2009 World Series of Poker
Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud
Day: 3
Both players checked the river. Wahlbeck produced as his hole cards for two pair, tens and sixes, but Ellis had him beat with , two pair aces and fives.
It really is the Freddie Ellis show here. It seems that nobody can stop him.
Eric Drache - 1,435,000
Ville Wahlbeck - 495,000
With his fourth place elimination, Pescatori will pick up $107,959. We're also down to the final three competitors.
On his final hand, Habib completed the after Ville Wahlbeck brought it in and Eric Drache limped the . Only Drache called. In fact, Drache called all the way to sixth street, where he raised / to put Habib all in. Habib called with / and found himself looking for one of the two remaining tens. His river was not a ten; it was the .
Habib's reward for fifth place is $80,969.
Eric Drache - 1,000,000
Ville Wahlbeck - 405,000
Max Pescatori - 330,000
Hasan Habib - 180,000
Habib: (X-X) /
Pescatori: (X-X) /
Pescatori moved all in for his last 28,000, drawing a call from Habib. It turned out that Habib was drawing dead against Pescatori's made heart flush, in the hole.
We still have one Italian Pirate at this final table.
A few hands later, Ellis was at it again, making trip eights against Eric Drache's aces-up. Drache was distracted during the hand by an ESPN tech crew member, who seemed very concerned about a cup of coffee that Drache had placed on the rail of the table.
In any event, your chip leader is Freddie Ellis, and it's not close.
Level: 24
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0