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
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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Crowe Soars

Owen Crowe raised to 65,000 and Ian Tavelli called on the button. Hieu Luu reraised from the small blind to 265,000. Crowe called and Tavelli folded.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {3-Spades}. Luu fired 700,000 and then Crowe moved all in for 2.45 million. Luu tanked, but let his hand go, dropping to 1.6 million in the process. Crowe soared to four million.

Tags: Hieu LuuIan TavelliOwen Crowe

Maimone Takes Blinds Battle Versus Shou

Matt Affleck opened from the button with a small raise to 50,000, Nick Maimone reraised to 160,000 in the small blind, then Tian Shou decided to repop it to 300,000 from the big blind. Affleck folded, and Maimone made the call.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. Maimone checked, Shou bet 250,000, and Maimone called. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}, and both players checked.

The river brought the {9-Clubs}. This time Maimone fired 260,000 into the middle, and Shou stepped aside.

Maimone is up to 2.48 million, while Shou has 1.035 million.

Tags: Nick Maimone

Phillips v. Eastgate

Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips raised to 65,000 from middle position, and both Peter Eastgate (button) and Frank Rusnak (big blind) came along to the flop. It showed up {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {K-Spades}, and the first two players checked. Eastgate continued out with a bet of 105,000, Rusnak folded, and Phillips put in the call to see another card.

The turn revealed the {9-Clubs}, drawing another check from Phillips. Eastgate fired again, 175,000 this time, and Phillips quickly check-raised all in with a covering stack. Eastgate frowned and sent his cards sliding back into the muck. It's a great sight to watch these two 2008 finalists duking it out on the featured table, and it should make for some excellent television as well.

Tags: Dennis PhillipsPeter Eastgate

Patchell Out, Nourafchan New Leader

Joel Patchell opened with a raise to 60,000, Hamid Nourafchan reraised to 160,000, and it folded back to Patchell who called.

The flop came {8-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. Patchell checked, Nourafchan bet, Patchell put in a large raise, Nourafchan then reraised all in, and Patchell called.

Patchell showed {6-Spades}{5-Spades} for a pair of sixes and a gutshot straight draw, while Nourafchan had just {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} for a couple of overs. The turn was the {9-Diamonds}, and Patchell was still good. But the river brought the {A-Clubs}, and Patchell goes out in 107th place.

Nourafchan now moves to the top of the leaderboard with 4.81 million.

Benyamine Eliminated with Cracked Aces

We have a new chip leader, courtesy of the elimination of one member of the old guard. We didn't see the preflop action, but it appears that David Benyamine may have made a small raise from the big blind that was called only by Darvin Moon in the small blind.

We picked up the action on the {9-Spades} {3-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} flop, where Moon led into Benyamine with a bet. Benyamine raised; Moon reraised an additional 200,000 above Benyamine's raise. That put the action back to Benyamine, who put in another raise of an additional 300,000 chips. Finally Moon just called.

The turn was the {4-Hearts}. Benyamine had 800,000 chips behind. Moon elected to put him all in. Benyamine called with the best starting hand {A-Hearts} {A-?} but he had been outflopped by Moon's {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds}, a set of treys. The river bricked {Q-Clubs} to end Benyamine's run.

Moon is the new chip leader with roughly 5.7 million chips.

Tags: Darwin MoonDavid Benyamine

Anh Van Nguyen Eliminated

Anh Van Nguyen
Anh Van Nguyen
Following a flop of {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}, Anh Van Nguyen was all in with {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} against Tian Shou who had {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}. Nguyen had the higher pair, but needed to fade another club or queen to win the hand.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and Nguyen was still okay, but the river brought the {6-Clubs}, and Nguyen is out in 106th place.

Tags: Anh Van Nguyen

Joe Hachem Eliminated

Joe Hachem - Out
Joe Hachem - Out
First into the pot, Joe Hachem moved all in for his last 117,000 little chips. The bet came around the table to Billy Kopp, and he messily flicked in the calling chips. Nobody else wanted any action, and it was heads up for Hachem's tournament life.

Showdown
Hachem: {J-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Kopp: {4-Clubs} {4-Spades}

The flop was a beautiful miss for Hachem as it rolled out {K-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}. A buzz of murmurs swept through the featured table arena as the realization kicked in that Hachem was live to any club, any king, or either of his own overcards. The turn was the {A-Hearts} which was a relative blank, but it did add another two outs for the at-risk World Champ. The crowd once again rose to life as the entire room seemed to be pulling for an out card to hit.

River: {3-Hearts}. Talk about a swing and a miss. Kopp's little pair of fours somehow held up to make the winning two pair. With that, the gregarious Joe Hachem shook hands with his table, wished them all luck, and made his way off to the interview booth.

Tags: Joe Hachem

Bohlman Takes a Pot

Scott Bohlman
Scott Bohlman
Loic Degrou raised to 59,000 from early position and Scott Bohlman made the call from late position. The flop came down {Q-Spades} {7-Spades} {5-Hearts} between the two players.

Degrou fired out 69,000. Bohlman made the call. The turn brought the {5-Spades} and Degrou slowed down by checking. Bohlman took the initiative and bet 175,000. Degrou called.

The river brought the {7-Hearts} and Degrou checked again. Bohlman fired 500,000. Degrou gave up his hand and Bohlman raked in the pot, moving up to 1.6 million in the process.

Tags: Loic DegrouScott Bohlman