Event 12 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-08-2008 17:43 UTC-7

12 Left

[user22113]

We lost another player after John O'Brien ran into Brendan Taylor's pocket aces.

The board was {9-Hearts}

and with most of his chips in the pot O'Brien went all in and was called by Taylor. When Taylor turned his {A-?}

O'Brien knew his {A-?}

needed running kings to snap the aces, but was not able to get there. The turn and river were blanks and O'Brien left us in 13th place.

Tags: Brendan Taylor

06-08-2008 17:41 UTC-7

Vinny Vinh is virtually crippled after getting caught on a bluff by Jimmy Schultz. It was three bets to go and three players were involved: Vinny Vinh, Jimmy Schultz and Steve Shkolnik

The flop came {5-Diamonds}

and Vinh fired out of the small blind. He was called by Schultz and Shkolnik laid his hand down.

The turn flipped the {8-Spades}

and again Vinh didn't hesitate, firing a bet of 20,000. After some thought Schultz called.

The final card was the {Q-Clubs}

and Vinh quickly fired another 20,000 into the pot. Schultz looked him down and made the call.

Vinh turned over {9-Spades}

and Schultz smiled as he turned {A-Spades}

to take down the pot worth 190,000 and further his chip lead on the field.

Vinh is down to 45,000.

06-08-2008 17:28 UTC-7

The Short Stack Doubles Up

MarcC

Brendan Taylor came back as our short stack but has managed to double-up through John O'Brien. A series of raises and reraises preflop saw Taylor all in with {10-?}

. He had O'Brien's {7-?}

dominated and the two-outer failed to appear.

Taylor is up to 138,000 now.

Tags: Brendan Taylor

06-08-2008 17:20 UTC-7

Play Resumes

MarcC

Players are back from their 20-minute break and cards are in the air.

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

06-08-2008 17:00 UTC-7

Break Time

MarcC

Two levels down for today, meaning the players have just headed off for a 20-minute break.

06-08-2008 16:57 UTC-7

Set Over Set

MarcC

Markus Golser took another chunk of chips off of John O'Brien in the last hand before the break. Both flopped sets, but Golser's set of nines was better than O'Brien's set of eights.

06-08-2008 16:45 UTC-7

Shkolnik Triples

[user22113]

Steve Shklonik was in dire need of some help from the deck when he raised from the cutoff preflop. He was reraised and called by Zac Fellows and Christoph Niesert.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}

, and with Shklonik all in, Fellows tried to build a side pot. Niesert opted out and folded, and the cards were tabled. Fellows turned pocket fives and Shkolnik gladly turned his pocket eights.

The board failed to help Fellows, as the turn brought the {6-Clubs}

and the river {Q-Clubs}

.

Shkolnik now has 145,000

Tags: Zac Fellows

06-08-2008 16:45 UTC-7

Stubborn Until the End

MarcC

Markus Golser raises to 16,000 from the cutoff before John O'Brien makes it 24,000 to play. Golser makes the call. The flop comes:

{3-Hearts}

Golser check-calls an 8,000 bet from O'Brien so we see the turn:

{7-Spades}

Golser check-calls a 16,000 bet from O'Brien this time so we go to the river:

{10-Spades}

Same pattern here, as Golser check-calls a 16,000 from O'Brien once again.

O'Brien taps the table and congratulates Golser on a great call holding {A-?}

. O'Brien's {K-?}

is no good for this pot.

Tags: John O'Brien

06-08-2008 16:23 UTC-7

Vinny Takes a Knock

MarcC

Jimmy Shultz was under the gun and raised it up and only found a caller from Vinny Vinh in the big blind. The flop came down:

{8-Diamonds}

Vinh checked to see Shultz bet 8,000 before he raised to 16,000. The raising didn't stop there, as Vinh made it 24,000 and Shultz then made it 36,000. Vinh made the call so we headed to the turn:

{A-Spades}

Vinh check-raised Shultz's 16,000 bet up to 32,000. Shultz called. The river came:

{A-Clubs}

Vinh had already placed a 16,000 bet out there and Shultz obliged by calling.

Vinh flipped over {8-Clubs}

but was cruely conterfeited by Shultz's {10-?}

.

A disgruntled Vinh shook his head then spread his remaining chips around in front of him. He is now down to around 145,000.

Shultz is up to just under 300,000.

Tags: Jimmy Shultz