Friedman
Balmigere
Friedman's tens held on the
board, giving him a much-needed double-up to 1,300,000. Balmigere was left with 1,500,000.
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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Friedman
Balmigere
Friedman's tens held on the
board, giving him a much-needed double-up to 1,300,000. Balmigere was left with 1,500,000.
Seat 1: Darvin Moon
Seat 2: Scott Cook
Seat 3: Christopher Bach
Seat 4: Hieu Luu
Seat 5: Fernando Gordo
Seat 6: Scott Bohlman
Seat 7: Marco Mattes
Seat 8: Tom Schneider
Seat 9: Dennis Phillips
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
, 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.
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.
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.
