Event 13 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-08-2008 16:47 UTC-7

Matthew Brown Doubles Through Jason Mercier

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Mercier tried to eliminate Brown and his short stack with {A-Hearts}

but Brown was armed with {A-Spades}

and locked up the hand when he flopped a set. Brown now has 80,000.

Tags: Jason Mercier Matthew Brown

06-08-2008 17:04 UTC-7

Paul Kobel Lays it Down

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Paul Kobel raised before the flop and Asger Boye moved all in from the small blind. Kobel thought awhile before folding pocket kings face up, explaining that he'd been knocked out of an earlier tournament by running kings into aces and that wasn't going to happen this time. Boye didn't show his cards and Kobel hung on to his last 74,000.

06-08-2008 17:08 UTC-7

Then Again...

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In the previous post Paul Kobel folded pocket kings because he feared running into aces. That's exactly what happened to Jason Manger, as he found himself all in with KK and crushed by his opponent's AA. He was on his way out of the tournament when he spiked a king on the river to double up to 210,000. Sometimes you run kings into aces and find a way to crack 'em.

06-08-2008 17:11 UTC-7

Chris Bell is Out

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In keeping with the motif of big pairs running into even bigger pairs, Chris Bell was just eliminated when his pocket queens ran into the pocket aces of Napoleon Ta. Ta now sits with 283,000.

Tags: Napoleon Ta

06-08-2008 17:17 UTC-7

Chau Giang Eliminates Jeffrey Tomlinson

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Chau Giang's {J-Spades}

outraced Jeffrey Tomlinson's {A-Diamonds}

and Tomlinson was eliminated. Giang now sits with 82,000.

Tags: Chau Giang Jeffrey Tomlinson

06-08-2008 17:22 UTC-7

Peter Moore Has Been Eliminated

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Moore was crippled in a hand with Brent Hanks when his {A-Clubs}

were outflopped by Hanks' {K-Diamonds}

. He was eliminated shortly thereafter when his {Q-Hearts}

lost to

.

Tags: Peter Moore

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-08-2008 17:34 UTC-7

Kobel's Heated Table Manner Gets Penalty and Elimination

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In a prior hand, a new player who had just arrived at the table called for a clock on bracelet winner Paul Kobel who was involved in a large pot with another player. Kobel, apparently upset over the clock issue, began to insult and belittle the player for several minutes after that hand concluded. On a later hand, Kobel had moved all-in but before anyone had called, a tournament director arrived to issue Kobel a penalty that would take place after his current hand resolved.

Kobel's all-in was called and Kobel showed pocket tens which ran into another players pocket queens. The queens held up and Kobel was eliminated from the event.

Tags: Paul Kobel

06-08-2008 17:38 UTC-7

Craig Gray Doubles Through Theo Tran

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Gray moved all in from the small blind and Tran called in the big with {A-Clubs}

, dominating Gray's {A-Hearts}

. Tran's hand held up until the river, when Gray spiked the {4-Diamonds}

to stay alive and double up. He now has 83,000 while Tran slipped to 220,000.

Tags: Craig Gray Theo Tran

06-08-2008 17:38 UTC-7

Tran Cools Off

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Theo Tran, who had been running incredibly hot today, raised preflop from middle position to 8,500. Both the button and the big blind called the raise and the flop came {K-Spades}