2008 World Series of Poker

Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
95
Prize
$204,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$873,600
Entries
480
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Hellmuth Nearly Triples

General Phil Almost Triples
General Phil Almost Triples
Under the gun, Phil Hellmuth limped in. Joseph DiMartino called in the small blind and Ylon Schwartz checked in the big blind.

The flop was {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Schwartz bet. Both called.

The turn was {K-Hearts} and it was checked to Hellmuth, who threw his last 100 in. Both called. The side pot checked the river of {5-Diamonds}.

Hellmuth {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
DiMartino and Schwartz mucked.

Hellmuth is up to 8,500.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Taylor Fade

Brendan Taylor raised in middle position and Moji Seyedin called in late position. David Rood called in the small blind.

The flop was {7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Rood checked. Tyler bet all in and Seyedin and Rood called. The side pot checked the turn and river of {3-Clubs}{4-Spades}.

Rood mucked
Taylor {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}
Seyedin {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

Seyedin took the whole pot and Taylor was out. Seyedin is up to 55,000.

Tags: Brendan Taylor

Chip Counts Updated

Daniel Negreanu continues to lead the field with 89,000, but Richard Li and Tommy Hang are gaining with 84,000 and 83,000, respectively. We're now four spots away from the money.

Amnon Filippi Busted

Filippi Flips Out
Filippi Flips Out
Amnon Filippi was all in under the gun and Matt Matros and Supote Chanattanaudorn called. The flop was {8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Matros bet on the side and Chanattanaudorn called. They checked the turn and river of {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

Matros showed {7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and took the whole pot. Filippi busted and Chanattanaudorn is down to 40,000. Matros is up to 20,000.

Tags: Amnon Filippi

Fifty-Four

The money starts at 45, so there are only nine unlucky souls still left out there.

When the bubble bursts, a table will break and the remaining 45 players will immediately take a one-hour dinner.

Hellmuth Shoots Bullets, Baby

Ray Henson raised in the cutoff and Phil Hellmuth called in the small blind. The flop was {K-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and both checked. The turn was {6-Spades} and both checked. The river was {2-Diamonds} and Hellmuth bet. Henson called.

Hellmuth showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} and took the pot.

By Phil Hellmuth's count, that's A-A five times in about 180 minutes.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth