2009 World Series of Poker

Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦8♣
Prize
$692,658
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
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Play Remains Tight

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With 10 players remaining, most pots are ending without a flop as a single raise is often enough to steal the blinds and antes.

That said, the lack of action hasn't prevented the table from drawing a sizable crowd, with people stacked three deep on the rail to watch the action.

Keller Doubles Through Gerasimova

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Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller shoved his 240,000 chip stack into the middle from the small blind and Lika Gerasimova took some time before finally calling from the big blind.

Keller: {4-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Gerasimova: {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The {K-Spades} in the window brought an audible groan from Keller, but he quickly cheered as the rest of the flop came {4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The {10-Diamonds} and {J-Spades} completed the board and Keller chipped up to 520,000 while Gerasimova slipped back to 460,000.

Iacobellis Puts on the Squeeze

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Christian Iacobellis
Christian Iacobellis
Lika Gerasimova raised to 62,000 from early position and got called by Danny Illingworth. When action folded to Christian Iacobellis on the button, he reraised all in for a total of 417,000.

Gerasimova quickly folded and Illingworth tanked for more than a minute before finally mucking his hand. Iacobellis now has a stack worth about 570,000.

Pham Gives Up Some Chips

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David Pham
David Pham
Brian Lemke raised to 53,000 from middle position and David Pham called from the big blind.

When the flop came {A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades}, Pham check-raised Lemke's 75,000 bet to 225,000. Lemke quickly reraised all in and Pham folded, falling back to about 340,000.

Sowers Takes a Pot

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Isaac Baron raised to 60,000 from middle position and got reraised to 125,000 by Brian Lemke in the hijack. Mike Sowers called from the cutoff, as did Baron.

Everyone checked the flop of {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Sowers led for 225,000 after action checked to him on the turn of {A-Hearts}. Both Baron and Lemke folded, giving Sowers the pot.

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Break

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The players will now be taking a 20-minute break to have a think about things, and when they return, the increased blinds should stimulate some more action.

Play Slows

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The play at the final table so far has been very slow, with no significant hands to report. Such is the nature of a ten-handed final table, with the bait of the webcast hanging over their heads to ensure no one wants to be the one to bust in 10th place.

Final Table Lineup

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The players have redrawn for the final table. Here's how they will line up with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1: Thomas Keller - 330,000
Seat 2: Lika Gerasimova - 940,000
Seat 3: Danny Illingworth - 1,200,000
Seat 4: David Pham - 680,000
Seat 5: Billy Kopp - 1,100,000
Seat 6: Fabian Quoss - 2,000,000
Seat 7: Isaac Baron - 1,400,000
Seat 8: Christian Iacobellis - 780,000
Seat 9: Brian Lemke - 730,000
Seat 10: Mike Sowers - 840,000

The cards are now back in the air!
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