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

06-29-2008 21:37 UTC-7

Chad Siu Eliminates Vivek Rajkumar

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Vivek Rajkumar moved all in from middle position and Men 'the Master' made the call from the cutoff. However, Chad Siu, on the button, moved all in on top for a total of 370,000. Men got out of the way and Siu turned over {A-Diamonds}

and was up against Vivek's {9-Clubs}

. Vivek flopped a seven, but Chad caught back up on the turn when the {A-Clubs}

fell. Vivek failed to improve and was eliminated from the field.

06-29-2008 21:31 UTC-7

Break Time

Shamus

Players are on a 20-minute break while staff race off the $500 chips. There are 33 players remaining.

06-29-2008 21:15 UTC-7

Nielsen's Ratings Continue to Rise

Shamus

After Rasmus Nielsen raised to 21,000 from the cutoff, another player pushed all in for 240,000 from the small blind, and Nielsen called.

Nielsen's opponent showed {A-Clubs}

. Nielsen showed {A-Hearts}

.

The board brought five baby cards, and Nielsen has extended his chip lead. He's up to 790,000.

Tags: Rasmus Nielsen

06-29-2008 21:12 UTC-7

JC Eliminates Another

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JC Tran eliminated another player after calling a short stack's all-in for 50,000. Tran held A-9 while his opponent held A-6, and the A-9 held up.

06-29-2008 21:11 UTC-7

Pham Back on Top

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Cameron Wiley moved all in from the small blind and David Pham insta-called from the big blind. Pham showed A-Q and was up against Wiley's {K-Diamonds}

. An ace fell on the turn and Pham is up over 450,000.

06-29-2008 21:09 UTC-7

Draw Disappoints

Shamus

On the turn, with the board king-high and showing two clubs, Neil Channing went all in with {K-Clubs}

and was up against Men Nguyen's pocket rockets. The river blanked out for Channing, and he's out.

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

06-29-2008 21:06 UTC-7

Bigger Pairs Prevail

Shamus

Keith Johnson just got eliminated when he unsuccessfully ran his Q-Q against Peter Nguyen's A-A. Nguyen is back up to 255,000.

Meanwhile, Christopher Drake just ran his 7-7 up against Joe Pelton's K-K and lost, knocking him back down to 16,000. Pelton is up to 190,000.

06-29-2008 20:56 UTC-7

Rascally Raskin

Shamus

Men Nguyen raised to 19,000 from under the gun, and the table folded around to Micah Raskin, who went all in for 75,000 from the small blind.

Nguyen tanked for a good while, then finally called. The table reacted with some surprise when they showed their hands: Raskin had {J-Spades}

, while Nguyen had {8-Clubs}

.

The flop was {7-Spades}

, putting Nguyen in the lead but giving Raskin the flush draw. The turn was the {A-Clubs}

and Raskin still needed help. The river was the {J-Clubs}

, and Raskin took the pot with his jacks.

Raskin is up to 160,000, while Nguyen has slipped down to 115,000.

06-29-2008 20:43 UTC-7

Chips On the Move

Shamus

Anderson Silva raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, John Sarkisian raised all in, and Silva called. Silva showed {J-Diamonds}

, and Sarkisian {A-Clubs}

. The board ran out {K-Diamonds}

, and Sarkisian was bounced. Silva is up to 350,000.

Meanwhile, Cameron Wiley just doubled up through Men Nguyen after rivering a club flush, moving up to 200,000. Nguyen has 285,000.