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2009 WSOP $40,000 Anniversary NL Holdem event: final table set on Day 3
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2009-05-31 14:28
Day 3 saw a skeleton field of 23 players return to the tables of the $40,000 Anniversary NL Holdem event of the 2009 WSOP, the remnants of a once proud motley crew of live poker legends, online professionals and illustrious poker names.
The 23 survivors got right down to business from the opening bell and in a little under 8 hours, they thinned the number of hopefuls to 9 to set the final table.
When the day was called, Isaac Haxton stood atop the Day 3 chip leader-board, having amassed almost 6 million chips.
Right after the start of the action, four players busted out in quick succession. Andrew Robl ended up 23rd for $71,858, followed to the rail by Frank Kassela, David Chiu and Neil Channing in that order. All these guys picked up $71,858.
Andy Block was the next victim. He got it all in from the cut-off with A,J and got a call from Dani Stern (in the SB) who had A,K. Despite the fact that his hand had been dominated preflop, Block caught a lucky break on the A,J,6 flop. The turn was a cooler though as it fell a K and eventually gave the pot the Stern.
Matt Glantz was eliminated next, by Lex Veldhuis. He was followed to the rail by Clark Hamagami, sent there by Dani Stern. Greg Raymer had it going pretty well all through the day, and managed to consolidate his big-stack status by eliminating Doshi Suresh in 16th. David Baker was eliminated in 15th by Lex Veldhuis. Brian Rast had his K,K cracked by Vitaly Lunkin’s pocket 5s, to finish 14th.
Brian Townsend found himself on the short end of a three-way all-in to finish 13th. Play tightened up as the final table came within sight of the survivors. Matthew Marafioti had to make a move though when he picked up pocket Qs. He got called by Haxton though who’d picked up pocket K’s to bust Marafioti in 12th.
Keith Lehr fell victim to the Fossilman next, and Tony G became the final table bubble boy when his Ah, 7h failed to hold up to Vitaly Lunkin’s Jh, 10h and he busted out in 10th place.
