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Under the gun, Ryan Fair opened with a raise to 100,000. Three players (Phil Ivey, Blair Rodman, and Gabriel Vezina) came along with him to the flop. It showed up , and the action checked four ways. The turn card was the , and the first two players checked. Phil Ivey figured now was a good time for bet of 260,000, and it was good enough to win him the pot right there.
From the rail:
"Ivey, Ivey, Ivey"
Across the rail:
"Oy! Oy! Oy!
Mr. Ivey is sitting on 6.2 million chips now, breathing down the neck of the chip leader.
[user66118]
From the button, Tom Schneider opened with a raise to 110,000. In the small blind, Dennis Phillips announced a reraise, and he made it 310,000 to play. From the big blind, chip leader Darvin Moon four-bet it up to 675,000, drawing a quick fold from Schneider. Phillips wasn't so quick to act though, and he would think things over for several minutes. After cutting down and counting his own stack, he elected to make the call.
Heads up then, the flop brought . Phillips slowly checked, and without missing a beat, Moon continued out with a bet of 750,000. Phillips would go for a long soak in the tank this time, clearly agonizing over a difficult decision. There were periods of complete stillness alternated with periods of chit-chat, though the conversation was too soft to hear from the table. Phillips finally asked if Moon would show, and the reply was affirmative. "Really, so you'll show if I fold?" Moon nodded again.
Finally, and reluctantly, Phillips open-mucked . True to his word, Moon showed up , drawing a big slap on the felt from Phillips. The two men shook hands and exchanged further pleasantries as the dealer pulled in the cards and pushed the pot to Moon.
It was a good flat-call preflop and a good laydown thereafter that will keep Phillips alive though he's been dropped down close to 1,000,000.
[user75032]
Clayton Newman - Eliminated
There really wasn't much Clayton Newman could have done differently in his final hand of the 2009 Main Event. He opened for 80,000 from middle position. Action folded to George Caragiorgas int he blinds, who re-raised to 280,000. Newman quickly moved all in for about 1 million and Caragiorgas just as quickly called.
Newman:
Caragiorgas:
Caragiorgas got out of his chair at the end of the table and moved to stand behind the 5-seat, to better see the board. Newman remained seated until the dealer produced a . It was at that point that he stood up and grabbed his bag.
The turn came . "A nice legit sweat," remarkd Newman, referring to his potential to hit a spade flush. "What do you know." No flush this time; the river sent Newman around the table to shake everyone's hands before exiting the Amazon Room.
donpeters
On the turn of a board reading , Ben Lamb checked to Reed Hensel who bet. Lamb then raised all in and Hensel made the call for his last 1.2 million total.
Lamb held against Hensel's .
The turn brought the , adding a flush draw to Lamb's hand. The river completed that flush draw when the fell, eliminating Hensel from the tournament.
donpeters
Antonio Esfandiari continues his solid run after just busting another opponent at his table. This time, it was Andreas Flakstad that was the casualty.
Flakstad had all of his 850,000 or so in the middle preflop holding pocket tens -- . Esfandiari held . The board ran out and that would be the end of Flakstad's tournament.
Shamus
Joe Sebok (when on the main feature table earlier)
Hung Pham limped from middle position, Joe Sebok completed from the small blind, and Montagna Corrado checked from the big blind.
The flop came , and the trio all checked. The turn was the . Sebok bet 100,000, Corrado called, and Pham folded.
The river was the . This time Sebok bet 200,000, and Corrado made the call.
Sebok turned over for two pair, Corrado for jacks. Sebok chips up to 1.225 million after that one.
[user25067]
Jordan Smith, proudly displaying his bracelet from the $2,000 NLHE event
Jordan Smith open-shoved for his remaining 655,000 from the hijack and Joseph Cada made the call from the small blind.
Smith
Cada
The queens held for Smith and he doubled his stack to 1,390,000. Cada was still healthily stacked at 3,660,000.
Shamus
Jesse Haabak open-raised to 110,000 from the button, and it folded to Hamid Nourafchan who reraised all in from the big blind. Haabak called with his remaining chips, thereby committing a total of 1.62 million to the hand.
Nourafchan showed , and Haabak . The board ran out , and Haabak's nines were good. He's up close to 3.3 million now, while Nourafchan is suddenly on life support with just 65,000.
[user25067]
Antoine Saout opened for 110,000 from middle position, Ludovic Lacay reraised to 325,000 and Saout made the call.
Saout checked the flop over to Lacay, who bet 425,000. Saout made the call. Both players checked the on the turn. Saout checked again when the hit the river. Lacay bet 550,000 and Saout looked him up.
"Nothing," said Lacay, who insta-mucked. Saout showed and picked up the pot, taking his stack up to 5,800,000. Lacay slipped to 5,500,000.
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, and the action checked four ways. The turn card was the 
, and the first two players checked. Phil Ivey figured now was a good time for bet of 260,000, and it was good enough to win him the pot right there.
. Palevic pushed all in, Maimone called, and Brice folded. Palevic showed 
for the open-ended straight draw, and Maimone 
for top pair.
and the river the 
, and Palevic is out in 69th place. 
. Phillips slowly checked, and without missing a beat, Moon continued out with a bet of 750,000. Phillips would go for a long soak in the tank this time, clearly agonizing over a difficult decision. There were periods of complete stillness alternated with periods of chit-chat, though the conversation was too soft to hear from the table. Phillips finally asked if Moon would show, and the reply was affirmative. "Really, so you'll show if I fold?" Moon nodded again.
. It was at that point that he stood up and grabbed his bag.
. "A nice legit sweat," remarkd Newman, referring to his potential to hit a spade flush. "What do you know." No flush this time; the river 
sent Newman around the table to shake everyone's hands before exiting the Amazon Room.
, Ben Lamb checked to Reed Hensel who bet. Lamb then raised all in and Hensel made the call for his last 1.2 million total.
against Hensel's 
fell, eliminating Hensel from the tournament.
, and the trio all checked. The turn was the 
for two pair, Corrado 
for jacks. Sebok chips up to 1.225 million after that one.
, and Haabak 
