Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 7 | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-14-2009 07:23 UTC-12

Welcome Eric Buchman

donpeters

Eric Buchman just got moved to the secondary feature table and is occupying the nine seat. Buchman has nearly $1 million in career tournament earnings. He also has nine previous WSOP cashes. His best finish came back in 2006 when he placed second in the $ 1,500 Limit Hold'em event for nearly $175,000. Buchman also regularly plays in some of the biggest cash games on the east coast.

He began the day with 2.495 million.

Tags: Eric Buchman

07-14-2009 07:24 UTC-12

Phillips Starts on the Wrong Foot

[user75032]

On one of the first hands of the day, Joseph Cada raised to 125,000 from under the gun. He was called by Miika Puumalainen and Dennis Phillips in the big blind. The flop was very coordinated, {10-Clubs}

. Phillips checked to Cada, who made a strong lead of 325,000. That was enough to fold Puumalainen, but not Phillips. He stuck around until the turn {5-Hearts}

, where he check-folded to a bet of 475,000 from Cada.

Cada is now sitting behind about 4.1 million chips. Phillips is down to 1.9 million.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Joseph Cada

07-14-2009 07:30 UTC-12

The Bear and the Cub

Shamus

Not surprisingly, Barry Greenstein is here on the rail sweating his son, Joe Sebok, who enters today with a below average stack of one million. Sebok has already gotten up once today between hands to converse with Greenstein.

07-14-2009 07:33 UTC-12

Mistake Costs Martin

[user75032]

John Martin recently joined Table 5 after a table break to collapse to seven tables. Sitting in the hijack position, he declared a raise to 300,000 and then put 150,000 chips n front of his hand.

The table was confused. Several asked Martin what those chips were. Martin replied it was a raise to 150,000, but everyone (including the dealer) had heard his verbal declaration of a raise to 300,000. He was forced to put 300,000 chips out.

Action folded to the action-prone Hieu Luu on the button. He reraised to 900,000, folding all other players in the hand -- including Martin.

Tags: Hieu Luu John Martin

07-14-2009 07:35 UTC-12

George Saca Eliminated in 63rd Place ($108,047)

Shamus

Tommy Vedes limped from early position, and it folded to George Saca who raised to 250,000 from late position. The table folded back to Vedes who made the call.

The flop came {K-Clubs}

. Vedes checked, Saca continued with a bet of 460,000, and Vedes called. The turn was the {10-Diamonds}

. Vedes again checked, and Saca again bet -- this time 440,000. Vedes then check-raised to 1.3 million. Saca reraised all in, and Vedes, who had Saca covered, made the call.

Vedes {5-Spades}

Saca

Saca had top pair, but Vedes had the set of fives. The river was the {A-Clubs}

, and Saca is out in 63rd place.

Vedes is now up to 8.9 million.

Tags: George Saca

07-14-2009 07:36 UTC-12

Ramage All Over Margets

donpeters

Grayson Ramage opened the pot with a raise to 125,000 from early position. Andrew Lichtenberger called from the next spot and then action folded around to Leo Margets in the big blind. The lone woman left standing also made the call.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}

. Margets checked and then Ramage bet 200,000. Lichtenberger folded and action went back over to Margets. She raised to 600,000 total. Ramage then moved all in and Margets made the call.

Margets tabled {4-Spades}

, but was way behind Ramage's {8-Hearts}

.

The turn was the {Q-Spades}

and the river the {Q-Hearts}

. Margets sent over the chips to Ramage for the double up.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Grayson Ramage Leo Margets

07-14-2009 07:39 UTC-12

Tamayo Takes One From Shulman

donpeters

Jeff Shulman raised preflop from the hijack seat and Jonathan Tamayo called from the button. The flop came down {J-Diamonds}

and Shulman led with a bet of 225,000. Tamayo made the call.

The turn brought the {Q-Diamonds}

and Shulman checked. Tamayo checked behind.

The river was the {9-Spades}

and Shulman fired a bet of what looked like 450,000. Tamayo quickly said, "I call." and tabled {K-Diamonds}

for the king-high straight. Shulman mucked.

Tags: Jeff Shulman Jonathan Tamayo

07-14-2009 07:40 UTC-12

Duvall Wins With a River Bet

[user25067]

Jamie Robbins opened for 135,000 and Jeff Duvall reraised to 270,000 total. Robbins made the call.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}

and both players checked. The {8-Spades}

on the turn brought two more checks. Robbins checked the {9-Clubs}

on the river, Duvall took a stab at the pot for 400,000 and Robbins folded.

After the hand, Duvall was up to 4,160,000.

07-14-2009 07:41 UTC-12

Feature This

[user66118]

The main featured table was the first to break today, so we have a fresh batch of nine players here under the lights.

Seat 1: Steven Begleiter (6,315,000) was in fourth place overall coming into Day 7. Begleiter is from Chappaqua, New York and is a relative newcomer to the game, and this will be his first meaningful cash.

Seat 2: Antonio Esfandiari (5,610,000) is by far the most accomplished player at this table, having more than $3,000,000 in career winnings under his belt. The Magician already owns one bracelet, and he has his eyes set on adding another one to his collection.

Seat 3: Ryan Fair (2,940,000) has four career WSOP cashes under his belt, but this showing in the final event will be his first payday this year. He has just about 150,000 in earnings over the past three years.

Seat 4: Ian Tavelli (1,985,000) is going to make his first WSOP cash a good one here today. Tavelli comes in with no tournament results, but he will walk away with at least six figures from this event.

Seat 5: James Akenhead (1,655,000) is a force to be reckoned with for the rest of the table. The Brit has two career WSOP cashes along with a host of good showings all around the world. He will likely crest the $1,000,000 mark for career tournament earnings when he picks up his payout for this event.

Seat 6: Hung Pham (1,006,000) has just over $10,000 in career earnings, and nothing since 2004. He'll have a bankroll to work with after he takes home at least six-figure money following this first WSOP cash.

Seat 7: Mark Ader (1,610,000) is another man who will more than double up his career tournament cashes after this event. Ader has one small WPT cash under his belt, but this payday will be his first at the WSOP.

Seat 8: Warren Zackey (1,400,000) has no tournament record as far as we can tell, but he certainly will after today.

Seat 9: Adam York (3,515,000) is from Bristol, England, and he's working on his second WSOP cash. His first came last year in the Main Event where he took 114th place, and he's already improved upon that this year.

07-14-2009 07:42 UTC-12