2008 World Series of Poker

Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
6♥6♣
Prize
$507,563
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
1,344
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
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Ace on the River

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No, I'm not plugging a certain Greenstein publication, rather reporting a timely double-up for David Campbell.

Calling an all-in player's bet holding A-T, Campbell was ultimately coin-flipping against 9-9.

Although his pleas for "paint" fell on stony ground after a K-J-8-6 board, an ace landed on the river to send him the pot.

Tags: David Campbell

Letting Her Hair Down

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The hair is down
The hair is down
Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck is probably our climber of the hour -- down to just 5,000 during the bubble-time hand-for-hand play, she is now back up to 91,000 and beaming. "I think I'm the only woman left," she tells us on a stroll to the press desk. (She's right.) "And I just let my hair down!"

Tags: Maria Mayrinck

No Cowboys for Jeffreys

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Uproar on Andrew Jeffreys' table -- he'd just been dealt pocket kings when a misdeal was declared, and he was jumping around in fairly good-natured exasperation. It seems that the dealing had started at the wrong seat and the hands were therefore dealt to the wrong people. As Jeffreys sat back down to await a new deal, another dealer was muttering that the dealer's decision to call a misdeal was the wrong one, and he should have called the floor over.

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys

New Chip Daddy

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Matthew LaGarde is now your current chip leader with a little over 300,000. With a huge pot forming preflop, LaGarde found himself reraising all in from the button with K-J, only to run into the small blind's pocket rockets.

A king on the flop gave LaGarde a glimmer of hope, but that glimmer soon turned into a Luxor-esque beam of light as he made two pair on the river of a 3-5-K-7-J board.

Tags: Matthew Legarde

Not a Bean

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A gentleman raised to 8,000 preflop and Glen Bean called. Daniel O'Brien made it 30,000 from the small blind; the original raiser got out of the way, and Bean called.

O'Brien bet out 24,000 on the {J-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} flop, and Bean raised another 30,000. O'Brien moved in for just 7,000 more than the raise, and Bean called.

Bean: {Q-?} {Q-?}
O'Brien: {J-?} {J-?}

Turn: {4-Hearts}
River: {A-Hearts}

A double-up to around 200,000 for O'Brien, and a dejected Bean is left with just small change -- around 11,000.

David Steickes it to Greenstein

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I don't have Barry many chips left
I don't have Barry many chips left
Barry Greenstein made it 10,000 from mid position and David Steicke flat-called on the button, leading them to the {3-Spades} {2-Clubs} {7-Hearts} flop.

Greenstein bet out 13,000 and again, Steicke just called. They both checked the {8-Clubs} turn, and Greenstein fired out another 20,000 on the {J-Hearts} river, leaving himself just 25,000 behind. Steicke, once more, flat-called.

Greenstein: {Q-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
Steicke: {A-Spades} {J-Clubs}

A disaster for a crippled Greenstein, while Steicke steams ahead on 155,000.

Tags: Barry GreensteinDavid Steicke

Well Done Wheldon

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likes his steak wheldon
likes his steak wheldon
After starting the day with 20,700, Graham Wheldon has battled his way up to the 75,000 mark and now boasts three tall columns. In his own words, "I had an early double-up with eights versus sixes, but apart from that, it's mainly been smaller pots. I haven't been all in since."

Tags: Graham Wheldon

Caught Red-handed

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A short-stacked Vincent Van Brengel moved all in from the button for 25,000, but found a call in big blinder Mark Graffius, who looked him up with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. Sadly for Brengel, he could only muster a {7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, and a raggy board later he was gone.

Graffius, however, shoots up to 80,000.

Tags: Mark GraffiusVincent Van Brengel

Parker Busts Norris

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Brock Parker is up to 120,000 after knocking out Joshua Norris, all in preflop with pocket jacks against Norris' pocket fours. No board miracles and with a brief, "Nice playing with y'all," Norris heads for the door.
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