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Stud
Phil Ivey completed the betting on third street with John Juanda making the call. Ivey led on fourth, before Juanda check-called on fifth. On sixth street Juanda led out and again on seventh, with Ivey calling him down.
Ivey: (X-X-X) / 
Juanda: (
) / 
Juanda caught two pair on sixth and then filled up on the river to collect the pot as Ivey tossed his cards into the muck.
Ivey is back into the pack with 760,000 as Juanda is up to 820,000.
Stud-8
Kenneth Aldridge was the bring in before Ryan Hughes completed. Jeff Lisandro called as did Chad Brown. On fourth street, play checked to Hughes who moved all in for his last 14,000.
Lisandro then called the floor and asked for a ruling as to who would receive what place if both players were eliminated on the same hand. Once he learnt that it comes down to chip counts at the start of the hand, Lisandro made the call. Brown and Aldridge also made the call.
On fifth street Lisandro led out with a bet with both live players calling, before his last chips were in on sixth against Aldridge as Brown stepped aside.
Aldridge: (
) / 
/ (
)
Hughes: (
) / 
/ ()
Lisandro: (
) / 
/ (
)
Brown: (X-X) / 
When all was said and done, Aldridge's two pair weren't enough to challenge Lisandro's straight as he took both the high and the low in the side pot. Hughes had a river squeeze to try and fill up but it wasn't to be as Lisandro scooped the lot as he gave a double fist pump to his rail.
Hughes is eliminated in 9th place for a collect of $22,849. The players are now taking a quick break before the "official" final table commences.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
905,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
|
765,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
751,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
|
|
554,000
-286,000
|
-286,000 |
|
453,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
||
|
398,000
-222,000
|
-222,000 |
|
|
||
|
368,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
109,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
If you think this line-up isn't tough, you probably haven't been around poker very long. There are five bracelet winners at this final table: Phil Ivey (7), Bill Chen (2), Ken Aldridge (1), John Juanda (3, and one WSOP-E bracelet) and Jeff Lisandro (4). The player who bubbled the final table, Ryan Hughes, has 2 bracelets.
Then there's Chad Brown, who has five Top 4 WSOP finishes, including three runner-up finishes, and Dave Baker, who has been having a spectacular 2010 WSOP and is gunning for his first bracelet after four previous cashes and one final table appearance.
The odd man out is Albert Hahn, who seems to have no previous tournament results.
Cards are back in the air. Thirty minutes remain in the level.
Stud-8
Brown: 
/ 
/ 
Baker: / 
/
Dave Baker needed a boost at this final table. He's found it very early, courtesy of Chad Brown. Brown completed third street, then was the only player to call Baker's raise. Baker bet the lead on fourth street, then bet after Brown checked the lead on fifth street. By sixth street Baker was all in. He tabled two pair, sixes and deuces, against a pair of fives for Brown. No sweat for Baker this time around -- Brown bricked the river.
Baker is up to 325,000. Brown is down to about 275,000.
Stud-8
Aldridge: X-X / 
/ X
Brown: X-X / 
/ X
Hahn: X-X / 
/ X
Chad Brown's the short stack now but that didn't stop him from mixing it up with Ken Aldridge and Albert Hahn in a three-way hand of stud split. Aldridge completed third street and was called by Brown and Hahn. Hahn had the lead every street thereafter and bet it, with Aldridge and Brown both calling in turn.
On sixth street, Brown could have closed the action with a call but instead raised. Hahn and Aldridge both called to the river, where Hahn again led out. That bet folded Aldridge, but Brown called.
"Flush and a low," said Hahn. Disbelief flashed across Brown's face, but when Hahn turned up his hand he realized he didn't have a low at all! He opened for a spade flush with no low. Brown showed down 
, a straight-8, to nab the low half of the pot.
Stud-8
At the 20,000 and 40,000 level, Jeff Lisandro was all in for only 4,000 of the 5,000-chip ante. He won back-to-back all in's to climb out of the gutter, then peaked at a high of 450,000. He's slipped back to 225,000 now after being scooped by Ken Aldridge.
Lisandro brought it in on third street, then called on fourth and fifth streets. On sixth street, Aldridge checked to Lisandro, who fired a bet with four low cards on board. Aldridge gave the decision about forty seconds of thought before calling.
That call was the last action of the hand. Both players checked the river, with Aldridge turning up in the hole for trip fives. That beat Lisandro for the high half, and neither player had a qualifying low. Aldridge scooped the whole pot.
Stud-8
Hahn: X-X / / X
Juanda: X-X / 
/ X
Lisandro: X-X / 
/ X
The stacks are swinging up and down pretty wildly at the moment, as the split-pot games generate lots of action. Jeff Lisandro is the most recent beneficiary of that action. He raised third street after Albert Hahn's bring-in was completed by John Juanda. Hahn and Juanda both called.
On fourth street, Hahn's ace had the betting lead. He led out and was called by Juanda and Lisandro in turn. It was Juanda's turn to lead on fifth street, with an open pair of fives. He bet and was raised by Lisandro. Hahn called two cold before Juanda re-raised. That was enough to put Lisandro all in. Hahn also called.
The two live players, Hahn and Juanda were betting on the side on sixth street. Juanda fired a bet that Hahn called. Both players checked the river, taking us to the reveal. Hahn showed for nines and fours with no low; Juanda showed and a third card for kings and fives with no low. Juanda collected the whole side pot.
For the main pot, Juanda's kings and fives were bested by Lisandro's 
, aces and tens. Lisandro dragged the whole main pot to triple up to 760,000.
Stud-8
Brown: X-X / 
FOLD
Chen: X-X / / X
Juanda: X-X / FOLD
Lisandro: X-X / / X
We haven't heard much from Bill Chen since the players collapsed to the nine-handed table. He was involved in a four-way pot with Chad Brown, John Juanda and Jeff Lisandro. On fifth street, Chen bet the high board, inducing folds from Juanda and Brown and a call from Lisandro. Both players checked sixth and seventh streets.
At showdown, Chen's in the hole made aces and jacks. Lisandro flashed two buried kings for a final hand of two pair, kings and tens, and then mucked.
Chen is the new chip leader with 970,000.
Hold'em
Bill Chen has propelled himself to 1.2 million in chips on the backs of aces. He raised the cutoff pre-flop and was called by big blind John Juanda. Juanda check-called a bet on a flop of , then led into Chen when the turn came . Chen called to the river , where Juanda fired again. Chen executed a raise, inducing Juanda to make a crying call with the worst hand. Chen turned up for two pair, aces and fours, to drag the pot.
Juanda is down to about 410,000.
