2008 World Series of Poker
Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Back from the Brink
Selbst Still Strong
Double Elimination
Morgan tabled .
Colin York tabled .
Craig Natte tabled .
All the way to the river we went .
Natte made the nut flush and eliminated two players in one go!
Morgan, being the shortest stack, is our 19th-place finisher ($5,905).
York just crept in to the next pay level in 18th ($7,770)
Todd Barlow Eliminated in 17th ($7,770)
Trai Dang Eliminated in 16th ($7,770)
The board came , giving Phillips the king-high straight and sending Dang home.
Rob Hollink is Our 15th-Place Finisher ($10,360)
All the money went in on a flop of .
Hollink was holding for an overpair and flush draw.
Selbst was holding for a bigger overpair.
The turn and river brought a set for Hollink but also a backdoor straight for Selbst, meaning we lose Hollink in 15th.
Greg Cox Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,360)
Phillips flipped over .
Cox flipped over .
The board came to give Phillips the pot.
Phillips commented, "He outdrew me, I outdrew him back!"
Your Top Five
Jamie Pickering -- 293,000
Calen McNeil -- 182,000
Craig Natte -- 170,000
Stanley Statkiewicz -- 170,000
Thirteen players remain (see "Chip Counts" for the other players' current stacks). They are playing down to the final nine who will come back tomorrow for the final table.
A dinner break is scheduled about 15 minutes from now, but it is possible the players may just play through.
Kyle Hegeman Eliminated in 13th ($10,360)
The flop came . Statkiewicz checked, Hegeman bet 27,000, and Todd called. Statkiewicz then reraised pot, Hegeman called with his last chips, and Todd got out of the way.
Statkiewicz:
Hegeman:
Statkiewicz had the set of threes, but Hegeman had a big 'ol wrap going. Lots of cards could help Hegeman.
Unfortunately for him, none of those cards arrived. The on the turn gave him even more outs. But on the river meant Hegeman was gone. Statkiewicz is up over 300,000.