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The flop was
. Ivey led out for 120,000 and Shulman called. The turn was the 
and Ivey checked to Shulman, who bet 200,000. Ivey gave up his hand and Shulman won the pot.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 8
The flop was
. Ivey led out for 120,000 and Shulman called. The turn was the and Ivey checked to Shulman, who bet 200,000. Ivey gave up his hand and Shulman won the pot.
The first three community cards came out
. Buchman and Moon checked to the preflop raiser, Tamayo. He bet 760,000 and was called only by Buchman. Both men checked the 
turn.The river fell
. Buchman made a less-than-half-pot bet of 1.1 million. Tamayo probably never saw the hand he was running into when he called. Buchman showed down 
for a turned full house, sixes full of nines.
The flop came
. Kopp led with a bet of 700,000, then Balmigere pushed all in for 2.785 million total. Begleiter folded, and Kopp went into the tank.After a minute, Kopp counted out the chips needed to call and stacked them in a single column. Finally he picked up the stack and set it down before him with a thump. The players' cards were revealed:
Kopp
Balmigere
The turn was the
, and Balmigere's jacks were still good. But the river brought the , giving Kopp the straight. Balmigere stood with a pained look for a moment, then shook hands with the others as he departed. Kopp is now up to 17.5 million.
. When the turn came 
, Calderaro had first action and made the first motion, leading out for 800,000. Each of his opponents folded.
Maimone
Ivey
The flop favored Ivey, coming down
, but Maimone spiked the 
on the turn to take the lead. The river was the and he doubled up to 2,360,000.
Actually, Esfandiari and his eight tablemates have been very quiet in the early going, with hardly any noise emanating from the table but the quiet riffling of chips and the dealer's announcements of action.
"Tell me a story, Steve," said Antonio to Steven Begleiter, with whom he'd opened a brief dialogue a little while ago following that cheer for Begleiter from the rail.
From the looks of things, the only stories this group will be telling in the near term will be told via the cards and chips.
Cada checked the
flop over to Shulman, who made a continuation bet of 550,000. It was enough to chase away Cada and Shulman won his first pot of the day.