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Life's good for Eric Buchman right now. He hasn't had to make many tough decision today. After opening a pot for 425,000 and being called by James Akenhead, Buchman's hand practically played itself.
Buchman bet 525,000 on the flop, 725,000 on the turn, and 1.2 million on the river. Akenhead called each time as the board developed . Buchman showed down nothing but the second nuts -- , a king-high straight. Akenhead couldn't beat that hand and mucked.
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Jonathan Tamayo - 21st Place
For the short stacks, the decisions are simple now: shove or fold. After James Calderaro opened for 400,000, Jonathan Tamayo moved all in for about 3 million. Action passed to Eric Buchman, who reraised all in for 11 million. Calderaro got the message and folded.
Tamayo:
Buchman:
Tamayo paired on the flop, but it wasn't an ace. He paired queens, . That gave him five outs going to the turn, which he missed with the . The river was paint, giving everyone a momentary charge, but it was the , making a set of kings for Buchman.
Tamayo was eliminated while Buchman moved to 14.5 million chips.
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Ben Lamb
Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 from under the gun, and Ben Lamb, sitting to Begleiter's left, reraised to 1.115 million. It folded around and Begleiter announced he was all in. Lamb called with his remaining 5.345 million.
Begleiter showed and Lamb . The flop came , and Lamb responded with a pump of the fist as he took the lead. Meanwhile, Begleiter paced quickly away from the table, returning in time to see the on the turn.
The river came the , causing a ripple of reaction among the crowd who thought the card resembled a nine.
After that hand Lamb and Begleiter essentially trade their former chip positions. Now Lamb has about 13 million, and Begleiter is at 6.9 million.
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Warren Zackey - 22nd Place
Ian Tavelli has been making very large opening raises all day. He did it again just now on the outer table, open-raising to 1 million with blinds at 80,000 and 160,000. Warren Zackey was in the small blind and reraised all in for a total of 3.525 million. When action folded back to Tavelli, he called.
Zackey:
Tavelli:
There was some mrmuring around the rail upon seeing both Zackey's and Tavelli's hands, but Tavelli's call worked out on a flop of , where he paired queens. Zackey was out in 22nd place after the turn and river.
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Joe Cada opened for 400,000, Jeff Shulman three-bet to 1.2 million from the big blind, Cada moved all in, Shulman folded, and Cada won the pot.
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James Akenhead was brutalized deep in Event #2 at the 2008 World Series, finishing in second place to Grant Hinkle in ugly fashion. Akenhead is looking for redemption in this tournament and, after an early hit, is looking strong.
Akenhead opened the pot to 390,000 preflop and was called by small blind James Calderaro. Both plyaers checked the flop. Calderaro checked again when the turn fell , prompting Akenhead to bet 460,000. Calderaro called.
Both players checked the river. Akenhead showed at showdown. Calderaro said one simple word -- "Nines" -- then mucked his hand.
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Marco Mattes - 23rd Place
Marco Mattes open-shoved for 1,380,000 and Joe Cada made the call.
Mattes
Cada
Cada hit top set on the flop. The turn was the , giving Mattes a straight draw, but the river fell the , eliminating Mattes from the Main Event in 23rd place.
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Another one million chips have evaporated from Warren Zackey's stack. After James Calderaro opened for 400,000, Zackey reraised from middle position to 1 million. That folded all other players back to Calderaro. He moved all in, forcing Zackey to give up his hand.
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George Caragiorgas
George Caragiorgas opened for 400,000 from UTG, Phil Ivey reraised to 1,150,000 from the small blind, Caragiorgas moved all in for just a bit more and Ivey called.
Cargiorgas
Ivey
Though it typically gets quite noisy in here at the feature table during an all-in, it was unusually quiet during this confrontation as the Ivey fans braced themselves.
The flop was , the deuces holding. The turn was the , the river was the and Caragiorgas doubled up to 2.64 million. Ivey was left with 5,435,000.
"Taking chips off Phil is not the way to make friends with this crowd," quipped Tournament Director Brooks Turk.
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. Buchman showed down nothing but the second nuts -- 
, a king-high straight. Akenhead couldn't beat that hand and mucked.
. That gave him five outs going to the turn, which he missed with the 
. The river was paint, giving everyone a momentary charge, but it was the 
and Lamb 
. The flop came 
, and Lamb responded with a pump of the fist as he took the lead. Meanwhile, Begleiter paced quickly away from the table, returning in time to see the 
, causing a ripple of reaction among the crowd who thought the card resembled a nine.
, where he paired queens. Zackey was out in 22nd place after the 
turn and 
, prompting Akenhead to bet 460,000. Calderaro called.
river. Akenhead showed 
. Begleiter bet 450,000, and Saout called.
. Begleiter bet 1.15 million this time, then Saout responded with a raise to 3.25 million. Begleiter let it go.
flop. The turn was the 
, eliminating Mattes from the Main Event in 23rd place. 
, the river was the 
and Caragiorgas doubled up to 2.64 million. Ivey was left with 5,435,000.