Both players checked, and checked again when the came on the turn. With the on the river, Sowers led for 245,000 and Quoss released his cards.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Both players checked, and checked again when the came on the turn. With the on the river, Sowers led for 245,000 and Quoss released his cards.
The flop landed and Quoss checked to Baron, who bet out 145,000. Quoss took his time once again before making the call.
The turn was the putting a pair on board. Quoss checked and Baron checked behind as the fell on the river. Once again both players checked.
Neither player wanted to show, and in the end Baron convinced Quoss to flip which was the best hand.
Baron went into the tank before finally making the call, showing , putting him well behind Gerasimova's .
A flop of gave Gerasimova top set and Baron a gut-shot draw, which he couldn't complete with either the or .
The pot doubled Gerasimova to approximately 950,000.
When action folded back to Illingworth, he folded his hand, giving the chips to Baron.
The flop landed and Baron checked to Sowers, who tossed out 140,000 to take it down.
When action folded to him on the cutoff, Keller decided was good enough to shove with short-handed, pushing 190,000 into the middle. Fabian Quoss made the call and showed .
A flop of gave Keller a pair, which held up when the board finished with the and . Keller now has 400,000.
They saw a heads-up flop of and Illingworth checked to Quoss, who thought for a moment before tossing out 125,000. Illingworth made a quick call.
The turn was the and once again Illingworth checked to the deliberate Quoss, who took his time before checking behind.
The free river card was the and Illingworth checked for a third time to Quoss, who this time fired out a hefty 350,000. Illingworth insta-called and Quoss tabled for the best hand as Illingworth mucked. Quoss crosses over the 3 million chip mark for a comfortable chip advantage over the field.
When the flop came , Quoss led for 75,000 and Keller got out of the way. Quoss turned over while Kopp tabled and needed help, which didn't come with either the or .
Kopp left in 8th place with a payday of $75,115.