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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Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Shulman stayed in the tank for about 10 minutes. He even went a couple of minutes into the break. Eventually, he folded and Tamayo scooped the pot.
Warren Zackey opened with a raise to 125,000, and three players came along to the flop. It showed up
, and all four players check-checked the action. Fourth street came the 
, and Ian Tavelli led out for 300,000. James Akenhead was the lone caller as the other two players ducked out of the way.The last card off was the
, and Tavelli fired another 600,000. Akenhead would go deep into the tank as the break clock ticked down. It would be several more minutes of staring and chit-chat before a decision was made, and Akenhead eventually slammed the calling chips onto the felt.Tavelli tabled
for the little full house, and Akenhead could only throw his arms up in the air and shake his head. The pot goes to Tavelli, chipping him up to 5,200,000.
1. Billy Kopp -- 15,860,000
2. Darvin Moon -- 10,500,000
3. Tommy Vedes -- 8,880,000
4. Phil Ivey -- 7,990,000
5. Ludovic Lacay -- 6,995,000
6. Steven Begleiter -- 6,700,000
7. Joseph Cada -- 6,500,000
8. Antoine Saout -- 6,000,000
9. Ian Tavelli -- 5,200,000
10. Ben Lamb -- 5,050,000
. Adam York checked first to speak, and Akenhead put out a bet of 420,000. After some deliberation, York moved all in with his big stack and Akenhead snap-called for his own tournament life.Showdown
Akenhead:
York:
Top set had a near lock on the hand, and the turn
would secure the double up for Akenhead. For the second time in a couple hours, Akenhead vaults up the leader board, sitting now with right at 4,000,000.
Luu checked the
flop over to Nargentino, who bet 200,000. Luu called. The turn came the 
and both players checked. Luu checked the on the river, Nargentino fired out 300,000 and Luu called. Nargentino turned over
. "Again?" remarked an incredulous Blair Rodman.
"You had to be card dead for the first few days" said Nargentino, marveling at Luu's run of cards.
The flop came
, and all three checked. The turn was the . Vedes bet 525,000, Lacay called, and Mattes folded.The river brought the
. Vedes checked, Lacay bet a hefty 1.5 million, and Vedes folded.Lacay is up to 8.5 million, Vedes is at 6.45 million, and Mattes 1.85 million.
; McLaughlin had two live cards, 
. You know how this one goes. McLaughlin paired deuces on the
flop, then hung on through the 
turn and river. After the pot was pushed to him, he began to profusely and repeatedly thank Doyle Brunson, who won back-to-back Main Event championships with the ten-deuce.Luu is down to 1.15 million.
