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Showdown
Baldwin:
Taylor:
Board:
. That's safe for Taylor, and he's doubled up to 470,000.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,095
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Showdown
Baldwin:
Taylor:
Board:
. That's safe for Taylor, and he's doubled up to 470,000.
"Of course he's doing great," said Andrew Youngblood, sitting to Mason's left. "He's tripled his stack in the last hour."
Mason has moved up to 780,000 during this level, after starting the day at 229,000. Youngblood is still around his Day 2 starting stack with 245,000.
. Young Phan was first to act out of the small blind, and he opened with a shove, moving all in for 187,000. Next to act was Roland de Wolfe, and he immediately began stacking chips into the middle of the table. The dealer was still counting Phan's stack, and de Wolfe added chips to the pot as needed to make the call. The other two opponents ducked out.Phan turned over
for top two, and he seemed to know that de Wolfe was going to show down 
for the open-ender with two overs.The turn
was decent for Phan, but it did add another six outs for de Wolfe. The river was a blank though, the 
, and that's good enough to give Phan a double-up. He's climbed back up to 450,000.
Seat 1 -- Pete Kevorkian
Seat 2 -- Bertrand Grospellier
Seat 3 -- Joseph Cada
Seat 4 -- Young Phan
Seat 5 -- James Mackey
Seat 6 -- Eric Baldwin
Seat 7 -- James Taylor
Seat 8 -- Benjamin Scholl
Seat 9 -- Roland de Wolfe
Table 151
Seat 1 -- Eric DeFontes
Seat 2 -- Jonas Klausen
Seat 3 -- Joseph Grenon
Seat 4 -- Pete Sawitzki
Seat 5 -- Martin Jacobsen
Seat 6 -- Robert Mason
Seat 7 -- Andrew Youngblood
Seat 8 -- Sean Mullaghy
Seat 9 -- Steven Bradbury
, and he was looked up by James "mig.com" Mackey. He turned over , having Bansi's tournament life in his hands.The community cards rolled out
, locking up the pot for mig.com and sending Bansi to the exit in 19th place. The last race against Sawitski cost the Brit most of his stack, and he couldn't overcome Mackey in the final hand, bringing his tournament to an end.With his departure, the remaining 18 players have been redrawn down to the final two tables.
, racing for his tournament life against Bansi's 
.The flop was a pretty good miss for Sawitzki, coming
to give him a few outs to the gutshot straight to go with his overcards. The that turned was no fun though, leaving Sawitzki drawing only to that straight. You can imagine the reaction from the table as the 
peeled off on the river, giving Sawitski that miracle come-from-behind straight to double up near 370,000.
Showdown
Jacobson:
Cada:
The board would run safe for Cada, coming
. He slapped a big high five to someone on the rail and collected a much-needed double-up.
Showdown
Taylor:
Mason:
The board ran
to give Mason the winning kings up. He has notched a big double up to 450,000, dropping Taylor all the way back to 270,000.
, Eric DeFontes announced he was all in, and Matt Heiligenthaler quickly called. DeFontes turned over , and Heiligenthaler's head dropped a bit as he showed 
.The turn was the
and the river , and Heilingenthaler is out in 20th. DeFontes catapults up to about 775,000.
Finally Cada decided to call. Grospellier turned over
, and Cada 
. The flop was 
. One more spade, and Grospellier's day was done. The turn was the 
, and ElkY was still safe. The river was the , and Grospellier doubles up to 675,000. Cada slips back to 227,000.