2009 World Series of Poker
Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,502,400
Entries
1,088
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
, and the blinds checked to Altinbas who bet 20,000. Merkow check-raised to 60,000, Gerasimov folded, then Altinbas pushed all in for his last 120,000 or so. Merkow called, turning over A-10, but Altinbas was ahead with A-8.The turn was the
and the river the 
, and Altinbas doubles to 285,000. Merkow falls back under 800,000 on that one.
Ahmadi showed his hand --
. Both are close in chips at the moment with Guillen at about 750,000 and Ahmadi about 720,000. Gregg Merkow remains the leader with over 900,000.
Piro
Ivey
The board came
, and Piro is the one who will get to say he knocked out Ivey. "That's why you pushed me out," said Altinbas to Piro. "You wanted the title."Piro now has 260,000.
Guillen had
, and Ivey 
. The board came 
, and Ivey survives. He now has about 50,000.
Looks like first hand back he's going to be under the gun.
Table #150
Seat 1 -- Bahador Ahmadi
Seat 2 -- Angel Guillen
Seat 3 -- Phil Ivey (still not here)
Seat 4 -- Romeo Piro
Seat 5 -- Oktay Altinbas
Seat 6 -- Philip Sousa
Seat 7 -- Gregg Merkow
Seat 8 -- Kirill Gerasimov
Seat 9 -- Garrett Beckman
Table #151
Seat 1 -- Jeff Tunkel
Seat 2 -- Matthew Lynn
Seat 3 -- Keven Stammen
Seat 4 -- Roland de Wolfe
Seat 5 -- Qinghai Pan
Seat 6 -- Brett Switzer
Seat 7 -- Antoine Berube
Seat 8 -- Shawn Glines
Seat 9 -- Torrey Reily
, while Altinbas was in tough shape with 
.The flop came
, and Altinbas was still alive. And the turn brought the 
, giving him the straight. The river was a meaningless 
, and Altinbas doubles to 250,000. Ahmadi now has 645,000.
Phil Ivey still hasn't shown, but has made the next pay jump nonetheless.
, and it folded back around to Keven Stammen who made the call from the big blind with 
.The board came
, and Dickinger is out in 20th, earning $14,413. That hand takes Stammen up to 795,000.