Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-02-2008 02:49 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Play resumes.

07-02-2008 02:31 UTC-7

Players Are On a Break

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Play will resume in 20 minutes.

07-02-2008 02:28 UTC-7

Corwin Cole Wins Big Withouth a Showdown

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Action folded to Scott Sitron in the cutoff and he raised to 55,000. Corwin Cole reraised to 175,000 from the small blind and Sitron called.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds}

. Cole stared at the board for a bit while quickly shuffling his chips. He eventually tapped the felt. Sitron said "check" very quickly behind him and the {3-Diamonds}

hit the turn. Cole led out for 260,000 and Sitron made the call.

When the {4-Diamonds}

fell on the river. Cole announced "six hundred thousand." He pushed out about 475,000 of his largest denomination chips leaving the yellows (T1000) behind. The call would have been for Sitron's tournament life or very close to it. He went into the tank and surveyed the situation for quite some time. After about nine minutes, Matt Matros called for a clock. Sitron politely asked who called the clock and Matros wasn't shy about quickly raising his hand.

About 30 seconds into the count, Sitron reluctantly threw his hand away. Cole took down the pot and is now commands a stack of about 1,450,000 while Sitron is down to just under 600,000.

07-02-2008 02:16 UTC-7

That Wasn't It

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David Daneshgar raised to 55,000 from middle positon and Gary Biggar called in the small blind. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and Biggar bet 150,000. "Is this it?" Daneshgar asked, which is what Biggar says (shouts) every time he gets involved in a hand. "Just go away," Biggar said.

Daneshgar instead moved all in for his last 380,000 and Biggar called. He'd flopped a set wit {3-Spades}

but Daneshgar flopped a flush with {Q-Diamonds}

. Biggar needed the board to pair but instead it ran out {10-Clubs}

and Daneshgar doubled up to 800,000. Biggar is down to 260,000.

07-02-2008 02:10 UTC-7

Scott Sitron Takes Another Pot From Matt Matros

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Matros raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and Sitron called from the big blind. The flop came {A-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn brought the {K-Clubs}

and Sitron check-called Matros' 80,000 bet. The river brought the {J-Diamonds}

and after Sitron again checked, Matros bet 150,000. Sitron snap-called and showed the {K-Spades}

for the straight. Matros mucked and Sitron scooped another big pot.

07-02-2008 02:10 UTC-7

Jeffery Courtney Doubles Through Dan Heimiller

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In what was surely the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, Jeffery Courtney just took the chip lead by doubling through Dan Heimiller.

We caught up to the hand on the flop with the board reading {A-Hearts}

. Heimiller led out for 100,000 and Courtney raised to 300,000. Heimiller moved all in and Courtney called. The players showed:

Heimiller: {10-Spades}

Courtney:

Heimiller was on a bluff and drawing quite thin. The turn sealed the deal as it fell the {8-Hearts}

. The river was the meaningless {K-Spades}

and Heimiller pushed about half his stack over to Courtney.

Courtney is now the chip leader with roughly 1,280,000 while Heimiller plunges to about 710,000.

07-02-2008 02:02 UTC-7

Brock Mishler Eliminated in 12th Place ($36,391)

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Action folded around to Brock Mishler on the button and he pushed all in for 220,000. Dan Heimiller called from the big blind and the players showed:

Mishler: {J-Spades}

Heimiller: {A-Diamonds}

The board helped neither player as it came {7-Spades}

. Mishler headed for the payout line while Heimiller stacked a pot which made him the dominating chip leader at just under 1,400,000.

07-02-2008 01:59 UTC-7

Joachim Berg-Jensen Eliminated in 13th Place ($29,039)

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Dan Heimiller raised to 65,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Joachim Berg-Jensen in the small blind and he pushed all in for 255,000. Heimiller made the call and the players showed:

Heimiller: {Q-?}

Berg-Jensen: {A-?}

The ladies held for Heimiller as the board ran out {10-Diamonds}

. Berg-Jensen was eliminated and Heimiller chipped up to about 1,150,000.

07-02-2008 01:55 UTC-7

Scott Sitron Doubles Through Matt Matros

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Scott Sitron moved all in before the flop and Matt Matros quietly said, "I call". He held {A-Hearts}

to Sitron's {J-Hearts}

but couldn't fully connect with the {10-Clubs}

board and Sitron doubled up to 750,000.

07-02-2008 01:55 UTC-7

Elliot Smith Eliminated in 14th Place ($29,035)

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Smith raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Corwin Cole popped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Smith moved in for his last 250,000 and Cole called. He showed {8-Hearts}

to Smith's {A-Hearts}