button in Safari
, Joseph Ward bet 300,000, Jordan Smith raised to 1,000,000, and Ward made the call.Ward turned over
, and Smith mucked instantly. Ward is at 5.5 million now and Smith slips to 1.5 million.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 7
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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, Joseph Ward bet 300,000, Jordan Smith raised to 1,000,000, and Ward made the call.Ward turned over
, and Smith mucked instantly. Ward is at 5.5 million now and Smith slips to 1.5 million.
Showdown
Fair:
Pham:
"He slowrolled me," said Fair, turning back to chat with his cheering section. "He had kings and he actually thought about that call... Oh well, maybe I'll get lucky."
It was a bit of dramatic foreshadowing as the dealer prepared to deal out the flop. Right in the door came the
, drawing a big reaction from the spectators with just that one card still showing. In the end, the board rolled out 
, and Fair did indeed get lucky. His tens full were the winner, earning him a massive double up. He's approaching 5,000,000 chips now, leaving Pham with that 65,000 funny money to play with.*****
On the next hand, Pham would be all in before the flop for 55,000 after paying an ante. Three players called, and the flop brought
. Antonio Esfandiari bet out 150,000, and that was enough to put him heads up with the all-in Pham."Two pair," said The Magician, turning over
. Pham tabled 
for a pair of his own. The 
on the turn filled up Antonio, and Pham would need to pull a six to stay alive. The river was a scary but disappointing 
, and that's the end of the line for Hung Pham. After grinding out the short stack to perfection all day, he'll walk away with nearly $140,000.
More recently, Phillips raised preflop to 450,000 from the button after Antoine Saout opened for 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Phillips' re-raise folded Saout but got the opposite reaction from Balmigere, who moved all in. Phillips called all in for less. Hands please, gentlemen!
Balmigere:
Phillips:
Each player had suited Big Slick, which was a problem for Phillips on a flop of
. The turn was a safe card; Phillips just needed to fade spades one more time to remain in the tournament. Alas, the river was the 
, filling Balmigere's spade flush and knocking Phillips out of the tournament in spectacularly cruel fashion.
The flop came
. It checked around to Labandeira who bet 400,000. Begleiter folded, then Haabak check-raised all in for 1.22 million. Lacay folded, Labandeira called with his remaining chips, and Begleiter got out of the way.Haabak showed
for two pair, and Labandeira 
for aces. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Labandeira is out in 44th place.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
1. Billy Kopp -- 15,500,000
2. Tommy Vedes -- 10,225,000
3. Darvin Moon -- 9,350,000
4. Phil Ivey -- 8,600,000
5. Joseph Cada -- 8,550,000
6. Jonathan Tamayo -- 8,225,000
7. Ludovic Lacay -- 8,140,000
8. Kevin Schaffel -- 7,600,000
9. Antoine Saout -- 7,500,000
10. Steven Begleiter -- 6,770,000
It turns out there was -- until just a few minutes ago. Montagna Corrado of Italy moved all in preflop after Billy Kopp opened with a raise. Kopp quickly called with
, a hand in excellent shape against Corrado's 
. Jacks held up to send Corrado back to Mother Italy with $178,857 in his pockets.
