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WSOP Main Event – Day 5: Warren Zackey leads final 185
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2009-07-14 09:12
Feeding on the post bubble energy carried over from Day 4, Day 5 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event started out at a breakneck pace and sure enough, by the day’s end, it managed to break the tournament necks of over half the 407 players who bellied up to the tables at the beginning of the day.
Large stacks Matt Affleck and Ludovic Lacay had pretty lucrative days and they both managed to remain within the large-stacks of the event, but when it was all said and done, it was Warren Zackey who emerged with the chip lead, as Tom Schneider managed to thrust himself up among the leaders too, together with James Akenhead and Kasper Cordes.
The day began with Leo Labbe cutting right to the chase. He was all-in on the very first hand, holding Ks, Js against Steve Sanders’ pocket rockets. The turn landed another A to eliminate Labbe in 407th place.
Thor Hansen, Sorel Mizzi, and Andrew Tuttle also fell victims to the early attrition.
Nick Binger decided to put his tournament life onto the line on an A,10 he’d picked up. He was quick to move all-in over Corrado Montana’s three bet before the flop, but was mush less excited when he saw that he was up against a pair of Ks. The board failed to deliver an A for him and he was eliminated.
An illustrious player to hit that rail on Day 5 was Dan Harrington. Plagued by neck-pains, Harrington’s day and WSOP run came to an end when he shoved all-in on a flop of Ks, 9c, 2c holding Ac, Qc for the nut flush draw. He got called by Eric Cloutier whose A,K had given him a top pair top kicker. All Cloutier needed to do was to fade a club on the remaining streets and he did just that.
After her 2008 Big Dance cash, Kara Scott once again landed in the money. It was all she would achieve this time though as she too got bounced on day 5. Paul Baron was the one guilty for her elimination, his 5,3 successfully catching two more 5s on the board to send Scott packing.
Tony Cavezza was unfortunate enough to put his tournament life on the line against a man who was simply unbeatable that day. Tom Schneider ejected him from the table when his A,K held up just fine against Cavezza’s A,Q.
Warren Zackey, the eventual chip leader had accumulated a nice stack early in the day. He didn’t hesitate to put it onto the line when required though, and fellow large stacks didn’t scare him off either. He shoved all-in on a board of 9c,6c,3d, holding pocket 10s against Tom Lutz’s Ac, Qc. No club landed on the turn or the river though and Zackey went from a large stack to tournament leader.
Phil Ivey didn’t make a lot of noise through the day, but the last word was his as he eliminated Huub Verdonschot in the very last hand of the day.
Bertrand Grospellier, Antonio Esfandiari, Peter Eastgate, Joe Sebok and Joe Hachem were also among the survivors.
