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

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.

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

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.

06-29-2008 21:11 UTC-7

Pham Back on Top

[user38971]

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 21:12 UTC-7

JC Eliminates Another

[user38971]

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 21:15 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 21:31 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 21:37 UTC-7

Chad Siu Eliminates Vivek Rajkumar

[user38971]

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 21:45 UTC-7

Gazes Gone

Shamus

Christoph Köhnen raised to 25,000 from middle position, and Paul Kim called from the cutoff. Kristy Gazes then raised all in for 37,500 from the button. Both Köhnen and Kim called.

The flop came {A-Clubs}

, and Köhnen bet 30,000. "Really? Really?" asked Kim, indicating his incredulity at Köhnen having bet into the dry side pot. Kim folded.

Köhnen showed {A-Diamonds}

for top pair. Gazes had {Q-Spades}