Cards in the Air
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
457
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Level: 20
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
John-Paul Kelly Eliminated in Ninth Place ($22,599)
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From the cutoff, Kyle Kloeckner raises to 25,000 for the second hand in a row. Next to him, John-Paul Kelly moves all in for a total of 64,000. Action passes back around to Kloeckner, and he pauses for a minute before making the call. The hands are shown down:
Kloeckner:
Kelly:
There's an ace right in the door for Kloeckner, as the flop comes down
. The turn and river come 
and 
, doing nothing to help Kelly. He came into today on the short stack, and he is headed out just a few minutes into the action. For his three-day effort, he will pocket more than $22,000.
Minh Ly Crippled
Jonathan Depa raised to 25,000. Action folded to Minh Ly in the big blind. Ly announced "pot" and reraised the pot. Depa moved all in and Ly called.
Depa:
Ly:
The door card was great to Depa on the
flop. Ly needed to catch another jack to eliminate Depa.The turn came another five, the
. The river then came the 
which wasn't what Ly was looking for. After some confusion on the chip stacks, Ly was left with only 4,000 chips and would be all in in the small blind next hand.
Minh Ly Eliminated in Eighth Place ($30,482)
There's just not much you can do when you're blind all in. You just have to go with the cards you're dealt and hope lady luck is on your side.
Kyle Hegeman limped in from early position and then Allen Cunningham checked his option in the big blind with Minh Ly all in in the small blind.
The board came
and Cunningham and Hegeman checked it down the entire way. All three players showed king-high.Ly:
Cunningham:
Hegeman:
Hegeman's king-high with a queen kicker was good enough to take the pot and eliminate Ly in eighth place.
The Story So Far
.Besides Cunningham, Kloeckner has been the other active player. He, too, has put in numerous 25,000-chip raises and won the blinds each time. Lennart Holtkamp is the only other player, apart from those two, who has raised multiple pots. Each time he raises, he buries his head in his hands, elbows on the rail, defying the attempts of his tablemates to get a read on him.
It will be interesting to see how play develops in the next half hour of Omaha.
Pescatori Takes One From Cunningham
The two biggest names at the table clashed on this hand. Kyle Kloeckner raised to 25,000 and Allen Cunningham called from the small blind as did Max Pescatori from the big blind.
The flop came
and Cunningham led out for 50,000. Pescatori tanked for a few minutes before announcing that he raised the pot. Kloeckner folded. Cunningham asked him if he had more chips behind and Pescatori said he had about 20,000 left.Cunningham showed the
as he mucked and said, "I don't think it's coming."
Kyle Versus Kyle
Kyle Kloeckner raised to 25,000 from under the gun and only Kyle Hegeman made the call.
The flop came
and both players checked. When the turn came the , both players checked again.On the river, the
, Hegeman led into Kloeckner for 28,000. Kloeckner thought and then made the call. Hegeman announced that he had the wheel and took the pot with a straight, 
.
Updated Chip Counts
Allen Cunningham - 440,000
Jonathan Depa - 367,000
Max Pescatori - 367,000
Lennart Holtkamp - 238,000
Kyle Hegeman - 222,000
Greg Hurst - 115,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0