Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-25-2009 17:15 UTC-12

OK, Now You Can Call It a Comeback

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J.C. Alvarado raised to 300,000 from under the gun and Eric Baldwin moved all in from the big blind. Alvarado called for his tournament life.

Baldwin: {A-Spades}

Alvarado:

The board came {Q-Diamonds}

allowing Alvarado's pocket pair to hold up.

J.C Alvarado - 1,450,000
Baldwin - 1,000,000

Tags: Eric Baldwin J.C. Alvarado

06-25-2009 17:12 UTC-12

Alvarado Wakes Up with Aces

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J.C. Alvarado raised from middle position to 300,000 to take the blinds.

He showed pocket aces.

Steadily, he is building a stack by taking down the blinds - every time he does this level it's worth 150,000.

Alvarado 700,000

Tags: J.C. Alvarado

06-25-2009 17:09 UTC-12

Don't Call It a Comeback...

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J.C. Alvarado raised pot to take the blinds. He is now up to 550,000.

06-25-2009 17:08 UTC-12

Alvarado Doubles His Short Stack

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J.C. Alvarado was all in before the flop for his last 200,000 with {K-Diamonds}

against the {6-Hearts}

of Davidi Kitai.

The board came {J-Spades}

allowing J.C. Alvarado to double up his short stack to 400,000.

Tags: Davidi Kitai J.C. Alvarado

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 0

06-25-2009 17:05 UTC-12

John Kabbaj Doubles Through J.C. Alvarado

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Kabbaj raised to 280,000 and J.C. Alvarado moved all in from the big blind. Kabbaj called and was at risk.

Alvarado: {6-Hearts}

Kabbaj:

The board came {A-Hearts}

, allowing John Kabbaj to double up.

Kabbaj - 1,400,000
Alvarado - 200,000

Tags: J.C. Alvarado John Kabbaj

06-25-2009 17:00 UTC-12

Jason Lester Eliminated in 6th Place ($110,431)

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Jason Lester moved all in for 230,000 from the cut off. Davidi Kitai made the call from the button and the blinds got out of the way.

Lester: {J-Diamonds}

Kitai:

The board came {9-Spades}

, eliminating Jason Lester in 6th place.

Kitai - 1,950,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Jason Lester

06-25-2009 16:55 UTC-12

Baldwin Grabs Some Chips

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John Kabbaj raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Eric Baldwin reraised to 570,000 from the cut off. Action folded back around to Kabbaj, who released his hand.

Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin takes down the pot.

Tags: Eric Baldwin

06-25-2009 16:50 UTC-12

Eugene Todd Eliminated in 7th Place ($93,085)

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J.C. Alvarado raised to 160,000 from under the gun and Eugene Todd made it 600,000 to go from middle position. Kirill Gerasimov then moved all in from the small blind. Alverado got out of the way and Todd made the call.

Gerasimov: {Q-Hearts}

Todd:

The board came {8-Clubs}