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

07-01-2008 19:41 UTC-7

Field Update

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There are currently 74 players remaining on 9 tables. The average chip stack is 109,000.

07-01-2008 19:49 UTC-7

Dan Harmetz Doubles Up

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After Garrett Dennie raised to 18,000 Dan Harmetz moved in for his last 54,000 from the small blind. Dennie called and his {5-Hearts}

was racing against Harmetz's {A-Spades}

. Harmetz flopped top two on the {A-Diamonds}

flop and filled up when the {Q-Clubs}

fell on the turn. Harmetz is now up to 112,000 while Dennie saw his stack reduced to just 22,500.

07-01-2008 19:50 UTC-7

Mimi Tran raised to 16,000 from early position. Action folded around to David Daneshgar in the small blind and he reraised to 61,000. Tran moved all in for 167,500 total and Daneshgar folded. Tran is now sitting on 230,000 chips while Daneshgar is left with just 116,000.

07-01-2008 19:58 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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76th - Jonathon Spong - $6,249
77th - Patrick O'Connor - $6,249
78th - Tony Sapio - $6,249
79th - Leo Labbe - $6,249
80th - John Monnette - $6,249
81st - John Esposito - $6,249
82nd - Nath Pizzolatto - $5,513
83rd - Sankhiro Baza - $5,513
84th - Darren Black - $5,513
85th - Calen McNeil - $5,513
86th - Marcelo Costa - $5,513
87th - Paulus Valkenburg - $5,513
88th - Kellen Ledbetter - $5,513
89th - Simon Ehne - $5,513
90th - Matt Barry - $5,513
91st - Patrick Mongrain - $4,778
92nd - Henry Wojtas - $4,778
93rd - Julie Le - $4,778
94th - John Munson - $4,778
95th - Feming Chan - $4,778
96th - Donald Blakely - $4,778
97th - Ray Henson - $4,778
98th - Frederico Dabus - $4,778
99th - James Henson - $4,778
100th - Alon Shahar - $4,043

07-01-2008 20:00 UTC-7

Garrett Dennie Eliminated

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Garrett Dennie moved all in under the gun for his last 18,500 holding {A-Spades}

and Farzad Rouhani called in the big blind with {J-Clubs}

. Dennie paired up on the {10-Hearts}

flop but after the {3-Hearts}

fell on the turn Rouhani caught the {9-Hearts}

on the river to take the pot and end Dennie's day.

07-01-2008 20:00 UTC-7

Toby Auth Doubles Through Stuart Pfeifer

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Toby Auth raised to 19,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Stuart Pfeifer on the button and he moved all in for 27,500. The blinds folded but Auth made the call. The players showed:

Auth: {10-?}

Pfeifer:

The board ran out {9-?}

and Auth's tens were best. He doubled up to about 50,000 and left Pfeifer crippled with roughly 8,000 chips.

07-01-2008 20:06 UTC-7

Hans Erlandsson Doubles Through Mikey Stotz

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Hans Erlandsson pushed all in before the flop and got a single caller in Mikey Stotz. The players showed:

Erlandsson: {A-?}

Stotz:

The board ran out {10-?}

and Erlandsson's {9-?}

played. He doubled to about 175,000 chips and left Stotz with just over 40,000.

07-01-2008 20:07 UTC-7

Jonathan Dull Eliminated

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Jonathan Dull was our latest casualty. He pushed all in before the flop with {10-?}

and got looked up by Scott Sitron who held {A-?}

. Dull missed the board and was eliminated. Sitron surged to roughly 480,000 chips on the hand.

07-01-2008 20:09 UTC-7

Matt Matros Eliminates Scott Potempa

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Matt Matros raised from the hijack and Scott Potempa moved in for his last 55,000 from the big blind. Matros called to find that his {K-Hearts}

was dominated by Potempa's {A-Spades}

. But after a {7-Clubs}

flop and the {J-Clubs}

on the turn Matros caught the {K-Diamonds}

on the river to eliminate Potempa and build his stack all the way up to 275,000.

07-01-2008 20:24 UTC-7

Stefan Martin Eliminated

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Stefan Martin and Scott Sitron just played a bit hand that resulted in Martin's departure. They got it all in preflop with Sitron having the bigger chip stack and the made hand. They showed:

Sitron: {6-?}

Martin:

The board came {9-?}

and Sitron's set was good. Martin was eliminated on the hand and Sitron is now the clear chip leader with roughly 560,000.