Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-03-2008 02:10 UTC-7

Two Birds With One Hinkle

[user66118]

From under the gun, Grant Hinkle makes a raise to 25,000. The player behind him, Chris Poma, reraises all in, and the player next to act, Brian Haas puts all his chips in as well. Hinkle has {A-Diamonds}

, and he makes the call, covering both players. Poma tables {K-Clubs}

, and Haas is looking to triple up with {6-Clubs}

.

The board runs off {Q-Spades}

, and Hinkle takes out two. He is now up to 270,000.

06-03-2008 02:13 UTC-7

Bonding is Busto

[user75032]

Lars Bonding open-shoved for 126,000. Evan McNiff called from the big blind. It was a classic race, with McNiff's {5-Hearts}

ahead of Bonding's {A-Diamonds}

. The first card off the deck was the {10-Spades}

, but the rest of the flop came {6-Diamonds}

to make a set for McNiff. The board blanked the rest of the way to send Bonding to the cage to collect $12,871.

06-03-2008 02:18 UTC-7

Field Update

[user40108]

There are currently 45 players remaining seated at five tables with an average stack of 261,933.

06-03-2008 02:21 UTC-7

Anxious for Action

[user75032]

This is the time of night that everyone at the WSOP dreads. Players are exhausted from concentrating all day; media and staff become antsy as the action slows to a crawl. With each bust-out becoming more and more significant, players are much more deliberate in their actions, even as they wish their opponents would play more recklessly.

We have been told that the tournament will play down to the final table no matter how long it takes, with a ten-hour break before play resumes later today.

06-03-2008 02:22 UTC-7

Jesus Resurrected

[user66118]

James Akenhead opens up the action with a raise from early position to 25,000. Chris Ferguson reraises all in for a total of 58,000, and Akenhead is the only caller. Miraculously, Jesus flips over {A-Spades}

, and his opponent shows down {K-Spades}

.

The dealer spreads out the board: {6-Clubs}

, and Ferguson's aces hold and double him up to 138,000.

Just a few rounds ago, Ferguson was dreadfully low, and had to post the 1,000 ante and the 8,000 big blind. This left him him with just 7,500 chips in his stack. He ended up folding 7-2 when the pot was raised and reraised in front of him. The following hand, he posted the 1,000 ante again, along with the small blind of 4,000 before tripling up and beginning his run back to a playable stack.

06-03-2008 02:30 UTC-7

Friedman Hangs Ten

[user66118]

Anthony Meeker just got it all in against Perry Friedman, holding {A-Clubs}

. Friedman held {10-Clubs}

.

The board came {K-Spades}

, failing to bring an ace for Meeker. He is eliminated, and Friedman pads his stack up to 520,000.

06-03-2008 02:31 UTC-7

"Do You Believe in Miracles?"

[user75032]

The resurrection of Chris "Jesus" Ferguson continues. James Akenhead raised preflop. Ferguson reraised. Akenhead shoved all in and Jesus made the call. It was a race, Ferguson's pocket sixes against Akenhead's {A-Hearts}

. A board of {9-Clubs}

gave Ferguson a full house and another double-up.

After the hand, a spectator asked, "Chris, are you having fun?" Ferguson smiled and gave two thumbs up.

Tags: "Jesus"Chris Ferguson

06-03-2008 02:34 UTC-7

Ginikachukwu Izuogu Eliminated

[user40108]

Ginikachukwu Izuogu, who was our chip leader not that long ago, has been eliminated. In a matter of a couple hands, Izuogu parted with every chip in front of him.

The first hand saw Izuogu calling a raise to 35,000 to see a flop of {10-Clubs}

. The raiser checked, Izuogu pushed and was insta-called. The raiser showed pocket aces beating Izuogu's A-Q by showdown.

A few hands later, Izuogu's {J-Diamonds}

was beat by another player's {A-Clubs}

when four spades hit the board. Izuogu was eliminated in 45th place and takes home $14,480 for his efforts.

Tags: Ginikachukwu Izuogu

06-03-2008 02:41 UTC-7

Matthew Kearney Picks Up a Nice Pot

[user40108]

We caught up to this hand on the flop. The board read {J-Diamonds}

and Evan McNiff checked from the small blind. Matthew Kearney bet 30,000 from the big blind and McNiff made the call. The turn brought the {3-Clubs}

and McNiff checked again and Kearney fired 50,000 this time. McNiff made a casual call. The river came the {9-Spades}

and not unlike the streets before, McNiff check-called 75,000 from Kearney. Kearney showed {J-Spades}

for the full house and McNiff mucked. McNiff is down to about 270,000 while Kearney climbs to roughly 650,000.

Tags: Evan McNiff Matthew Kearney

06-03-2008 02:47 UTC-7

Ferguson Suffers a Setback

[user75032]

It's not all milk and honey for Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. Holding {Q-Clubs}

, he called an all in of 67,000 from Thomas Fuller. Fuller opened {A-Spades}

and neither player improved. The hand dropped Ferguson to 215,000.

The very next hand, Fuller doubled again when his {K-Spades}

bested the {A-Diamonds}

of Richard Byrd. Just like that, Fuller is up to 325,000. Byrd is dangerously low at 80,000.