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
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Garrett Beckman raised to 48,000 from late position, and Shawn Glines reraised to 145,000 from the cutoff. Gregg Merkow then tanked before shoving all in for 487,000 from the big blind.
Beckman folded, then Glines called, turning over
. Merkow showed 
.The board came
, and we had another big chopped pot.
and Altinbas 
.But it didn't matter what their hole cards were, as the community cards were
to put a straight on board.
Seat 2 -- Shawn Glines (700,000)
Seat 3 -- Antoine Berube (425,000)
Seat 4 -- Keven Stammen (1,500,000)
Seat 5 -- Gregg Merkow (505,000)
Seat 6 -- Bahador Ahmadi (1,750,000)
Seat 7 -- Matthew Lynn (425,000)
Seat 8 -- Torrey Reily (400,000)
Seat 9 -- Angel Guillen (1,440,000)
Seat 10 -- Garrett Beckman (420,000)
to Piro's 
.The board came
, and Piro is out in 11th. A short pause now while players are now redrawing for seats around a single ten-handed table.
The flop came
. Guillen checked, Piro bet 75,000, and Guillen called. The turn was the 
. Guillen checked again, this time Piro bet 100,000, then Guillen check-raised to 300,000.Piro went into the tank. He had only 260,000 left behind. Finally he folded, saying that if we weren't on the final (ten-handed) table bubble, he might've gone for it.
Guillen showed one card, the
, as he dragged the chips. He's now up over 950,000.
Here's a quick look at the current chip counts:
Bahador Ahmadi -- 1,480,000
Keven Stammen -- 1,195,000
Angel Guillen -- 920,000
Shawn Glines -- 765,000
Gregg Merkow -- 700,000
Garrett Beckman -- 650,000
Oktay Altinbas -- 500,000
Antoine Berube -- 480,000
Romeo Piro -- 470,000
Torrey Reily -- 470,000
Matthew Lynn -- 205,000
Tunkel showed
, and Ahmadi . The flop came 
, and Tunkel was suddenly way in front. But the turn card changed everything -- . The river was the 
, and Tunkel is out in 12th.Ahmadi is our clear chip leader now with nearly 1.5 million.