. Holt held 
and was behind, but did have live cards.The flop paired up Holt, coming
. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
, giving Holt two pair. He was able to double up through DeWitt and move to about 700,000 chips.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
854
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
. Holt held and was behind, but did have live cards.The flop paired up Holt, coming
. The turn brought the and the river the , giving Holt two pair. He was able to double up through DeWitt and move to about 700,000 chips.
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and shipped his last 243,000 into the middle. Jason Somerville re-raised to isolate Noda, but he had a worse hand -- 
. There was no help for Somerville on a board of 
. Noda doubled up to 531,000 while Somerville dropped to 350,000.
Karga Holt (Atlanta, GA)
- $453,117 in live tournament winnings
- Three WSOP cashes, one final table
Jorg Peisert (Dusseldorf, Germany)
- $120,725 in live tournament winnings
- Making first WSOP cash
Michael Katz (Manalapan, NJ)
- $467,520 in live tournament winnings
- Eight WSOP cashes
Michael Noda (Philadelphia, PA)
- $242,349 in live tournament winnings
- One WSOP cash
William Erickson (Clifton Park, NY)
- $217,875 in live tournament winnings
- Two WSOP cashes
Jason "JCarver" Somerville (Stony Brook, NY)
- $327,376 in live tournament winnings
- Five WSOP cashes, one final table
Jason DeWitt (Granger, IN)
- $255,550 in live tournament winnings
- Six WSOP cashes, two final tables
Benjamin Gilbert (Studio City, CA)
- $20,613 in live tournament winnings
- Two WSOP cashes
With all players folding, DeWitt put in a fourth raise to 410,000. That was enough to produce a fold from Gilbert.
, Somerville fired out 95,000. Dewitt called to the 
turn, which both players checked. The river double-paired the board 
. Somerville checked to DeWitt, who thoughtfully bet 155,000. Somerville went into the tank for two full minutes before folding.
Noda rolled his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a few moments. "I was waiting for *his* big blind to raise," Holt told the rail to some scattered laughs.
He looked at Noda. "You of all people were supposed to be the one who folded."
After a few more moments of agonizing, Holt mucked. "Short stack raises but doesn't go all in. That's supposed to be powerful!"
Michael Katz - 1,515,000
Jorg Peisert - 1,385,000
Benjamin Gilbert - 1,290,000
Jason Somerville - 700,000
William Erickson - 400,000
Karga Holt - 325,000
Michael Noda - 190,000
On the hand, Noda moved all in from the button and was called by William Erickson in the small blind. Erickson held
and Noda had 
. The board ran out nice and clean as far as Erickson was concerned when it came 
and Noda suffered the blow. He is down to 190,000 while Erickson doubled to 400,000.
. Holt tabled two eights, , and won the pot.