Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-17-2008 00:39 UTC-7

Thomas Johnston Eliminated in 20th Place ($20,492)

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Thomas Johnston moved all in as a shortstack in the dark and was called by Tex Barch. Barch showed pocket aces and Johnston opted not to reveal until the hand was over.

The board ran {A-Diamonds}

, which looked bad for Johnston. Unless he held pocket jacks or pocket fives, he'd be eliminated. Johnston turned them over one at a time, showing a five first which sent a roar through the crowd sweating the table. However, the {10-Hearts}

was his second card, which failed to help him beat Barch's full house.

06-17-2008 00:39 UTC-7

Cy Jassinowsky Gets Action with his Aces

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Cy Jassinowsky raised from the cutoff and Tommy Hang called in the small blind. The flop came {6-Clubs}

, Hang checked, then when Jassinowsky bet out Hang check-raised. Jassinowsky called, and when the {3-Clubs}

turned Hang bet out. Jassinowky now raised, and Hang called. The river was the {9-Spades}

and Hang check-called Jassinowsky's bet, to find that he'd been up against Cy's {A-Diamonds}

and his flopped full house. Jassinowsky is now up to 185,000 while Hang fell to 220,000.

06-17-2008 00:31 UTC-7

Hoyt Corkins Is Out in 21st Place ($20,492)

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Aaron Katz called Hoyt Corkins all the way to the river on a {J-Diamonds}

board, with the last of Corkins chips going in on the river. Katz made a flush on the river with {6-Diamonds}

to beat Corkins' {Q-Spades}

and send Hoyt out in 21st place.

Tags: Aaron Katz Hoyt Corkins

06-17-2008 00:23 UTC-7

Spencer Lawrence Is Eliminated in 22nd Place ($20,492)

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Spencer Lawrence raised and Todd Witteles called. The flop came {9-Spades}

, Lawrence bet out and Witteles raised. Lawrence thought a few seconds before tossing in the last of his chips and found his {A-Hearts}

had been outflopped by {A-Clubs}

. The

fell on the turn and river and Lawrence was eliminated. Witteles is now up to 170,000.

Tags: Spencer Lawrence Todd Witteles

06-17-2008 00:22 UTC-7

Double Ups All Around

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If this is the 'Year of the Pro', then the last level here in the $10,000 World Championship Limit event should be dubbed 'Level of the Double Up'. With nearly every small stack pushing all their chips into the middle, almost every single one of them survived, some, multiple times over. The blinds have been up at 4,000/8,000 now, so time will tell if the streak continues for these shortstacks.

06-17-2008 00:06 UTC-7

Tommy Hang Wins a Pot from Andy Bloch

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Andy Bloch bet out and Tommy Hang raised from the cutoff. Bloch called and they saw a {2-Diamonds}

flop. Bloch checked, Hang bet 6,000 and Bloch check-raised. Hang called and the turn was the {5-Diamonds}

. Bloch bet 12,000 and this time Hang raised. Bloch called and he check-called Hang's bet after the {9-Hearts}

fell on the river. Hand showed {A-Spades}

for the wheel on the turn and Bloch took a long look at his cards. "Wow," he said as he tossed them in the muck, "nice hand". Block slipped to 355,000 and Hang moved up to 195,000.

Tags: Andy Bloch Tommy Hang

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

06-16-2008 23:59 UTC-7

Dewey Tomko Eliminated 23rd Place ($20,492)

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Dewey Tomko, who had been knocked down to just 8,000 chips after the previous hand, found himself all in against Hoyt Corkins. Corkins held {Q-Hearts}

while Tomko was in with {8-Spades}