2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 6
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Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
and was hoping his pair would outlast Francois Balmigere's 
.The flop was okay --
. But the turn brought the 
and Clark was now hoping to land one of the two remaining sevens or a club to make a backdoor flush.The river brought the
, and Clark is out in 115th place. Balmigere chips up to 1.62 million.
board, drawing a bet of 350,000 from Ismay. There wasn't much hesitation in Esfandiari's call.The river was another ace, the
. Again Esfandiari checked and this time Ismay fired out 575,000. Esfandiari quickly cut 575,000 out of his own stack and moved as if he was going to put it in the middle -- but instead kept it behind his cards and observed Ismay. For his part, Ismay was just staring at a spot on the felt.A minute went by. Esfandiari sighed and said, "I guess I don't have a choice," and again faked moving his call into the middle. There was still no reaction from Ismay.
"Do you want me to call?" Esfandiari asked Ismay. No response. After another minute, Esfandiari folded his hand. He remains in contention with 2.225 million chips. Ismay is up to 3.65 million.
Mattes held
against Mahrenholz's 
.The board ran out
and Mahrenholz was eliminated after having been covered by Mattes.
flop over to Jansen, who bet 75,000. Lightman called and they went to the turn which fell the 
. Jansen moved all in and Lightman called. Lightman
Jansen
The river was the
and Lightman's Main Event run ended with a 112th place finish. Jansen is up to 1,360,000.
The flop came down
and Gordo fired 90,000. Peppe made the call.The turn brought the
and Gordon fired 200,000. Peppe raised the minimum to 400,000. Gordo then moved all in for 1,037,000 total. Peppe tanked and then released her hand, showing 
. Gordo showed ."Thank you for showing." said Peppe, who dropped to 800,000. Gordo moved up to 1.7 million.
. He was flipping against Stacey's ."Two high pair would be good," Stacey offered. He instead got the worst possible flop --
. Esfandiari caught a set while Stacey caught nothing, drawing only to a ten or running hearts. Stacey was eliminated after the turn fell 
and river came to give Esfandiari a full house.
. Flakstad held .Drawing very slim going into the flop, Katchalov took a commanding lead when the flop came down
. Flakstad was now drawing dead to running hearts that didn't make Katchalov a full house.The turn brought the
and the river the .Katchalov doubled to 3.6 million while Flakstad dropped to 1.1 million.
