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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Interview with the Donkey Bomber

Tom “Donkey Bomber” Schneider is enjoying a great run in the Main Event this year, his stack steadily rising for six straight days now. At the end of Day 5, Gloria Balding cornered Schneider to get his take on this Main Event, as well as on the success of his wife, Julie. Check out what the 2007 Player of the Year had to say:

Tags: Tom SchneiderTony Cavezza

Magi-Double

Elad Magidov opened for a 125,000 raise, Jordan Smith three-bet to 500,000 straight from the button, Magidov moved all in and Smith called.

Magidov {10-Spades} {10-Clubs}
Smith {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs}

Magidov hit a set on the flop, the board running out {Q-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} to double him up to 1,470,000. Smith slipped to 640,000.

Wiseman Out, 100 Remain

Royal Wiseman shakes Tom Schneider's hand as he departs in 101st place
Royal Wiseman shakes Tom Schneider's hand as he departs in 101st place
In the first hand after the dinner break, Hamid Nourafchan opened with a raise to 100,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Royal Wiseman in the big blind who reraised all in with his last 370,000. Nourafchan made the call.

Wiseman {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Nourafchan {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The flop came {J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}, giving Wiseman both the flush draw and an inside straight draw. But the turn was the {5-Hearts} and the river the {6-Diamonds}, and Wiseman goes out in 101st place, earning $40,288. Nourafachen chips up to 4.91 million.

100 players left!

Tags: Royal Wiseman

Kenny Tran Doubles

I'm much cheerier when I flop sets
I'm much cheerier when I flop sets
Short-stacked Kenny Tran got the rest of his chips in the middle before the flop, his {6-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} up against the {A-Spades} {9-Spades} of Grayson Ramage. Tran flopped a set, the board coming {A-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {7-Diamonds} to double him up to 500,000.

Lacay Spikes Case King

After the hand, the dealer counts Ludovic Lacay's chips to determine how much Hamid Nourafchan owes
After the hand, the dealer counts Ludovic Lacay's chips to determine how much Hamid Nourafchan owes
Soon after that Royal Wiseman bustout hand, Hamid Nourafchan was back in action, once again raising to 100,000 before the flop, this time from middle position. It folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind who made it 350,000. Nourafchan responded by pushing all in, and Lacay made the call, committing his entire 2.8 million-chip stack.

Nourafchan showed {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}, and Lacay {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. As the players stood up to await their fate, Adam Bilzerian said he'd folded a king.

The flop came {J-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and the turn {4-Diamonds}. Just one card in the deck to save Lacay -- and it came on the river, the {K-Spades}.

Lacay catapults back to 5.65 million, and Nourafchan tumbles back to 2.4 million.

Tags: Hamid NourafchanLudovic Lacay

Feature This

Joe Sebok
Joe Sebok
Joe Sebok has just joined the main featured table, taking the former seat of Joe Hachem. As he came to the table with one lonely rack of low chips, Sebok said, "The floor guy is right behind me with the rest of my racks." He's bluffing though; Seebs is indeed very shortstacked with about 300,000 chips. Upon his arrival, the table is laid out thusly:

Seat 1: Thai Tran
Seat 2: Billy Kopp
Seat 3: Dennis Phillips
Seat 4: Daniel Neilson
Seat 5: Steve Sanders
Seat 6: Joe Sebok
Seat 7: Peter Eastgate
Seat 8: Clayton Newman
Seat 9: Frank Rusnak

As Sebok took his seat, announcer Robbie Thompson approached the table. "You guys all see the new chips in play?" He's referring to the new "Hawaiian Flower" lavender chips that are now out on the table. "Those are worth 100,000 each," said Thompson.

Seebs piped up, "You don't have to rub it in. It's not cool. Come on... I'm just sayin', it's not cool!"

Tags: Joe Sebok

Perner Out as Katchalov Catches Again

Bernhard Perner wasted little time in getting his chips into the middle after dinner break. He moved all in from under the gun for 295,000 total and Eugene Katchalov asked for a count from the next position. After finding out how much the all-in bet was for, Katchalov made the call.

Katchlov first showed {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}. It seemed as if Perner waited for the ESPN cameras to show his cards. When they arrived he then rolled over {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}.

The flop came down {A-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {9-Spades}, keeping Perner in the lead. The turn was then the {5-Hearts} and Perner was still ahead. There was a pause and then the dealer dealt the river... the {J-Spades}! Unlike a lot of players that would be devastated by such a beat, Perner simply picked up his card protector and waited in silence for the staff to come over and escort him to payouts.

Katchalov on the other hand, moved up to 5.2 million in chips.

Tags: Bernhard PernerEugene Katchalov

Ryan Hart Eliminated

Ryan Hart put the last of his chips in on a flop of {J-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} and Grayson Ramage made the call.

Hart {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts}
Ramage {A-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}

Ramage had Hart out-kicked and spiked two pair on the turn for good measure when the {A-Spades} fell. The river was the {9-Diamonds} and Hart was eliminated in 99th place while Ramage increased his stack to 2.9 million.

Aces Versus Kings, Again

Luis Nargentino
Luis Nargentino
Another kings versus aces hand for you. This time preflop action ended with Luis Nargentino all in with {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} against Julien Brecard's {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}.

Unlike in that recent Ludovic Lacay hand, however, the aces held this time, as the board went {4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Nargentino bounces up to 3.7 million after that one, and Brecard is now on the severely-short stack with just 60,000.

Tags: Julien BrecardLuis Nargentino