Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-30-2008 03:08 UTC-7

Kevin Nathan Eliminated in 11th Place ($36,729)

[user38971]

Kevin Nathan was eliminated after moving all in preflop with pocket nines and was called by Anderson Silva. Silva held A-Q and on a flop of {4-Hearts}

managed to pick up a straight draw, which happened to connect on the river when the {10-Spades}

fell, eliminating Nathan from the field.

06-30-2008 03:03 UTC-7

Jason Moungey Eliminated in 12th Place ($36,729)

Shamus

Jason Moungey raised all in for 224,000 from under the gun, and Peter Nguyen called. Moungey showed {8-Diamonds}

, and Nguyen {Q-Spades}

.

The board ran out {10-Spades}

, and Moungey was eliminated in 12th. Nguyen is up to 600,000.

Tags: Jason Moungey

06-30-2008 02:55 UTC-7

Players Are Back From Break

[user38971]

Cards are in the air!

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

06-30-2008 02:34 UTC-7

Players Are On a Break

[user38971]

Players are on a twenty-minute break.

06-30-2008 02:34 UTC-7

Tran Truckin'

Shamus

Shortly after the previous hand, J.C. Tran took another decent pot off of Christoph Köhnen. On a board showing {7-Diamonds}

, Köhnen bet 85,000, Tran reraised to 245,000, and Köhnen let it go.

Köhnen is at 380,000, and Tran has moved up to 1.4 million.

06-30-2008 02:31 UTC-7

Tran Doubles Up

[user38971]

JC Tran made it 55,000 to go preflop and Jason Moungey called. The flop ran {A-Clubs}

and Tran fired 65,000 into the pot. Jason moved all in for 900,000 and Tran insta-called. Tran showed pocket nines for a flopped set and Mason held {A-Hearts}

. Jason failed to improve and is down to just 240,000 after the hand while Tran is up over 1,000,000.

06-30-2008 02:26 UTC-7

We'd noted Anderson Silva's aggressive play earlier. Joe Pelton had noticed, too. On a recent hand, Pelton had raised to 60,000 from middle position and Silva called from the button. The flop came {4-Hearts}

, and Pelton checked. Silva pushed all in, and Pelton called immediately, showing {A-Diamonds}

. Silva had pocket deuces.

Pelton's hand held up, and he doubled to 650,000.

No worries for Silva, though. Shortly afterwards, he pushed all in again with {A-Hearts}

and got called by massive chip leader Rasmus Nielsen who held {A-Spades}

. Silva's hand held up and he's back to 690,000. Nielsen has 1.8 million.

Tags: Joe Pelton

06-30-2008 02:11 UTC-7

Moungey Over Tran

Shamus

Just now, J.C. Tran raised to 54,000 from the cutoff, and Moungey reraised to 204,000 from the button. Tran let it go.

Tran still has 570,000. Moungey is now at 1 million.

Tags: J.C. Tran Jason Moungey

06-30-2008 01:58 UTC-7

Siu's See-Saw

Shamus

Chad Siu was just involved in all ins on consecutive hands.

On the first, Siu was all in with A-J versus Anderson Silva's pocket fours. An ace on board gave Siu the pot.

On the second, Kevin Nathan pushed all in preflop and Siu, having Nathan covered, made the call. Siu had {A-Hearts}

, far behind Nathan's {A-Diamonds}