2009 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$639,331
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,641
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Berger Pushing

Play has been fairly slow since losing Joey Barttole.

The only noted aggression has been shown by Barry Berger who has now pushed all in two hands in a row to pretty much double his stack through the blinds and antes.

Rico Ramiriz may have plenty of chips, but he isn't afraid to splash them round as he has three-bet two separate opponents twice during the last orbit.

Tags: Barry BergerRico Ramirez

Official Final Table

Following the elimination of Joey Barttole, we have now reached our official final table.

Seat 1: Zack Fritz
Seat 2: Avi Braz
Seat 3: Rico Ramirez
Seat 4: Jason Potter
Seat 5: Jose Luis Franco
Seat 6: Mike Zulter
Seat 7: Mike Eise
Seat 8: Jeff Chang
Seat 9: Barry Berger

Joey Brattole Eliminated in 10th Place ($54,481)

Joey Brattole eliminated in 10th place
Joey Brattole eliminated in 10th place
With everyone folding round to Mike Eise in the small blind, he open shoved all in against the short stack of Joey Brattole.

Being pot-committed, Brattole made the call and the cards were tabled.

Eise: {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Brattole: {7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

The board would run out {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{6-Clubs} to see Eise fall in 10th place as Eise contines to soar; now up to 2,840,000 in chips.

Tags: Joey BrattoleMike Eise

Franco Doubles

Joey Barttole looked down at his {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades} under the gun and bumped it up to 250,000. The action folded round to Jose Luis Franco in the big blind, who jammed all in for 390,000.

Franco called with his ladies, and was happy when he saw Franco's {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts} -- but not for long, however, as the board ran out {6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} to give Franco the double up.

While Franco moved to 840,000 in chips, Bratolle slipped to just 115,000.

Tags: Joey BarttoleJose Luis Franco

Chang Eise'D

Slipping so far
Slipping so far
Mike Eise make it 115,000 to go with Jeff Chang his only caller.

Eise checked the {J-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{K-Clubs} flop to Chang, who opted to fire with a 300,000-chip bet. Not afraid to put some chips in the pot, Eise then check-raised to 600,000.

Chang pondered for some time before eventually laying his hand down. He slipped to 650,000 while Eise climbed to 2,530,000 in chips.

Tags: Jeff ChangMike Eise

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Zulker Takes His First

Rico Ramirez opened to 100,000 from middle position and Mike Zulker made the call from the button.

The flop of {K-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} brought about a check from Ramirez, which was followed by a bet of 125,000 from Vulker.

Ramirez folded and Zulker took down the pot to move to over 1.6 million in chips.

Tags: Mike ZulkerRico Ramirez