War of Attrition
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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,334,800
Entries
142
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Mueller Catches Miracle
and being called in two spots, Max Pescatori completed with the 
. Mueller then raised all in for 15,000 and was called by all three opponents. They checked all the way to sixth street. There the boards were:Mueller: (X-X) /
Wahlbeck: (X-X) /
Ellis: (X-X) /
Pescatori: (X-X) /
Freddie Ellis bet his board; only Wahlbeck called. They checked the river, prompting Ellis to turn up
(a pair of jacks). When Wahlbeck mucked, Mueller showed 
and began to squeeze his last card. He needed an ace or a queen, but all of the queens were already dead. He squeezed clean across... and pulled the 
to stay in the tournament.Mueller now has about 80,000.
Freddie Ellis Runs Better Than You
Ellis recently calmly called every street against Ivan Schertzer, drawing (X-X) /
/ (X) against Schertzer's (X-X) / 
/ (X). Even despite a double-bet on fourth street with an open air, Schertzer couldn't shake Ellis. Down the river, Ellis bet, then produced the , the and the for an eight-high straight (and one of Schertzer's needed queens) after Schertzer called. He couldn't beat that hand.
Level: 21
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Play Resumes
Breaking Things
Double-Double Schertzer
, then called again when Tim Phan completed it with his 
. On fourth street, Phan picked up an open pair with the , and he double bet it. Schertzer drew the 
, and he raised it up to 60,000, just enough to put him all in. Phan called the extra, putting his opponent's tournament life in jeopardy.In the end, Phan's board ran out (
) 
(X), ending with just that pair of jacks. Schertzer could do better, running out (
) 
() for the winning kings up. Schertzer has doubled up in the nick of time, just over 200,000 now.
Mueller Takes a Big Hit
, and Greg "FBT" Mueller popped it up showing the . Freddie Ellis called, but Pescatori wouldn't come along.Mueller: (X-X) /
/ (X)Ellis: (X-X) /
/ (X)Fourth street saw Ellis check-call a bet from FBT. Both players checked fifth street, and Ellis fired out on sixth. Mueller called a bet there, as well as one on seventh street. Ellis tabled
, having begun with buried fives and ending with a seven-high straight. Mueller flashed buried aces, but they were naked and not good enough to top Ellis. After that exchange, Mueller has spiraled down to about 80,000, now dangerously short on chips. Freddie Ellis, on the other hand, has been tearing through this final table, sitting on well over 1.3 million in chips.
Phan Slips Again
Phan: (X-X) /
/ (X)Ellis: (X-X) /
/ (X)Habib: (X-X) /
/ (X)On fourth street, Habib bet out with his king-high, and both Phan and Ellis called. On fifth, Habib and Phan checked, then called a bet from Freddie Ellis. All three players checked sixth street. On seventh, Habib once again fired out. Phan called, while Ellis got out of the way.
Habib turned over
, having run down a king-high flush. Phan couldn't show anything better, and Habib dragged down a nice pot.
Phan Drops a Few
. Greg Mueller called, showing the . Ville Wahlbeck completed the bet wit the 
, and Tim Phan put in a raise on top of that. Ellis and Mueller got out of the way, but Wahlbeck made the call.Wahlbeck: (X-X) /
/ (X)Phan: (X-X) /
/ (X)On fourth and fifth streets, Phan was the bettor with his ace-high, and Wahlbeck called both times. On sixth street, Phan fired again, drawing a raise from his opponent, which he called. Seventh street saw both men check. Wahlbeck tabled
for queens up. Phan lamented that he had a pair of aces as he folded his cards under and returned them to the muck.