2008 World Series of Poker

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$244,546
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,101,100
Entries
605
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Dempsey Not Happy

Derek Dempsey moved all in on the river of a {K-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} board and Sunny Chattha called, but mucked when Dempsey turned over {K-Spades} {10-Spades}. Chattha down to 25,000, and Dempsey doubled up to 62,700.

A few hands later, though, Dempsey doubled up Jeff Sluzinski to 70,000 -- Sluzinski raised and then went over the top of Dempsey's reraise with {8-Spades} {8-Clubs}. Dempsey's {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} failed to hit on the {3-Hearts} {6-Spades} {J-Spades} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} board, and his subsequent comments to Sluzinski regarding what he thought of how he had played the hand resulted in Dempsey being issued with an eight-hand penalty. Yikes.

Tags: Derek DempseyJeff Sluzinski

A Bit of a Kerfuffle

Clonie Gowen
Clonie Gowen
From time to time a calming influence is required at the table, and today that person was Clonie Gowen. With one player yelling at the dealer for accidentally mucking his cards, Gowen quoted the TD rules in which players are responsible for the protection of their own hands and cannot blame the dealer if they are subsequently pulled into the muck. The player seemed to accept this and the situation was quickly diffused without the need for a tournament director to step in.

I wish we had Gowen down at my local cardroom, although that's just because I'm tired of looking at big, burly men.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

Dragomir Eliminated

Cristian Dragomir is no more -- he raised from the button and then went all in for 30,000 total to a reraise from Jeff Sluzinski in the small blind. Call.

Sluzinski: {A-Hearts} {9-Clubs}
Dragomir: drawing thin with {K-Diamonds} {9-Spades}

Board: {5-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}