2008 World Series of Poker

Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$770,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$4,216,940
Entries
2,317
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Darren Nelson Eliminated in 17th Place ($25,301)

In a battle of the blinds Gabe Costner raised it to 50,000 from the small blind before Darren Nelson moved all in for 120,000 in total from the big blind. Costner made the call.

Costner: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Nelson: {Q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

Nelson's dominated hand drew some life on a flop of {7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Clubs} but the {4-Hearts} on the turn and {2-Clubs} on the river left him heading for the exit in 17th place for $25,301 in prize money.

Tags: Darren NelsonGabe Costner

Crain Takes Another Hit

Eric Crain moved all in for 275,000 and Dan 'Wretchy' Martin made the call. Martin only had 129,000.

Crain: {A-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Martin: {K-Clubs} {8-Spades}

Martin's cheering section started rooting for a king. "King! King!" His cheering section erupted when the flop hit {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {10-Spades}. They then let a collective, "Ooooh" when they realized Crain had a straight draw. The chants then went to, "Hold! Hold!"

The turn came the {K-Diamonds} and the river the {Q-Diamonds}. Martin's crowd erupted in celebration and Martin doubled up to 225,000 in chips.

Crain is down to 144,000 chips after this hand.

Tags: Dan MartinEric Crain

Sunny Chattha Eliminated in 18th Place ($25,301)

Marco Johnson raised it up preflop to 51,000 before Sunny Chattha raised it an additional 105,000. Johnson then announced he was all in, and Chattha called tabling {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} to be well ahead of the {J-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} of Johnson.

The flop came {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} to give Chattha top two pair but Johnson picked up a royal flush draw. The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} to give Johnson additional outs, and remarkably the river fell the {J-Spades} to complete a full house to Johnson to send Chattha to the rail in 18th place in amazing circumstances.

Tags: Marco JohnsonSunny Chattha

Crain Dented

Eric Crain opened with a raise preflop to 60,000 from the cutoff before Marco Johnson made it 201,000 to go from the small blind. Crain says "If you made it 202,000 I would fold, but I call," leaving himself 280,000 behind.

They see a flop of {5-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Johnson instantly moved all in. Crain thought for a moment before folding his hand.

Tags: Eric CrainMarco Johnson

Gerasimov Stays Aggressive

Marco Johnson opened with a raise to 41,000 preflop, before Kirill Gerasimov once again put in an aggressive three-bet, making it 116,000 in total. The action folded back to Johnson who thought for several minutes before releasing his hand.

Gerasimov is maintaining his aggressive approach as play tightens up late in the evening. He is now up to 440,000 chips.

Tags: Kirill GerasimovMarco Johnson

Table Chatter

Dan Martin said the following to his table, "I've saved all my suckouts for now guys."

Kenneth Shelton: "I've used mine all up."

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000