2009 World Series of Poker

Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9j
Prize
$673,276
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,846,570
Entries
2,818
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Jon Christensen Eliminated in 19th Place ($19,848)

Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen moved his last 5,000 chips in from the button and found himself facing Arkadiy Tsinis and Brian Green in the blinds.

When the board ran {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, Tsinis bet the river and forced Green out. He then showed {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a flush, and Christensen mucked. He left the event in 19th place with $19,848.

Christensen Crippled

Joseph Chaplin raised to 55,000 from the cutoff before Christopher Bonita raised an additional 85,000 from the small blind. Action moved to Jon Christensen in the big blind, who moved all in.

Chaplin folded and Bonita called.

Christensen: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Bonita: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

When the board ran {4-Spades}{J-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs}, Bonita's queens held and Christensen was left with just 5,000.

Malott Doubles Through Rajkumar

Andrew Malott
Andrew Malott
Andrew Malott made it 52,000 to go and Vivek Rajkumar flatted from the button.

Malott then bet 160,000 on a flop of {6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Rajkumar shoved. Malott called and the hands were shown.

Malott: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Rajkumar: {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

When the board finished {5-Hearts}{J-Clubs}, Malott's kings held and he doubled up.

Steven Rubinfeld Eliminated in 20th Place ($19,848)

Steven Rubinfeld
Steven Rubinfeld
Christopher Bonita made a standard raise from late position and Steven Rubinfeld moved all in from the button. Bonita called and we went heads up to the flop.

Bonita: {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Rubinfeld: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Rubinfeld fell behind immediately as the flop came {J-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{4-Clubs} and he got no help as the last two cards came {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}. He left in 20th place with $19,848.

Rajkumar Gets Some Back

Not long after losing most of his chips, Vivek Rajkumar moved all in from late position and got called by Andrew Mallot in the small blind.

Rajkumar: {10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Mallot: {K-Spades}{10-Spades}

Mallot held on all the way to the river as the board ran {A-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Rajkumar doubled to 245,000 after the hand.

Spagnuolo Doubles Through Rajkumar

Mike Ratcliff made it 70,000 to play and Vivek Rajkumar pushed all in from the button. Action moved to John Spagnuolo in the small blind, who also moved all in. Ratcliff folded and we went to the flop heads up.

Spagnuolo: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Rajkumar: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

A board of {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} kept Spagnuolo in front and he doubled to 790,000. Rajkumar fell to just 90,000.

Green Doubles Through Chaplin

Brian Green moved all in from the cutoff and got called by Joseph Chaplin on the button.

Green: {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Chaplin: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

A flop of {3-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{8-Diamonds} put Green in front, and Chaplin couldn't improve when the board finished {K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. Green is up to 650,000 while Chaplin fell back to 780,000.