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2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
November Nine Final Table
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$27,220,989
Entries
9
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
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Jamie Robbins raised to 530,000, James Akenhead moved all in for 2,390,000 and Robbins made the call.
Akenhead
Robbins
Boom! The flop came down
, the room going absolutely bezerk as Akenhead flopped two pair. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Akenhead's cheering section exploded, high-fiving their man as he earned a much-needed double-up to 5.09 million.With his recent double-up, king-queen is surely becoming Akenhead's favorite hand. In July Akenhead used the double up to start his push toward the November Nine. It will be interesting to see if he can use this momentum to now push him into contention for the title.
Darvin Moon - 49,495,000
Eric Buchman - 35,135,000
Steven Begleiter - 24,820,000
Antoine Saout - 21,960,000
Joseph Cada - 16,635,000
Jeff Shulman - 14,780,000
James Akenhead - 12,515,000
Phil Ivey - 10,565,000
Kevin Schaffel - 8,960,000
The flop comes down
. Moon has first action and leads into Saout for 2.3 million. Saout grabs three stacks of lavender chips and shoves them into the middle of the table in one motion, a raise to 6.75 million. Moon announces that he is all in; Saout beats him into the pot for roughly 9.9 million total. For the second hand in a row we have an all-in and call!Moon:
Saout:
Saout has bottom two pair, which is way, way, waaaaaaaaaay the favorite over Moon's total airball. Moon's face seems to have turned a bit red with his hand caught firmly in the cookie jar. While we wait for ESPN to give the go-ahead for the board, Saout takes a sip of water to calm himself for what he hopes will be a double-up.
The turn
is a minor sweat card, as it gives Moon a gutshot wheel draw. The crowd erupts in giddy anticipation, delighted to see that Moon's not drawing dead. But there's no suckout. The river 
is a safe card for Saout, giving him deuces full of jacks and allowing him to secure a double-up to roughly 22.0 million.That's the first hit of the day for Moon. He's down to 49.5 million.
But the action isn't over yet. Eric Buchman seems to be toying with a big decision in the next seat over as he eyes up Begleiter's remaining stack. After another minute or so of tank time, Buchman announces a big re-raise to 12,000,000 total! The dealer pulls in the already-committed chips to show Begs what he's up against. With a shake of the head, Begleiter eventually elects to let his hand (and 4 million of his chips) go, and it is now heads up for Akenhead's tournament life.
Showdown
Akenhead:
Buchman:
The crowd breaks into a frenzy as Akenhead's fans plead with the dealer for some help. Their cries initially fall on deaf ears as she spreads out a useless flop of
. The 
on the turn changes nothing, and Akenhead is one card away from a ninth-place exit.A crowd of 30 or 40 supporters on stage lean in toward the table yelling for a queen at the top of their voices. This time, the dealer obliges; The
rips off the deck, improving Akenhead to the winning two pair as the entire crowd explodes in a deafening frenzy.Akenhead has dodged the biggest bullet of his life, coming from way behind to earn himself a monstrous triple up. He's back in contention with 12,855,000 now. Buchman has slipped to 35,175,000.