Showdown
Craig:
Abdalla:
That's right, nearly 2,000,000 chips up for grabs pre-flop as both men tabled ace-queen. The board ran out blanks, and the two men took their own money back plus an extra couple thousand.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 6
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Showdown
Craig:
Abdalla:
That's right, nearly 2,000,000 chips up for grabs pre-flop as both men tabled ace-queen. The board ran out blanks, and the two men took their own money back plus an extra couple thousand.
. Both players checked the 
turn, leading Soulier to fire for 300,000 on the 
river. Gurevich may have thought he was catching a bluff when he called with 
, but Soulier turned over 
to drag the pot.
flop, Rifat Palevic bet 175,000, and only Tian Shou called. The turn was the 
, and Palevic promptly shoved all in for about 800,000, sending Shou into the tank."I need Poker Stove," exhaled Shou wearily. "I have a massive, massive hand, but I fold."
Shou showed the
he was folding -- eights and a diamond draw. Then Palevic turned over his cards somewhat emphatically -- 
! Palevic is up to 2.35 million, while Shou slips to 2.47 million.
for Powell up against the 
of Caragiorgas, the board running out 
to double Caragiorgas to 1,670,000. Powell was left with 540,000.
. This time Scott Sitron woke up with 
. Grospellier couldn't find an ace on a board of 
. Neither could the dealer, so he pushed to the pot to Sitron, leaving Grospellier busto.
and was racing with Mihail Stoykov who held 
.The flop came
, and Stoykov's nines were still good. But the turn brought the , and Nargentino was now in the lead.The river brought the
, and Nargentino is now at 1.38 million. Stoykov has 230,000.
Heads up then, the flop came
, and Eastgate check-called a bet of 65,000 from Tran. The turn was the 
and the river the , with the two players check-checking it down. Eastgate tabled , and it was good enough to earn him that little pot.
. Tom Schneider, in the big blind, fired out 160,000, and Antoine Saout raised to 525,000 from the button. Schneider called.Both players then checked the
turn and the 
river. Schneider showed for top pair, but was out-kicked by Saout's .Saout is up to 3.815 million, while Schneider slips to 3.02 million.
The flop was
when all the money went in. Luht held top pair with 
, but was way behind both of his opponents with flopped flushes. Cloutier flopped a flush with 
, but Ismay flopped the higher flush with .The turn brought the
and the river the 
. Ismay's flush was good enough to win the hand and eliminate both Cloutier and Luht.
, the action was checked to Noah Boeken, who fired out 100,000. Pham raised to 575,000, a middle position player got out of the way, and Boeken called. The came on the turn and Pham moved all in for 1.6 million. Boeken went into a long tank. "I know you have two nines. I should have folded on the flop," Boeken bemoaned.
After a few more minutes of thought, Boeken showed
and folded. Pham showed the ... then the . Boeken is down to 1.68 million while Pham is up to 2.8 million.
