2009 World Series of Poker

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

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
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

David Inselberg Eliminated in 11th Place ($47,501)

David Inselberg - 11th Place
David Inselberg - 11th Place
Thomas Keller opened to 60,000 from early position and play folded to David Inselberg on the button who moved all in over the top. Fabian Quoss was next to act in the small blind and he announced he was all in also! Keller deliberated for several minutes before folding what he claimed was pocket jacks.

Inselberg: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Quoss: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and Quoss takes down a huge pot to eliminate Inselberg from the tournament in 11th place. He'll take home $47,501 for his efforts.

With that elimination, we're now down to our final ten players. They will redraw for the final table, with one more elimination required before we move over to the ESPN feature table.

Tags: David InselbergFabian Quoss

Olivier Bousquet Eliminated in 12th Place ($47,501)

Olivier Bousquet
Olivier Bousquet
Olivier Bousquet raised to 52,000 from under-the-gun and Lika Gerasimova pushed all in from the big blind. Bousquet made the call and the hands were shown.

Bousquet: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Gerasimova: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The flop of {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} gave Gerasimova the nut flush draw and the {5-Diamonds} on the turn made her hand. The {4-Hearts} on the river was meaningless and Bousquet was sent home in 12th place with a payday of 47,501.

Matthias Neu Eliminated in 13th Place ($35,341)

Matthais Neu
Matthais Neu
Action folded to Matthias Neu in the small blind and he pushed his last 88,000 chips into the middle. Billy Kopp made the call from the big blind and the race started.

Neu: {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Kopp: {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

When the board ran out {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}, Kopp held the better two pair and Neu was sent to the rail.

Quoss Doubles Through Pham

David Pham raised from the cutoff to 58,000 before Fabian Quoss moved all in from the big blind for an additional 477,000. Pham made the call.

Pham: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
Quoss: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Quoss spikes a king to double up. He's up to 1 million in chips with Pham slipping to 740,000.

Tags: David PhamFabian Quoss

David Benefield Loses His Stack; Eliminated in 14th place ($35,341)

David Benefield
David Benefield
David Benefield suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune that led to his elimination in 14th place.

After doubling up through David Inselberg before the last break, Benefield gave all of the chips back when he pushed all in with {A-Spades}{J-Clubs} and got called by Inselberg's {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

A flop of {2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} put Benefield in the lead, but the {K-Spades} on the turn gave Inselberg Broadway and the hand. The {4-Diamonds} on the river left Benefield with just 1,000.

Benefield's last chip went to the ante and when Thomas Keller open shoved under-the-gun, the rest of the table folded. Keller showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} to Benefield's {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

A board of {7-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{4-Spades} provided a little help, but the {7-Clubs} on the turn ended Benefield's day. When the {10-Spades} hit the river, Benefield went home in 14th place with $35,341.

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Lemke Applies Pressure

After just doubling up, David Benefield has tried to put those newly-found chips to work, but found resistance from Brian Lemke.

Lemke raised to 42,000 from the button and Benefield made the call in the small blind.

They saw a flop of {5-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Benefield led out with a bet of 57,000, and Lemke made the call. The turn was the {J-Diamonds} and Benefield checked to Lemke, who fired 100,000 into the middle. Benefield only had about 360,000 behind and deliberated for a long time before releasing as Lemke flashed {8-Spades}{3-Spades} for the semi-bluff to move up to over 1 million in chips.

Tags: Brian LemkeDavid Benefield