2009 World Series of Poker

Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠q♦
Prize
$552,745
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,456,400
Entries
1,068
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Getting Close

Shamus
Shamus
We're getting close to the restart here at the main feature table. Players are wandering over and the announcement for them to take their seats has been made. Will probably still be a few minutes.

Dinner Break

Shamus
Shamus
In the last hand of the level, Russell Crane raised to 100,000, and Brock Parker reraised to 275,000. The table folded back to Crane who let it go.

The five remaining players are now taking a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:00 p.m. Vegas time. We'll update those chip counts momentarily.

Rio-s Grande

[user76023]
[user76023]
Crane raises to 100,000 and Alex Wilson calls in the small blind. Jesse Rios squeezes and moves all-in for 575,000 more in the big blind. Crane folds after some brief consideration and Wilson also folds, albeit somewhat more reluctantly.

A Surprising Turn

Shamus
Shamus
We were starting to get lulled into a stupor. Russell Crane raised to 100,000 from under the gun, winning the blinds and antes. Then Brock Parker raised to 90,000 from under the gun, winning the blinds and antes. Then Joe Serock raised to 95,000 from under the gun... but this time Jesse Rios called from the button. The blinds folded, and we were going to see a flop.

Which came {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. Serock continued with a bet of 160,000, and Rios quickly announced he was raising. He bet a total of 425,000. Serock rapidly moved all in, and Rios just as rapidly made the call.

Serock {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Rios {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}

Serock was looking for a heart, but the {10-Clubs} that popped out on the turn was even better. "Whoaaaa!" screamed the crowd at Serock's better set. The river was the {J-Diamonds}, and Rios was left shaking his head.

That hand pushes Serock back up to 2.5 million, and knocks Rios back down to 700,000.

Settle In?

Shamus
Shamus
"It took us three hours to lose our first player at this final table," Robbie the TD just noted. "At that average, it should take another 15 hours."

The players all chuckled at that. "Just kidding," said Robbie. "I mean 12."

Brocky Mountains Suffer Slight Decline

[user76023]
[user76023]
He's happier than he looks. Honest.
He's happier than he looks. Honest.
Russell Crane raises from the cut-off and steals some blinds. Poker is easy.

Brock Parker raises to 90,000 from cut-off and it's passed to Rios who quickly calls in the big blind.

The flop is {4-Spades} {9-Spades} {7-Clubs}. Rios immediately leads for 300,000 and Parker folds to the large bet. Rios shows {J-?} {J-?}.

Chop the Chips

Shamus
Shamus
Russell Crane raised to 115,000 from under the gun, and the table folded around to Jesse Rios who called from the big blind. The flop came {8-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. Rios checked, and Crane checked as well. The turn brought the {J-Diamonds}, and Rios pushed out a bet of 140,000.

Crane riffled his chips with his right hand as he eyed Rios sitting to his right. Finally, he made the call.

The river brought the {10-Hearts}, and both checked. Rios showed {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Crane {A-Spades}{4-Spades}. "Jeez!" said Rios afterwards with a smile, leaning back in his chair, reacting to the fact that their kickers didn't play.
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