Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-13-2008 16:13 UTC-7

Le Causing a Stir

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One chap who has suffered some bubble-time misfortune is Allen Le. Vivek Rajkumar went all in for 53,000 on the river of a {4-Spades}

board and Le called. Rajkumar turned over {5-Spades}

for a full house and Le mucked, leaving Rajkumar with 100,000 and Le with virtually nothing.

And indeed, a few hands later, Le busted out. Dan Stir raised with A-K and Le called all in for just 1,200. Amazingly, he'd found pocket queens, but he was still coin-flipping and coin-flipped his way out of the money when Stir hit the {4-Hearts}

board.

Tags: Allen Le

06-13-2008 16:16 UTC-7

Coggins Plays Back at Greenstein

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One person who has been taking advantage of the smaller stacks' bubble-time caginess is Barry Greenstein. He had been making big preflop raises for a few hands in a row, and eventually Earl Coggins played back at him, raising Greenstein's 6,000 button raise to 26,000 from the big blind, and showing {A-?}

when Greenstein folded.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Earl Coggins

06-13-2008 16:18 UTC-7

The Bubble Bursts

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A wave of applause and assorted celebratory techniques scurry through the tables as news spread of the exit of Senovio Ramirez.

A kings versus aces cooler is painful at the best of times, but when it's on the bubble, then it is understandably excruciating. Sadly, that was the case for Ramirez, his pocket kings versus Andrew Gordon's pocket rockets unable to hit one of two outs on a 6-T-3-4-6 board.

As Ramirez made the long walk back into the hallway, the players congratulated each other, Andrew Jeffreys in particular shaking the hand of every member of his table. In fact, Dana and I felt so left out, that we shook each other's hands, even though we receive no cash prize for making the top 99.

Tags: Andrew Gordon Senovio Ramirez

06-13-2008 16:24 UTC-7

Stemper Busts First

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It looks as though the first in-the-money exit was the backpack-laden form of Patrick Stemper. His opponent raised with jacks, Stemper reraised all in with sevens, his opponent called, and there was no help from the board.

Tags: Patrick Stemper

06-13-2008 16:26 UTC-7

Paulsen Busts

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Also OUT, as evidenced by his presence at the cash desk holding a red ticket, is Kai Paulsen.

Tags: Kai Paulsen

06-13-2008 16:26 UTC-7

Two Ladies Left

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Our reporter regretted to inform me that there are only two female players remaining in today's event. However, he was able to report a double-through for one of those ladies, one Maria Mayrinck.

All in preflop with {8-Clubs}

against

, Mayrinck survived a {7-Clubs}

board, her flopped pair of eights enough to ship her the pot and a timely double through.

Mayrinck now on 14,000.

Tags: Maria Mayrinck

06-13-2008 16:28 UTC-7

Hunter Gunned Down

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Jesse Hunter is out, all in on the flop of a {J-Hearts}

board with {Q-Hearts}

against Steve Pestal's {Q-?}

.

06-13-2008 16:31 UTC-7

The Magic One Hundred

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Another player to surpass the 100,000 mark is Daniel O'Brien, his stack recently creeping over that magic mark to 102,000.

Tags: Daniel O'Brien

06-13-2008 16:33 UTC-7

Double Double for Mayrinck

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Maria Mayrinck has doubled through for a second consecutive time, reraising all in preflop with A-9 versus A-Q, but spiking a nine on the river to stay alive.

Mayrinck up to 22,000.

Tags: Maria Mayrinck