2009 WSOP Main Event Day 5
The 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event is reaching its climactic finale with less than 190 players remaining and each guaranteed to triple their buy-in of $10,000. Both Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari accumulated yet more chips and look in good shape as Day 5 ended.
The Amazom Room is less crowded and as tables have been removed there are cash sit-n-go’s taking place in the far corner. The extra room serves a purpose as it allows press and TV crews to rush from table to table as cries of “All in and a call” result in heavier and heavier rushes to the tables in question, to see which big star might be on the verge of elimination or in position for a key double-up.
Rumors abound that the target number for surviving players at end of day will be somewhere around 175, raising the possibility that Day 5, as with Day 4, will be a short session indeed. Still, stars and anonymous players alike find their final hands here. Early knockouts include Jeff Kimber, Can Hua, Thor Hansen, Sorel Mizzi, David Levi, Remy Biechel, Sander Lylloff and Burt Boutin.
Ludovic Lacay, who started the day in second spot, continued his hyper-aggressive attack mode and knocked out three players from his table in the first ninety minutes. The extra chips, however, kept Lacay only in second, as overnight leader Matt Affleck accumulated chips as well. Tom Schneider was among those making the biggest early surges, while three remaining World Champions – Joe Hachem, Dan Harrington and Peter Eastgate – bided their time, waiting to make their moves. Harrington wasn’t even sure he’d play the Main Event after a chronic and painful neck condition flared up a week before the Main Event began, but found himself, neck brace and all, deep within the money as Day 5 progressed. Elsewhere a cold-battling Joe Sebok threw his hands in the air with a whoop and several coughs, shouting, “I won a pot! It only took an hour an hour and fifteen minutes!” But even with the pot, Sebok remained at only 370,000, facing an uphill climb against an ever-dwinding pack.
British hopes look good with both James Akenhead and Mike Grecco in good position.
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