We pick up the action on a flop showing . Heads up, Thai Tran checked and called a bet of 100,000 from Dennis Phillips. The turn card came the , and both men checked. On the river, the drew another check from Tran. Phillips slowly bet 200,000, and Tran instantly called.
Phillips showed down , and Tran tabled . Split pot? Not on Dennis Phillips' watch. His five kicker plays, earning him the pot and an extra 300,000+ chips.
It's good to be Steven Begleiter on Day 6 of the 2009 Main Event. He raised to 80,000 preflop and was called by Marc McLaughlin from the button. McLaughlin has been quite active both before and after dinner, playing more than his share of pots.
Begleiter bet 140,000 on a flop of . McLaughlin quickly threw six green (25,000) chips into the middle, receiving two orange (5,000) chips in return. The turn fell and brought a bet of 250,000 from Begleiter. Again McLaughlin quickly called.
The river fell . Begleiter finally ceded the initiative to his opponent by checking, but McLaughlin checked behind.
"Set," said Begleiter, showing down . McLaughlin mucked.
"Man, you have a set every hand," said Hieu Luu.
"Better to happen on Day 6 than on Day 1," Begleiter replied as he stacked his chips.
High fives for Leo Margets after surviving her all in
Tian Shou opened with a raise to 90,000 from middle position, and it folded around to Leo Margets who reraised to 200,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, then Shou shoved all in. Margets made the call, putting herself all in for a total of 868,000.
Margets showed , and Shou . The community cards came , and Margets is now up to 1.802 million, and Shou slips to 738,000.
Julian Brecard
Down to only 60,000 in chips, Julien Brecard made his last stand with . Both Bradley Craig and James Calderaro called and checked down the board.
Craig turned up for top two pair, Calderaro mucked, and Brecard hit the rail, his 97th place finish earning him $47,003.
Before the flop, Hac Dang opened with a raise to 80,000. Halfway around the table, Phil Ivey three-bet it up to 260,000 with postition. Dang then moved all in for about 620,000, and Ivey quietly made the call to put him at risk of elimination.
Showdown
Dang:
Ivey:
You know the rest of the story. The flop rolled out , drawing a huge reaction from the cheering squad assembled on the ledge. The and that filled out the board did nothing to save Dang, and he's been sent to the rail courtesy of Ivey's two-out jack. With that knockout, Phil is all the way up to 3,260,000.
Marc McLaughlin was mixed up in the thick of it again. On the river of a board, he faced a bet of 300,000 from Jeff Duvall.
McLaughlin seemed unsure what to do. He asked the dealer to spread the pot, which looked to contain about 850,000 chips. Then he gazed across the table at Duvall.
"Do you want a call?" McLaughlin asked. There was no response from Duvall, but McLaughlin seemed to find his answer anyway. He called, then mucked when Duvall showed .
Matt Affleck opened by raising all in for 405,000 from the hijack seat. Then Tian Shou pushed all in as well for exactly 406,000, just a yellow (1000) chip more than Affleck. It folded to Benjamin Jensen in the big blind who made the call.
Jensen
Affleck
Shou
The board came , meaning Affleck won the big main pot, and Shou the teeny tiny side pot -- just 2,000.
Affleck now has 1.261 million, and Jensen 870,000. Shou will be all in on the next hand -- he only has half an ante.
. Heads up, Thai Tran checked and called a bet of 100,000 from Dennis Phillips. The turn card came the 
, and both men checked. On the river, the 
drew another check from Tran. Phillips slowly bet 200,000, and Tran instantly called.
, and Tran tabled 
. Split pot? Not on Dennis Phillips' watch. His five kicker plays, earning him the pot and an extra 300,000+ chips.
. McLaughlin quickly threw six green (25,000) chips into the middle, receiving two orange (5,000) chips in return. The turn fell 
and brought a bet of 250,000 from Begleiter. Again McLaughlin quickly called.
. Begleiter finally ceded the initiative to his opponent by checking, but McLaughlin checked behind.
. McLaughlin mucked.
, and Shou 
, and Margets is now up to 1.802 million, and Shou slips to 738,000.
. Both Bradley Craig and James Calderaro called and checked down the 
for top two pair, Calderaro mucked, and Brecard hit the rail, his 97th place finish earning him $47,003.
, Prahlad Friedman checked, Jonathan Tamayo bet 500,000, and Friedman called.
board, he faced a bet of 300,000 from Jeff Duvall.
