Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-04-2009 05:49 UTC-12

Day 3 Starting Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

(Table 151)
Seat 1: Paul Dominski - 448000
Seat 2: Jacob Kalb - 894000
Seat 3: Craig McConville - 1035000
Seat 4: Mark Salinaro - 556000
Seat 5: Francois Safieddine - 215000
Seat 6: Robert Fett - 164000
Seat 7: James Bott - 153000
Seat 8: Philip Sousa - 278000

(Table 152)
Seat 1: Kenneth Krouner - 192000
Seat 2: Brian McInnis - 343000
Seat 3: Jesse Fulmer - 170000
Seat 4: Jerry Fowler - 324000
Seat 5: Jim McClain - 326000
Seat 6: Tom Koral - 286000
Seat 7: Sarang Ahuja - 288000
Seat 8: Bruce Vandervort - 268000

(Table 153)
Seat 1: James Passavant - 263000
Seat 2: Travis Johnson - 458000
Seat 3: Max Longwith - 230000
Seat 4: Gary Tang - 376000
Seat 5: George Smith - 63000
Seat 6: Michael Pesek - 592000
Seat 7: Travis Remmert - 132000
Seat 8: Walter Wright - 596000

(Table 154)
Seat 1: Jason Riesenberg - 318000
Seat 2: Will Heger - 326000
Seat 3: Steve Karp - 957000
Seat 4: Kam Weng Low - 376000
Seat 5: Michael Ciotola - 279000
Seat 6: Michael Martin - 360000
Seat 7: Clinton Miller - 493000
Seat 8: Jeremy Joseph - 697000
Seat 9: Justin Kuzmicki - 141000

06-04-2009 07:40 UTC-12

Day 3 Will Start Soon

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The remaining 33 players in Event 7 will be taking their seats shortly as we play our way down to a champion.

At a minimum, players eliminated from today's action will receive $15,429 while the winner will take home $666,853 and a shiny new bracelet.

Some of the big stacks starting the day include Jacob Kalb with 894,000, Steve Karp with 957,000 and Craig McConville, the only player with more than 1 million chips at 1,035,000.

Stay tuned for all of the action, starting in just a few minutes.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

06-04-2009 08:07 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Day 3 has started. Players are beginning the day where they left off, playing the last 26 minutes of Level 20 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante.

06-04-2009 08:20 UTC-12

Low By Name, High By Chips

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Will Heger moved all in from the cutoff for all of his 360,000 chips and Kam Low snap-called in the small blind.

Heger: {K-Diamonds}

Low:

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}

and Low takes down a very nice pot to eliminate Heger from the tournament.

Tags: Kam Low Will Heger

06-04-2009 08:23 UTC-12

The Wright Call

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On a flop of {6-Clubs}

Travis Remmert moved all in for his last 100,000 chips and Walter Wright made the call.

Remmert was on the flush draw with {Q-Diamonds}

as Wright tabled the best hand with his {Q-Hearts}

.

The turn and river bricked {7-Hearts}

,

to see Remmert head to the payout desk as Wright moves up to over 750,000 chips.

Tags: Travis Remmert Walter Wright

06-04-2009 08:29 UTC-12

Fett Doubles Through Kalb

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Jacob Kalb has just taken a dent to his big stack after doubling up Robert Fett.

Kalb opened with a raise from early position to 30,000, getting one caller, before Robert Fett squeezed all in for his 165,000 chips. Kalb called as the third player stepped aside.

Kalb: {A-Diamonds}

Fett:

The flop was all Fett when it arrived {Q-Spades}

. The turn was the {K-Spades}

and Kalb clapped his hands in delight thinking that his straight was good, but it gave Fett an unbeatable full house.

The river landed the {2-Diamonds}

and Fett more than doubles up.

Tags: Jacob Kalb Robert Fett

06-04-2009 08:32 UTC-12

Justin Kuzmicki Makes An Exit

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Jeremy Joseph raised to 35,000 from the small blind and Justin Kuzmicki re-raised all in for 105,000 from the big blind. Kam Low, who had limped into the pot from middle position, made the call, as did Joseph who checked a flop of {2-Spades}