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

06-04-2009 10:54 UTC-12

Michael Martin Eliminated

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Craig McConville min-raised to 55,000 from under the gun and got flat called by Mark Salinaro in middle position. Action folded back to Michael Martin in the small blind who shoved for 191,000. McConville called and Salinaro folded.

Going heads up to the flop, McConville showed {A-Clubs}

versus Martin's {A-Diamonds}

. When the flop came {2-Diamonds}

, Martin looked to be in good shape. The {2-Hearts}

on the turn helped too, but the {Q-Hearts}

on the river handed the hand to McConville and sent Martin to the rail.

McConville now has 1,500,000 chips.

06-04-2009 11:11 UTC-12

Robert Fett Sent to the Rail

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Robert Fett and Jacob Kalb got all in preflop after Kalb raised to 52,000, Fett re-raised to 152,000 and Kalb shoved.

When the hands were turned up, we were racing with Fett holding {A-Spades}

to Kalb's

. A flop of {Q-Hearts}

put Kalb way out front and Fett couldn't catch up with either the {4-Hearts}

or

.

The hand put Kalb at 1.8 million chips.

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

06-04-2009 11:18 UTC-12

Philip Souza Crippled - Then Eliminated

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Philip Souza raised to 54,000 from under-the-gun and got re-raised to 160,000 by Gary Tang from the small blind.

Both players checked the flop of {10-Spades}

and Tang led for 175,000 when the {5-Spades}

appeared on the turn. Souza raised all in for 879,000 and Tang tanked before finally making the call with {A-Diamonds}

. Souza showed {J-Diamonds}

and lost the monster pot when the {5-Hearts}

hit the river.

The pot left Souza with just 41,000 chips and put Tang up near 1.6 million.

Souza was knocked out of the tournament a couple of hands later after shoving with {Q-Clubs}

preflop and getting called by Mike Ciotola with {K-Diamonds}

. Neither player improved on a board of {6-Clubs}

, and Ciotola's kicker played.

06-04-2009 11:28 UTC-12

Michael Pesek Gets Knocked Out

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Michael Pesek got his chips in the middle with the best hand but still lost the hand.

Pesek raised to 65,000 from under-the-gun and got re-raised to 167,000 by Travis Johnson on the button. Pesek shoved over the top for an additional 330,000 and Johnson tanked before finally making the call with {J-Hearts}

, which was behind Pesek's {K-Clubs}

.

Johnson didn't take long to catch up though, hitting a set on a flop of {J-Spades}

. The turn and river brought the {3-Hearts}

and

- no help to Pesek - who went home in 12th spot.

06-04-2009 11:54 UTC-12

Travis Johnson Takes One Down

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Gary Tang raised to 64,000 from middle position and got re-raised to 207,000 by Travis Johnson out of the small blind. Mike Ciotola called from the big blind, as did Tang.

Johnson wasted no time after that, shoving all in for 726,000 on a flop of {6-Diamonds}

and forcing both Ciotola and Tang to fold.

06-04-2009 12:04 UTC-12

McInnis Doubles Up

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Brian McInnis got his stack in preflop with {K-Hearts}

against Jacob Kalb who called with {K-Spades}

.

When the board came {A-Spades}

, McInnis' cowboys stood up and he doubled up to 700,000.

06-04-2009 12:06 UTC-12

Gary Tang Headed in Reverse

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On a board of {7-Clubs}

, Gary Tang check-called a 107,000 chip river bet by Walter Wright who showed {4-Diamonds}

for two pair. A disgusted Tang tabled {A-Diamonds}

for busted straight and flush draws as his stack shrunk to 1 million.

Wright padded his chip stack to 1,350,000 in the hand.

06-04-2009 12:07 UTC-12

Another Loss for Tang

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Shortly after losing to Wright, Tang took another hit, this time at the hand Mike Ciotola who raised to 52,000 preflop from the cutoff. Tang reraised to 187,000 from the small blind and then called Ciotola's all in for an additional 250,000.

Tang got in ahead with {10-Spades}

vs. Ciotola's {8-Clubs}