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

06-08-2008 08:53 UTC-7

Day 3 Action Begins at 3pm PDT

[user33020]

Can Erick Lindgren make it a two-bracelet year?

The final day of action in Event #12, $1,500 Limit Hold'em, promises to be an entertaining one. Not only is it likely to be lengthy -- the field was only able to be trimmed to 18 on Saturday before action was halted for the night -- but the top two spots on the leaderboard offer interesting side stories as well. Can leader Vinny Vinh hold the lead and write a big-time story of redemption to bookend the unusual circumstances of his 2007 WSOP experience? Can second-place Erick Lindgren become the year's first double-bracelet winner? Or will one of the other 16 surviving players surge past Vinh and Lindgren to claim the win?

Here's the complete lineup for today's final, including home towns and starting chip counts:

Table 14:

Seat 1: Teddy Monroe (Washington, DC) 40,000
Seat 2: Arash Beral (Los Angeles, California) 14,000
Seat 3: Brendan Taylor (Pasadena, California) 240,000
Seat 4: Zachary Henderson (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) 98,000
Seat 5: Markus Golser (Austria) 135,000
Seat 6: Steve Foutty (Santa Rosa, California) 21,000
Seat 7: Ali Eslami (Los Angeles, California) 208,000
Seat 8: John O'Brien (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 163,000
Seat 9: Joseph Sanders (Lima, Peru) 173,000

Table 15:

Seat 1: Erick Lindgren (Las Vegas, Nevada) 244,000
Seat 2: Steven Shkolnik (Los Angeles, California) 199,000
Seat 3: Eric Pratt (Kennewick, Washington) 48,000
Seat 4: Duc Nguyen (Las Vegas, Nevada) 115,000
Seat 5: Zac Fellows (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 164,000
Seat 6: Chung Law (Milpitas, California) 110,000
Seat 7: Christoph Niesert (Berlin, Germany) 173,000
Seat 8: Vinny Vinh (Houston, Texas) 335,000
Seat 9: Jimmy Shultz (Lewis Center, Ohio) 161,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren Vinny Vinh

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

06-08-2008 15:04 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

MarcC

We only managed to get down to 18 players last last night so we'll start with two tables of 9 and will play right down until we have a winner. Vinny Vinh starts as our chip leader today with Arash Beral bringing up the rear. Other players to keep an eye out for are Eric Lindgren sitting in second place and top European player Markus Golser. Cards are in the air.

06-08-2008 15:06 UTC-7

One Down

[user22113]

On the first hand of the day Arash Beral, who started the day with only 14,000 in chips, got all in preflop against Ali Elasmi and Markus Golser.

The flop came {K-Clubs}

and a Golser bet forced Eslami out. Golser turned over {Q-Spades}

and Beral

.

The turn and river blanked off the {9-Diamonds}

and

and Beral was today's first victim.

Tags: Marcus Golser

06-08-2008 15:15 UTC-7

Lost Another

[user22113]

Steve Foutty didn't last long on day three as Ali Eslami filled up on the river. Eslami had {Q-?}

and the flop put two jacks on the board. Foutty was all in at this point and running nines filled up Eslami.

06-08-2008 15:16 UTC-7

Good Early Call

MarcC

Jimmy Shultz raises it up from late position and finds a caller from Dun Nguyen in the big blind. The flop comes down

{2-Spades}

Nguyen checks to Shultz who bets 6,000 before Nguyen raises to 12,000. Shultz calls so we head to the turn.

{9-Clubs}

Nguyen leads out for a 12,000 bet that Shultz calls. The river brings...

{Q-Spades}

Nguyen leads out once more for 12,000 and Shultz calls. Nguyen is forced to show {K-Spades}

for king high. Shultz made a good call with {4-Hearts}

for the early nerve-settling pot.

Tags: Jimmy Shultz

06-08-2008 15:28 UTC-7

Three, Then Two, Then One

MarcC

Jimmy Shultz calls from early position as does Steven Shkolnik from the cut off before Zac Fellows bumps it up to 12,000 from the big blind. Both players call before we see a flop:

{K-Spades}

It's checked to Shkolnik who bets 6,000 before Fellows raises to 12,000. Shultz moves out of the way, leaving Shkolnik to call before the turn:

{J-Diamonds}

Fellows leads out for 12,000 and Shkolnik calls before the river:

{6-Clubs}

Once again, Fellows leads out and Shkolnik calls, but mucks quickly when he sees Fellows's {K-Hearts}

.

Fellows is up to 230,000.
Shkolnik is down to around 130,000.

Tags: Zac Fellows

06-08-2008 15:40 UTC-7

Ice Man Doubles

[user22113]

Teddy 'The Ice Man' Monroe scored a much-needed double-up when he tangled with Markus Golser.

The Ice Man got all his chips in on the and Golser called. The board read {J-Hearts}

.

When the hands were tabled Ice Man turned {K-Spades}

and Golser {A-Spades}

, leaving Golser looking for an ace, king, or queen. However, the river did not deliver for Golser, and brought the {2-Clubs}

giving the Ice Man life.

Tags: Teddy Monroe

06-08-2008 15:52 UTC-7

Vinny is in the the House

[user22113]

Vinny Vinh has finally shown up! Last year Vinh let his empty seat cash in two events. For 45 minutes he made us wonder if today would be more of the same, but fear not, Vinh fans. The chatter has begun and the chips are flying.

Tags: Vinny Vinh

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0