Event #20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em

Raymond Dehkharghani raised it up from early position and Nicholas Derke three-bet from the button. Dehkharghani called and a     flop was dealt. Dehkharghani check-raised on the flop and Derke called. The   on the turn and Dehkharghani check-called a bet and then did the same on the   river. Derke tabled his    and took down the pot.

Nicholas Derke	265,000	113,000
Raymond Dehkharghani	225,000	-50,000

Andrew Prock was under the gun when he made it two bets to go. Matthew Woodward then made it three from the button and Prock made the call as a     flop hit the felt. Prock opted to check-call here and then do the same on the   turn. When the   hit the river, Prock would lead and Woodward would call.

Prock's    was flung onto the table and Woodward sent his cards into the muck.

Andrew Prock	420,000	100,000
Matthew Woodward	62,000	-152,000

Jeff Shulman came in with a raise from the button and Andrew Prock three-bet from the small blind. Nicholas Derke then four-bet from the big blind. Shulman called and so too did Prock.

The     flop would see Prock bet, Derke called all-in and Shulman also called. Derke watched on as the two players took to a   turn. Prock again led and Shulman opted to lay down his hand.

Prock turned over his    and Derke's    was looking good to take the double-up. The river bricked out and Derke took down the hand with his set.

Jeff Shulman opened it up from early position and Raymond Dehkharghani called on the button as a     flop was dealt. Shulman led on the flop and Dehkharghani called. The   turn would see both players check and the   complete the board on the river. This time when Shulman bet, Dehkharghani decided to lay it down and send the pot to Shulman.

Jeff Shulman	700,000	58,000
Raymond Dehkharghani	275,000	-50,000

The final table is currently on a short break. The clock is paused and play will kick off during this same level shortly.

Just a few hands into the unofficial final table and we have lost our 10th-place finisher. The player was Samuel Golbuff and his last hand played out like so.

Golbuff opened it up from middle position and Andrew Prock three-bet. Nicholas Derke then four-bet on the button and Golbuff made it one more bet to go. Prock made the call and so did Derke.

Flop:    

On the flop, Golbuff flicked in his last 3,000 and his two opponents called as a   hit the turn. Golbuff watched on as Prock fired out a bet. Derke called and a   hit the river. Prock again flicked in a bet and this time Derke folded.

Golbuff tabled his   , but it wasn't strong enough for the    that Prock held. With that, we are down to nine and our final table is set.

Samuel Golbuff

0

-87,000

Matt Szymaszek was busy almost busting Raymond Dehkharghani and found himself left crippled. The hand in question saw Dehkharghani in the cut-off seat and Raymond Dehkharghani in the big blind. They took to a     flop and put four bets in before a   turn was dealt. This time Syzmaszek bet and Dehkharghani re-raised, Dehkharghani then called all in and two players turned their hands over.

Dehkharghani's    was in front of Szymaszek's    and the river changed nothing as Szymaszek was left crippled.

Matt Szymaszek

48,000

-133,000

Terrence Chan will have to be content with six cashes and no final tables here at the 2012 World Series of Poker, because he has just been eliminated. It took two hands to end Chan's tournament.

The first saw Matthew Woodward open the button. Chan then three-bet in the small blind before it was four bets from Ayman Qutami in the big blind. Back on Woodward and he put in another raise. Chan called all the bets and Quatmi also flicked in a call as a flop    . Chan then folded to heat on this flop, leaving himself with just over 30,000.

The last hand of Chan's tournament saw Chan raise from the button and then get the remainder of his chips in when Qutami three-bet out of the small blind. Chan tabled his    and Quatmi his   . The       board was no help to Chan as he was eliminated in 12th place.

Ayman Qutami	260,000	40,000
Terrence Chan	0	-90,000

Jesse Martin was down to just a few big bets earlier, but has managed to see his stack double through Samuel Golbuff. The hand in question began when Golbuff raised it up in the small blind. Martin was in the big blind and made the call.

Flop:    

Golbuff led and Martin raised. A call from Golbuff and...

Turn:  

This time when Golbuff led, Martin would just make the call as...

River:  

Golbuff led again and Martin called all-in for his last 11,000.

A win for Martin.

Samuel Golbuff	247,000	9,000
Jesse Martin	152,000	75,000