Event 12 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-07-2008 19:35 UTC-7

Off to Tend to His Sheep

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Rick Sheperd has fallen just short of the money. He got it all in preflop with the strong-looking {Q-Spades}

and was happy to see he was up against an opponent's {K-Clubs}

. All was looking good too as the cards were dealt -- that was until a cruel king fell on the river!

06-07-2008 19:29 UTC-7

Three-Way Big Pot Action

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Frank Cremen opens the pot with a raise before Mitchell Martin, in the next seat, three-bets it and Arash Beral four-bets it. Both players make the call so to a flop we go.. {2-Diamonds}

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It's checked to Arash who makes a bet before Frank raises. It's enough for Mitchell to get out of the way before Arash reraises and Frank calls. The turn brings {A-Hearts}

before a check-call from Frank ends the hand. Frank mucks once he sees Arash's {Q-Spades}

but he's still sitting pretty on 50,200 while Arash is now up to 29,800.

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

06-07-2008 19:24 UTC-7

Aces Hold for Sjavik

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Jan Sjavik raised from the button with {A-Hearts}

and got two callers, Ayaz Mahmood and Spencer Lawrence. The flop came {7-Spades}

and Mahmood led out from the small blind. Lawrence then raised and Sjavik followed suit with a raise of his own. Mahmood bowed out and Lawrence called all in. Sjavik turned over his aces and Lawrence showed {J-Hearts}

. The turn and river were of no help to Lawrence and he busted out of the tournament.

Sjavik is up to 52,500

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood

06-07-2008 19:22 UTC-7

Eslami vs. Human Beings

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Ali Eslami and fellow poker pro Phil "The Unabomber" Laak made headlines last July for besting advanced poker bot "Polaris" in a series of heads-up hold'em sessions. Today, Eslami looks to return to the limelight and reach his first final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Eslami came quite close a few nights ago, finishing 11th in the $10,000 Mixed Games World Championship. Ali currently sits with circa 26,000 in chips and looks to be a good bet to make the money as we're just three eliminations away from bursting the bubble.

Tags: Ali Eslami

06-07-2008 19:19 UTC-7

Hein in Need of a Heineken

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Hein Tran falls just short of the money after getting all his chips in pre flop versus Steven Shkolnik. He was hoping for a race situation holding {7-?}

but found himself dominated by Steve's {9-?}

. The board changed nothing and Hein bows out.

06-07-2008 19:13 UTC-7

Hate Those Ladies

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Zelong Dong makes a raise from early position that finds a caller in the shape of Dean Oshiro in mid position. The dealer delivers a flop of {4-Spades}

before Zelong leads out before facing a raise from Dean. His answer is to reraise before getting raised right back.

Zelong makes the call before the turn comes {2-Hearts}

. Zelong check-calls a bet from Dean before the river is dealt as {K-Diamonds}

. Zelong check-calls another bet from Dean but isn't happy to see his {Q-?}

beaten by the full house of Dean holding {4-Hearts}

. Dean up to 20,100 now.

06-07-2008 18:58 UTC-7

Off to the Races We Go

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Romel Bako makes a raise before Zac Fellows reraises. Romel makes another raises that puts him all in and Zac makes the call holding {A-Diamonds}

. Romel needs his {Q-Spades}

to hold up as the delaer takes us all the way to the river {K-Diamonds}

. The first card out was enough for fot Zac to take the lead and stay there, eliminating Romel in the mean time. Zac up to around 54,000 as a result.

06-07-2008 18:50 UTC-7

All in Preflop

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A four bet all in from Jesse Martin is called by Jody Garaventa so cards are on their backs preflop. Jody's holding {9-Clubs}

and it's in good shape against Jesse's {4-Clubs}

. That is until the flop comes down {4-Spades}

!! The turn {5-Hearts}

and river

change nothing and we lose Jody while Jesse moves up to 35,000.

06-07-2008 18:34 UTC-7

Bogdanski Doubles Up

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Gary Bogdanski has managed to double through George Rechnitzer. All the chips went in preflop and we had a race situation as Gary was holding {2-Diamonds}

to George's {A-Spades}

. The dealer went all the way to river with {J-Diamonds}

. The deauces held up propelling Gary up to 34,500.

George was left short-stacked after this and was eliminated not long after.

18 more eliminations before we reach the money.

Tags: Gary Bogdanski