hearts} {J-Spades} against Whalen's {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} but the board came {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} and Lacay made two pair to Whalen's one.

The Frenchman has the chip lead in his sights once more.

Jon Is Eaton

On the turn of a {9-Spades} {2-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} board, Eugene Katchalov got Jon Eaton all in. Eaton was holding {A-Hearts} {9-Clubs} for top pair, top kicker while Katchalov held a dangerous looking {7-Spades} {5-Spades}.

Eaton had a lot of bullets to dodge but couldn't avoid the {10-Spades} on the river which completed his opponent's flush and thusly was eliminated.