Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-23-2008 16:32 UTC-7

Hand For Hand

[user66118]

With 73 players left, the tournament is being dealt hand for hand until the bubble bursts.

06-23-2008 16:34 UTC-7

Nam Le Stays Alive On the Bubble

donpeters

Limit Hold'em:

The flop was {Q-Hearts}

and Lou Esposito and Nam Le checked. David Levi bet, Esposito folded, and Le raised. Levi reraised and then Le raised all in. Levi made the call.

Le: {7-Clubs}

Levi:

The turn came the {6-Spades}

and the river the {10-Diamonds}

, allowing Le to gain some much-needed chips on his move up to 27,000.

Tags: David Levi Lou Esposito Nam Le

06-23-2008 16:38 UTC-7

Don't Leave Your Seat

donpeters

The tournament director just informed all the players that if they leave their seat during hand-for-hand to go and watch another table, that player will be penalized.

06-23-2008 16:40 UTC-7

if you've been following the entire WSOP on PokerNews, you'll remember the hand in an earlier event when Jan von Halle checked behind on the river with a royal flush. Well, it seems von Halle has no shame in his mistake, as he is sporting a shirt that says, "Royal Flush Check Behind" in big letters on the front.

06-23-2008 16:43 UTC-7

Todd Witteles Stayin' Alive

donpeters

Limit Hold'em:

The poker gods are looking out for Todd Witteles on this day. He has been all in on two occasions on the bubble so far. The first time, the board made a straight to allow him and his opponent to chop the pot.

On the second hand, the board made a flush and Witteles again chopped with his opponent to stay alive.

On both hands, Witteles got in in with the best, but he is extremely short-stacked. The first hand he held {A-?}

against

. The second hand he held {9-?}

against

. The poker gods may not be giving Todd the win, but at least they aren't busting him.

Tags: Todd Witteles

06-23-2008 16:43 UTC-7

Dangerous But Worth It

MarcC

Limit Hold'em

Richard Redmond is up to 45,000 courtesy of slow-playing pocket aces. He completed when it was folded around to him in the small blind. The big blind did him the favour of raising before they saw a flop.

It contained an ace and two spades so Redmond check-raised his opponent. This pattern continued to the river where a second ten hit the board making a full house for Redmond. Again he manged to get a raise called before revealing his full house. His disgusted opponent threw his hand into the muck

Tags: Richard Redmond

06-23-2008 16:52 UTC-7

Hofman Doubles

donpeters

No-Limit Hold'em:

Ronnie Hofman reraised all in after Michael Guzzardi raised to 2,400. Guzzardi then made the call with {Q-?}

. Hofman held {A-?}

.

The board ran out {A-?}

to double Hofman up to 12,000.

Tags: Michael Guzzardi Ronnie Hofman

06-23-2008 17:02 UTC-7

Bubble Insurance

[user66118]

Robert Mizrachi is not playing in our tournament, but that's not stopping him from getting involved in the action. Mizrachi is playing the 2-7 Triple Draw event at an adjacent table, and he wants in on the bubble play. He is offering any and all players "Bubble Insurance" for $650 apiece. He says if he can sell 20 of them, he'll break even for the past few days. We'll have to see if any of the short stacks decide to take him up on the offer.

06-23-2008 17:15 UTC-7

We Have a Bubble Boy

[user66118]

Bob Lauria was sitting under the gun with just 600 chips left. He looked down at {J-Hearts}

and stuck it in. Nam Le raised in middle position and isolated Lauria, who was at risk. Le tabled {A-Hearts}

.

The board frowned on Lauria, coming out {A-Spades}

. Bob Lauria took one for the team, much to the delight of his fellow players, and headed out of the room on the bubble. The remaining 72 players are now in the money.

06-23-2008 17:20 UTC-7