2009 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
The flop was bone dry for him, coming . O'Connor stood up and began stuffing his belongings into his backpack. The turn was a blank too, the . The backpack now went onto the shoulders. The last card off was the , again no help to the all-in player. He slid his chair under the table with his foot, shook hands with the table, and made his way to the payout desk.
For his three-day run to the final table, he'll take home more than $80,000. Not too bad.
No objections from the players, so that's the plan.
"You know what's funny, Brandon?" Lutes started to say. "I knew you were gonna raise my big blind. I didn't know you were gonna move all in though." With that, he flashed and sent his cards back to the muck.
Showdown
Jacob:
Markham:
The flop was safe and sound for the all-in player, coming . Disaster struck the turn though as the gave Jacob a big lead. Not to worry for Markham; the landed on the river, improving Markham to the winning Broadway straight.
He's doubled up to just over 800,000, knocking Jacob down a peg to 1,800,000.
Seat 1: Chairud Vangchailued (875,000)
Seat 2: Tyler Spalding (1,485,000)
Seat 3: Patrick O'Connor (580,000)
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu (880,000)
Seat 5: Alex Jacob (2,200,000)
Seat 6: Ray Foley (2,860,000)
Seat 7: Richard Lutes (1,555,000)
Seat 8: Wei Mu (1,370,000)
Seat 9: Jonathan Markham (400,000)
With the bios and introductions out of the way, the cards are in the air at the final table!
Showdown
Livingston:
Foley:
The flop paired Foley's ace, but gave the at-risk player a sweat as it came down . "Nine!" came the calls from the rail, but the turn was a blank . "Nine, nine!" but again there was no nine. The filled out the board, ending Livingston's day. He'll take home the last of the $56,071 payouts for his efforts over the past three days.
Seat 1: Matt Livingston
Seat 2: Chairud Vangchailued
Seat 3: Tyler Spalding
Seat 4: Patrick O'Connor
Seat 5: Brandon Cantu
Seat 6: Alex Jacob
Seat 7: Ray Foley
Seat 8: Richard Lutes
Seat 9: Wei Mu
Seat 10: Jonathan Markham