There are no details about how this happened, but Ville Wahlbeck just got eliminated by Justin Smith in Razz.
Wahlbeck has a high reputation when it comes mixed games, and he just barely missed out on the 2009 World Series of Poker Player of the Year title. Jeff Lisandro won three bracelets in 2009, earning him 355 points, and Wahlbeck came in second with 320, which he collected in these four events.
From under the gun, Marco Johnson limped in and action folded to Lyle Berman on the button. He raised the pot and made it 10,800 to go. The blinds folded and then Johnson made the call.
The rolled out on the flop and Johnson checked. Berman tossed out 25,200 and Johnson took a minute to make the call. From there, the landed on the turn. After another minute of thought, Johnson moved all in for approximately 71,000. Berman quickly called.
Johnson:
Berman:
Johnson had flopped a straight and flush draw, but turned a set to take the lead. Berman needed a six or a heart on the river to win the pot and bust Johnson, but Johnson did have some blockers against Berman's draw.
The river completed the board with the — it was red and it was a heart. Berman nailed his flush and won the pot, sending Johnson out the door and moving up to 325,000 in chips.
World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel has just been eliminated. Duhamel bought in on day two, but he couldn't get anything going.
No Limit Hold'em
Duhamel first managed to double up when he got his final 20,000 chips into the pot with . Rami Boukai made the call from the big blind and showed . The board ran out giving Duhamel trips on the river in order to survive.
Not too long after this hand it was David Oppenheim who beat Duhamel for his final chips in Seven Card Stud as we are down to 68 players.
Viktor Blom was near the top of the standings a few hours ago, but he just lost a pot to Ali Eslami knocking him down to under twice the starting stack.
Blom raised from late-position and Eslami made the call from the button. The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn was the , and Blom bet 12,600. Eslami made the call, and the river was the . Blom fired out 26,000 this time, and Eslami called him right away. Blom mucked his cards, and Eslami showed for top two pair to take down the pot.