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

06-02-2008 23:37 UTC-7

Ium and Roeder Trade

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Michael Ium, sitting in the hijack seat for this hand, opens the pot for a raise to 16,000. The cutoff folds, but the button, Ryan Roeder, makes a reraise all in for 103,500. Ium goes into the think tank for several minutes before finally announcing, "I call."

The cards are turned over, Roeder with {9-Hearts}

, and Ium with a modest {K-Spades}

. Roeder's pocket pair holds up as the board runs out {Q-Spades}

. Roeder doubles up to 210,000, while Ium takes a big step back and has only 81,000 left.

06-02-2008 23:26 UTC-7

Kalisek Doubles

[user75032]

Clayton Kalisek has jumped up the leaderboard. He got all his chips in preflop, holding pocket kings, against the {A-Spades}

of Sean Porter. The board came {J-Clubs}

, with Kalisek's kings holding. He climbs to 190,000 in chips. Porter remains alive but crippled with just 52,000 remaining.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

06-02-2008 23:09 UTC-7

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Players are back from the break.

06-02-2008 22:48 UTC-7

Players Are on a Break

[user75032]

Play will resume in 20 minutes.

06-02-2008 22:47 UTC-7

"Shaniac" Slowplays and Pays the Price

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"Never go broke in an unraised pot," Texas Dolly once said. Shane "Shaniac" Schleger may have wished he remembered that lesson. With one player limping in preflop, Schleger limped on the button. The small blind folded and Jeff Wiedenhoeft checked his option from the big blind for a three-way flop of {10-Diamonds}

.

Action checked to Schleger, who bet 8,000. Wiedenhoeft raised the minimum to 16,000. After the third player folded, Schleger fired back with a raise to 56,000. Wiedenhoeft instantly raised a third time to 135,000 and Schleger, with only 34,000 chips behind, called all in.

Schleger: {K-Hearts}

Wiedenhoeft: {7-Diamonds}

The board bricked out, bouncing Schleger from the tournamnt. Wiedenhoeft's stack increased to about 225,000.

Tags: "shaniac"Shane Schleger

06-02-2008 22:45 UTC-7

Levy's Aces Go Down

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Steve Levy's aces were no match for Steve Cho's {A-Clubs}

after Cho turned the nut flush. Derek Snyder, short-stacked with only 32,000 remaining chips, got caught in the crossfire after all the money went in preflop. Snyder and Levy were both eliminated on the hand after Cho scooped a pot worth almost 240,000.

06-02-2008 22:39 UTC-7

More Than One, Less Than One Hundred

[user66118]

With ten minutes left in Level 14, we have finally dipped under the century mark. Ninety-nine players are left in the field for Event #2, and we will play all the way down until there are just nine left at the end of the night.

06-02-2008 22:39 UTC-7

Kanter Can't Make A-Q Work

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Back-to-back hands with A-Q proved disastrous for Aaron Kanter. In the first hand, he couldn't catch up to the pocket sixes held by Robert Herman and took a 37,000-chip hit after all the money went in preflop.

Just one hand later, Kanter called the 28,000-chip all in of Kenneth Shelton. Shelton held {A-Hearts}

, making Kanter a significant favorite, but the board came {10-Spades}

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After these two hands, Kanter fell to 116,000 in chips.

Tags: Aaron Kanter

06-02-2008 22:32 UTC-7

Clock is Called

[user66118]

We join this hand after the preflop action is concluded and the dealer burns the first card. The flop comes down {K-Clubs}

. Theo Tran checks, and his lone opponent, Amir Monsefi, bets out 20,000. Theo Tran puts in a big raise to 55,000, and Monsefi goes into the tank.

After a few moments, he calls the clock... on himself. The floor is called over, and Monsefi is given a countdown until he eventually folds his cards face-up, {K-Spades}