WPT Championship -- Day 4The Money Bubble Bursts |
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Day 4 at the 2009 World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio saw 62 players return. Action began with just a dozen players needing to fall before the money bubble burst. It took two levels of action for that feat to take place, and the players who fell very close to the money included Jimmy Fricke, Sam Farha, Chad Batista, Michael DeMichele, Quinn Do, Kathy Liebert, Dutch Boyd, Steve Brecher, and Mike Matusow. Once the bubble burst, action predictably picked up for the final three levels of the day. At the end of the night, 24 players remained. They will return at noon tomorrow for day 5, where action is scheduled to play down to the final 10 players. Here is a look at the in-the-money eliminations on day 4:
50: Cody Slaubaugh — $32,685
49: Matt Glantz — $32,685
48: Naseem Salem — $32,685
47: Farzad Bonyadi — $32,685
46: Javed Abrahams — $32,685
45: Jimmy Tran — $32,685
44: David Benyamine — $32,685
43: Evan McNiff — $32,685
42: Steve Fung — $32,685
41: David Singer — $32,685
40: Boris Becker — $40,855
39: Will Failla — $40,855
38: Mark Seif — $40,855
37: Liv Boeree — $40,855
36: Jonathan Aguiar — $40,855
35: Steve Sung — $40,855
34: Phil Ivey — $40,855
33: Barny Boatman — $40,855
32: Ulises Roman — $40,855
31: Chris Bell — $40,855
30: Philip Gurian — $49,025
29: David Baker — $49,025
28: Chris Ferguson — $49,025
27: Nenad Medic — $49,025
26: Steve Billirakis — $49,025
25: Hyon Kim — $49,025
Here is a look at the top of the leader board at the end of day 3:
Eugene Katchalov: 4,294,000
Christian Harder: 3,083,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 2,613,000
Justin Young: 2,553,000
Brian Rast: 1,931,000
Scotty Nguyen: 1,823,000
Andrew Lichtenberger: 1,663,000
Freddy Deeb: 1,575,000
Ross Boatman: 1,545,000
Owen Crowe: 1,500,000
Check out the entire list of chip counts and eliminations here.
Here is a look at the highlights from the day as featured in CardPlayer.com’s live updates:
Ross Boatman Doubles Up
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 50,000 under the gun, and Ross Boatman reraised from middle position to 200,000. Timoshenko reraised to 480,000, and Boatman moved all in for 949,000 total. Timoshenko called him down. Their cards:
Timoshenko: A
K
Boatman: A
A
Board: Q J 5 2 6
Boatman doubled up to 1,940,000 on the hand, and Timoshenko was knocked down to 1,715,000.
Phil Ivey Eliminated in 34th Place ($40,855)
Scotty Nguyen raised from the cutoff to 55,000, and Phil Ivey reraised to 125,000 from the small blind. Nguyen reraised to 325,000, and Ivey moved all in for 480,000. Nguyen made the call, and they flipped up their cards:
Nguyen: A
9
Ivey: A K
Board: 9 7 5 7 8
Ivey was eliminated on the hand in 34th place, and he will take home $40,855 in prize money. Nguyen was up to 2,075,000 after the hand to join the chip leaders.
Barny Boatman Eliminated in 33rd Place ($40,855)
Christian Harder raised to 58,000 under the gun, and Andrew Lichtenberger made the call from middle position. Barny Boatman then moved all in, and Harder mucked. Lichtenberger made the call, and they flipped up their cards:
Licthenberger: K K
Boatman: 10 8
Board: A J 3 4 A
Boatman was eliminated on the hand in 33rd place, and he will take home $40,855 in prize money. Lichtenberger was up to 1,420,000 after the hand.
Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 28th Place ($49,035)
Chris Ferguson was short-stacked and all in holding Q 9 against Eric Liu’s pocket threes.
The board came out 8 7 6 A 3, and Ferguson was eliminated in 28th place. Liu now has over 1 million in chips.
Nenad Medic Eliminated in 27th Place ($49,025)
On a board of Q Q 2 J 8, Nenad Medic is all in holding 10 9 for a straight. Unfortunately, the river gave Yevgeniy Timoshenko a full house with his pocket eights to send Medic home in 27th place.
Timoshenko now has 1,900,000.
Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 26th Place ($49,025)
Scott Nguyen raised, and Billirakis moved all in for 540,000. Christian Harder called, and Nguyen folded A-K face up.
Harder showed A-K, as well, and Bilirakis was a favorite to double up with his pocket jacks. Except the A hit the flop, and Billirakis was eliminated. Harder now has 2,795,000.
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