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.
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.
Luis Nargentino
Another kings versus aces hand for you. This time preflop action ended with Luis Nargentino all in with against Julien Brecard's .
Unlike in that recent Ludovic Lacay hand, however, the aces held this time, as the board went . Nargentino bounces up to 3.7 million after that one, and Brecard is now on the severely-short stack with just 60,000.
Ryan Hart put the last of his chips in on a flop of and Grayson Ramage made the call.
Hart
Ramage
Ramage had Hart out-kicked and spiked two pair on the turn for good measure when the fell. The river was the and Hart was eliminated in 99th place while Ramage increased his stack to 2.9 million.
Donnie Peters
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 . It seemed as if Perner waited for the ESPN cameras to show his cards. When they arrived he then rolled over .
The flop came down , keeping Perner in the lead. The turn was then the and Perner was still ahead. There was a pause and then the dealer dealt the river... the ! 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.
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!"
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 , and Lacay . As the players stood up to await their fate, Adam Bilzerian said he'd folded a king.
The flop came and the turn . Just one card in the deck to save Lacay -- and it came on the river, the .
Lacay catapults back to 5.65 million, and Nourafchan tumbles back to 2.4 million.
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 up against the of Grayson Ramage. Tran flopped a set, the board coming to double him up to 500,000.
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
Nourafchan
The flop came , giving Wiseman both the flush draw and an inside straight draw. But the turn was the and the river the , and Wiseman goes out in 101st place, earning $40,288. Nourafachen chips up to 4.91 million.
. 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.
. 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.
. 
. Nargentino bounces up to 3.7 million after that one, and Brecard is now on the severely-short stack with just 60,000.
, keeping Perner in the lead. The turn was then the 
! 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.
. Just one card in the deck to save Lacay -- and it came on the river, the 
to double him up to 500,000.
