2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship NL Texas Hold'em (Event 57)
Date:
Friday, July 03, 2009 to Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Buy-In:
$10,000
Prize Pool:
$61,043,600
Entrants:
6,494
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:52:02
Woodley Busts One At The Death
Ian Woodley has knocked out a player right at the very end, succesfully flipping 
against 
in a 500,000 pot after a 
board.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:52:00
Sven Survives
In one of the last hands of the night, Dennis Phillips limped, Kenny Hsiung raised to 22,000, then Sven Mol reraised all in for 122,000. Phillips folded, and Hsiung called. Afterwards, Phillips said he'd folded pocket tens.
Mol showed 
and Hsiung 
. The flop came 
, giving Mol a set and the big lead. The turn brought the 
, and perhaps a little woulda-shoulda-coulda for Phillips. The river was the 
, and Mol is up to 305,000. Hsiung drops to 292,000.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:50:33
A Last Hand Double Up for Labbe
Peter Eastgate made it 16,000 to play and Leo Labbe pushed all in for his last 48,000. Action folded back to Eastgate who made the call.
Labbe: 
Eastgate: 
Labbe had a sweat by the turn as the board came 
, but the 
on the river was safe enough and Labbe will return for Day 5 with just over 100,000 chips.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:46:43
Lacay Counterfeited
After a flop of 
, Jon Eaton was all in and called by Ludovic Lacay. Eaton had 
for top pair, but Lacay had 
for bottom two.
However, the turn and river were both kings -- -- counterfeiting Lacay's hand and giving Eaton the better two pair and the pot. Eaton has 275,000, while Lacay is still up there with 1.7 million.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:45:22
Tran Runs Into a Set
We join a huge pot in progress at one of the far tables with the flop showing 
. The betting action was unclear, but it ended with Mark Ader moving all in for 380,000 total. Kenny Tran was his opponent, and Tran would pause to consider his position carefully before making the call for half of his stack.
Ader tabled , but Tran wasn't showing just yet. He took the extra time -- another three or four minutes -- to get Ader's count, cut out the call from his stack, and push his own chips in front of Ader before turning over his 
, drawing slim. The 
on the turn was a great sweat, but the door slammed when the 
hit the river.
With that exchange, Ader is all the way up to 895,000, pushing Kenny Tran down to 366,000.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:45:14
Schwartz Hits Another Double
Marla Schwartz's stack had slowly diminished after her lost double-up through Nick Binger. Down to 68,000, she open-shoved all in preflop. Action folded to Jimmy Tran on the button, who squeezed his cards.
"What do you want me to do?" Tran asked.
"I want you to call," Schwartz replied. "I need to double up."
Call is exactly what Tran did as he tabled 
against Schwartz's 
. Schwartz paired kings on the flop and never looked back en route to 155,000 in chips.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:42:48
Gettler Gone
In a battle of the blinds Lance Gettler was all in preflop with against the of John Monnette.
Gettler held the lead but the flop was a disastrous one for him as it fell . The turn was the 
and river the . Monnette takes it down to move up to 540,000 as Gettler is sent to the payout desk.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:40:58
An End of Day Double for Semisoshenko
Roger Goa raised to 18,000 from middle position and Maxim Semisoshenko moved all in for 135,000. Action folded back to Goa who made the call.
Goa:
Semisoshenko: 
The hand was over by the turn as the board ran out 
and Semisoshenko doubled to 280,000.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:39:56
Dang Goes To Value Town
Hac Dang is up to 830,000 after firing three streets of value on a board of .
Dang revealed 
for queens and deuces, which was good as his opponent flashed .
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:39:53
Hinkle Knocks Out Ottsen
With the flop reading , David Ottosen checked and Ludovic Lacay bet 27,000. Blair Hinkle made the call before Ottosen check-raised all in for about 70,000 more.
Lacay instantly folded and Hinkle laughed, "You evil man!"
Hinkle thought for a minute before making the call with and actually having his hand dominating Ottosen's 
, the 
was to change nothing before the river ended the short stack's tournament.
Hinkle now is also chipped up at around 1.3 million.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:39:31
Seven More Hands
The clock was stopped with ten minutes left in the level, a card was drawn, and it has been determined players will play seven more hands before calling it a night.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:38:59
One Fewer November Niner
Kelly Kim was down to a mere 46,000 chips when he moved all in with 
. Jake Abdalla called with , a hand that held on a board of 
. Kim's gone with just a few minutes left in the day.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:38:47
Now They're Just Picking On Him
We just caught the tail end of a hand, but it was at least worth mentioning. J.C. Tran was involved again, and on fourth street, the board showed . It was a battle of the blinds, and Tran's opponent made a bet of 60,000 which he called. The river brought the , and the small blind moved all in. Tran thought for just a bit before sending his cards back to the muck, and the small blind couldn't resist flashing his 
offsuit as he pulled in the pot.
That's the second time the table has bluffed J.C. Tran in the last few minutes. Chances are good that the third person who tries to do that will be making a mistake.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:37:20
That's Lutz!
Tom Lutz and Raul Mestre just collided in a huge pot on a flop of 
.
Lutz held top two with his as Mestre was drawing to a flush with his .
The on the turn gave Mestre even more outs with a straight draw, but the river bricked the . Mestre hits the rail as Lutz now sits behind a very healthy 1.6 million chips.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:35:06
The Fall of Caesar -- Hellmuth Out
Before the flop, Abraham Mourshaki raised to 22,000 from early position, and Phil Hellmuth flat-called from late position. Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque then called from the cutoff, Kenny Hsiung called from the button, and Kevin Jenkins also called from the big blind.
No report if Hellmuth uttered "et tu" or anything similar after all of the callers.
The flop came . Jenkins pushed all in for 83,000, Mourshaki folded, then Hellmuth reraised all in with his last 110,000. Gomez folded, and Hsiung called.
Jenkins
Hellmuth
Hsiung
Jenkins had an open-ended straight draw, Hellmuth the overpair, and Hsiung two pair.
The turn was the 
, giving Jenkins the straight. The river was the . Jenkins won the main pot, Hsiung the side pot, and Hellmuth has been eliminated.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:32:14
Carter King Goes Home
It may have been "double up or go home" time for Carter King. He was short-stacked in the big blind and got all of his chips in the middle on a flop of . King's opponent was the small blind, who had flopped top two pair with and made the call. King turned up and never improved.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:32:05
ElkY Loses Hand
The details are sketchy, (perhaps our reporters were in shock that ElkY actually LOST a hand), but we got the gist of what went down.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier was holding 
and saw a multi-way flop of with four opponents where the action was checked around.
The 
on the turn was the action card as it gave ElkY a set. He fired out a bet and then called the shove of his opponent who turned over for the flush.
The river didn't repeat the board and Elky loses a chunk of coin to slip to a more human-like 1.35 million.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:26:28
Brady Out
Matt Brady was just all in for just under 60,000 before the flop with pocket queens, and ran smack into Nichoel Peppe who had pocket kings.
Peppe's hand held up, and Brady has been eliminated. Peppe is now up to 882,000.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:26:25
Schulman's Late Surge
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading 
Ed Perry checked to Nick Schulman who fired 40,000. Perry made the call, and then check-called the bet of 75,000 on the river.
Schulman tabled for the king-high flush to collect the pot. He's up to 780,000 with Perry back to 250,000.
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:24:33
Tran Can't Get Much for His House
Theo Tran opened for 18,000 from under the gun and was called by two players. On a flop of 
, Tran's 30,000-chip bet was called by only the button. Both players checked the turn and the river, with Tran's taking down the pot with a full house.
Tran is up to 1,125,000 chips.
