Arvanetes showed for the flush, and Porter mucked, out in 7th place. Arvanetes moves up to about 375,000 on that one.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 26 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Arvanetes showed for the flush, and Porter mucked, out in 7th place. Arvanetes moves up to about 375,000 on that one.
Engelbert showed , Tam flipped up and Duong showed . Engelbert's A-K unimproved was good enough to scoop the entire pot and send Duong to the rail in 8th place.
The flop came down and Miller led out. Before his chips could even hit the table, Barbieri put in a raise. With only 32,000 behind, Miller had a decision for all his chips and after a few minutes in the tank, he made it three bets to go. Barbieri set him all in for his last 2,000 and Miller called.
Miller
Barbieri
The turn was the , the river was the and Miller's tournament was at an end.
With that hand, Barbieri's stack was up to 1.1 million and he's approaching runaway chip leader status.
The flop came . Barbieri checked, Tam bet, Barbieri raised, and Tam called. The turn was the , and this time Barbieri led out with a bet. Tam called.
The river was the . Barbieri bet again, and Tam called once more. Barbieri turned over for the straight, and Tam tabled his .
"Nice flop," said Tam good-naturedly. He's at 340,000 now, while Barbieri is up over the 800,000-chip mark.
Kulicki checked the flop over to Tam, who bet. Kulicki called and they went to the turn, the , where he check-called another bet from Tam. The river was the and both players checked.
Tam revealed in the hole and Kulicki mucked, his stack down to 168,000 while Tam's swelled to 500,000.
The stage for the bracelet ceremony is located just a few feet from where our final table is being played. Each of the nine players remaining hopes he will be the one on that stage tomorrow afternoon.
Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Then on the next hand, Demetrios Arvanetes raised from middle position, Kulicki reraised from the SB, Arvanetes four-bet, and Kulicki called with his last chips.
Kulicki turned over , and Arvanetes . The first card to appear on the flop was a queen -- -- and Kulicki was suddenly ahead. The turn was the and the river the , and Kulicki doubles back up to 190,000. Arvanetes has 295,000.
The remaining nine players are taking a few minutes to fill out bio sheets for WSOP officials. It appears we will be playing this one out here in the Green section of the Amazon Room -- i.e., not on one of the feature tables.
With the stakes where they are, we may be losing a few more here before too long, creating even more elbow room.
Back in action in a moment.
The flop came down . Tam checked, Brodie bet and Tam called. The turn was the and this time Tam bet out. Brodie raised all in and Tam made the call.
Brodie
Tam
Brodie had two pair, queens and jacks but Tam had both straight and flush draws. He got there on the river, making a king-high flush when the hit, sending Brodie to the rail in 10th place.