Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-02-2008 16:21 UTC-7

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Shamus

Matt Matros currently has the chip lead with 1.465 million, with Scott Sitron following him with 1.245 million.

07-02-2008 16:21 UTC-7

Hand #32 – Matt Matros

Shamus

The button is with Scott Sitron in Seat 5. Matt Matros raised to 105,000 from middle position, taking the blinds and antes.

07-02-2008 16:28 UTC-7

Hand #33 – Jeff Courtney Eliminated in 8th Place ($84,546)

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The button is with Jeff Courtney in Seat 7. The action folded to the aggressive Farzad Rouhani who raised it up to 105,000. From the button, Jeff Courtney came over the top for all of his chips as the blinds stepped out of the way. It was an additional 475,000 for Rouhani to make the call, as he stood up once again to cut down his chips and consider the decision. After some friendly table banter he said “Let’s go!” and made the call.

Rouhani: {A-Diamonds}

Courtney:

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

and Rouhani spiked a pair of queens to storm to the chip lead and eliminate Courtney in 8th place for $84,546.

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07-02-2008 16:28 UTC-7

Hand #34 – Scott Sitron

Shamus

The button is with David Daneshgar in Seat 7. Scott Sitron raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, and the others folded.

07-02-2008 16:31 UTC-7

Hand #35 – David Daneshgar

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The button is with Corwin Cole in Seat 9. Andrey Zaichenko raised it up to 105,000 from early position before David Daneshgar moved all in for 360,000. The blinds folded and Zaichenko snap-called.

Daneshgar: {8-Hearts}

Zaichenko: {A-Diamonds}

The board of {4-Diamonds}

gave Daneshgar a set of eights to take down the pot and double up!

07-02-2008 16:33 UTC-7

Hand #36 – David Daneshgar

Shamus

The button is with Dan Heimiller in Seat 1. Scott Sitron raised to 100,000, and David Daneshgar reraised to 385,000 from the hijack seat -- a bit over half his current stack. It folded back to Sitron, who let it go as well.

07-02-2008 16:36 UTC-7

Hand #37 – Matt Matros

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The button is with Matt Matros in Seat 2. Matros raised it up to 120,000 to take down the blinds and antes uncontested.

07-02-2008 16:39 UTC-7

Hand #38 – Scott Sitron

Shamus

The button is with our new chip leader Farzad Rohani in Seat 3. Dan Heimiller raised to 125,000 from the hijack seat, and Scott Sitron reraised to 400,000 from the big blind. Heimiller, with 585,000 behind, decided to pick another spot and folded.

07-02-2008 16:40 UTC-7

Hand #39 – Farzad Rouhani

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The button is with Andrey Zaichenko in Seat 4. The action folded to Farzad Rouhani who raised to 105,000 to take down the blinds and antes.

07-02-2008 16:43 UTC-7

Hand #40 – Dan Heimiller

Shamus

The button is with Scott Sitron in Seat 5. Dan Heimiller raised to 120,000 from middle position, and it folded to Farzad Rouhani who thought for a while. While he made his decision, Andrey Zaichenko, acting behind him, saw the ESPN360 camera trained in his direction and waved and smiled, eliciting a few chuckles.

Finally Rouhani folded, as did Zaichenko and the rest of the table, giving Heimiller the blinds and antes.