Event 18 - $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-10-2008 01:35 UTC-7

Giang Not Quite Good Enough

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Chau Giang recently took a 40,000-chip hit to his stack. His 9-8-5-3-2 was just not quite good enough against his opponent's 9-8-4-3-2. Giang is down to about 47,000.

06-10-2008 01:38 UTC-7

All you need in poker, it's said, is a chip, a chair and a prayer. After Tom Dwan raised to 6,000 and Phil Ivey called, Layne Flack put his last 8,300 in the middle. Both Dwan and Ivey called and drew one; Flack stood pat. After Dwan and Ivey checked, Flack opened a 10-9, which was good enough to take the pot. He tripled up to 28,000.

Tags: Layne Flack Phil Ivey Tom Dwan

06-10-2008 01:40 UTC-7

Billy Baxter Eliminated

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Action folded around to Doyle Brunson on the button and he put in a raise to 4,200. Billy Baxter reraised all in from the button for his last 17,000 and Brunson made the call. Baxter stood pat and Brunson drew one. Brunson picked up a {9-?}

to go with his {2-?}

. Baxter says he had a {J-?}

low as he headed for the door.

Tags: Billy Baxter Doyle Brunson

06-10-2008 01:42 UTC-7

Tom Schneider on Winning End of Three Way Pot

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Action folds to Tom Schneider and he raises to 3,500 from late position. Andrew Black calls from the button as does Chad Brown in the big blind. Schneider stays pat but Black needs one card and Brown needs 2 to make a hand. Brown and Schneider check and Black bets 7,000. Schneider and Brown both call. Schneider tables {9-?}

and the others muck. Tom Schneider picks up the pot.

06-10-2008 01:44 UTC-7

Chau Giang Heads for the Exit

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We didn't catch the hand, but we did catch Chau Giang getting up from his table and walking towards the doors leading out of the Amazon Room. It seems his day is done. He was eliminated by Stephen Wolff, who now wields a stack of 135,000.

Tags: Chau Giang

06-10-2008 01:51 UTC-7

Brunson Doubles Adams

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Doyle Brunson raised to 6,000 from the button, prompting Brandon Adams to move all in from the small blind for another 23,000. Doyle made the call. Both players drew one card, with Brandon drawing into a ten-eight. Doyle flashed a nine before sending his hand into the muck. Adams survives and increases his stack to 48,000.

Tags: Brandon Adams Doyle Brunson

Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 400

06-10-2008 02:06 UTC-7

Carlos Mortensen Treading Water

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Carlos Mortensen has won back-to-back hands to keep him in the tournament. Mortensen was extremely crippled and all in in the blind when he went up against Eli Elezra. Both men drew one card and Mortensen's queen bested Elezra's ace for him stay alive. The next hand, Mortensen was all in again, this time against Tom Schneider. Not unlike the previous hand, both men drew a single card. Mortensen probably wish he had had more chips when he turned up the {8-?}

. He doubled up again and is still very much on life support with less than 10,000 chips.

06-10-2008 02:16 UTC-7

Quite the Comeback

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Down to just 700 chips and all in in the blind less than a half hour ago, Carlos Mortensen has just rallied his way right back into contention. Two more double ups against the likes of Chad Brown and Tom Schneider have Mortensen at a cool 55,000.

06-10-2008 02:21 UTC-7

Controversy on Orange #2

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Fatigue is setting in now that we're past 2am in the Amazon Room. In a hand between Robert Mizrachi and Tom Dwan, Mizrachi bet 4,000 before the draw and Dwan called. Both players stood pat. Dwan, looking tired and a bit out of it, opened his hand.

"There's one more round of betting," Mizrachi reminded Dwan. Dwan suddenly realized his error and picked his hand back up. Mizrachi bet 6,000. Dwan tanked for about a minute, seriously considering calling the bet even though Mizrachi had seen his hand. He did finally fold.

Unfortunately for Dwan, a floor happened to be standing right over the table, watching the hand. As soon as the hand was over, he assessed a one-round penalty on Dwan for exposing his hand. The entire table protested that Dwan had exposed his hand in error and should only be given a warning. A second floor was summoned to the table, who ruled that the penalty for exposing his hand was automatic.

Just a few hands after that, while Dwan was serving his penalty, Phil Ivey was called for a string discard and the floor was called again. Because there was some confusion as to the action in the hand, Ivey was given a warning but was allowed to discard both cards.

An announcement from the tournament staff followed shortly thereafter: "Attention deuce-to-seven players. When you make your discard, please make it in one motion, and only one motion."