2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$625,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Jeff Courtney Eliminates An Tran

After seeing a {10-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {2-Spades} flop An Tran moved in for his last 60,000 and Jeff Courtney made the call. Courtney possibly thought his {A-Clubs} {4-Clubs} needed some help but when Tran turned over {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} Jeff found that he was actually in the lead. The {A-Diamonds} on the turn sealed Tran's fate and he was eliminated, while Courtney chipped up to 140,000.

Recent Eliminations

Mikey Stotz - 59th Place
Mikey Stotz - 59th Place
51st -Greg Hartwick - $9,557
52nd - William Myers - $9,557
53rd - Mark Sloane - $9,557
54th - Howard Berg - $9,557
55th - Paul Steinaker - $8,454
56th - An Tran - $8,454
57th - Stefan Martin - $8,454
58th - Michael Beaty - $8,454
59th - Mikey Stotz - $8,454
60th - Stuart Pfeifer - $8,454
61st - George Dietz - $8,454
62nd - Kris Peterson - $8,454
63rd - Phidas Georgiou - $8,454
64th - Scott Potempa - $7,351
65th - Berney Frankfort - $7,351
66th - Robert Pauley - $7,351
67th - Jonathan Dull - $7,351
68th - Jace Reiken - $7,351
69th - Jason Morgan - $7,351
70th - Garrett Dennie - $7,351
71st - David Yi - $7,351
72nd - Rami Boukai - $7,351
73rd - Greg Paull - $6,249
74th - Quoc Uy Chau - $6,249
75th - Anthony Decrow - $6,249

Good Neighbors

We started this event with 2,693 players and Dan Heimiller and Esther Garza were seated at the same table. We're now down to 45 players...and Dan Heimiller and Esther Garza are again sitting at the same table. If both can survive 36 more eliminations they'll both find themselves at tomorrow's final table.

Marco Adams Eliminated

Action folded around to Marco Adams in the cutoff seat and he moved all in for 22,000. When it got to Scott Sitron in the big blind, he went into the tank. With 8,000 already in the pot, Sitron agonized over the call, at one point saying "man my hand is bad." He eventually called however and the players showed:

Adams: {5-Clubs} {3-Diamonds}
Sitron: {10-Clubs} {3-Spades}

The board ran out {J-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {9-Spades} and Adams was eliminated. Sitron is now a force with about 590,000 chips.

Aneel Choppa Eliminated

Action folded around to Aneel Choppa in late position and he moved all in for approximately 50,000. Lars Nielsen called from the small blind and the players showed:

Choppa: {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}
Nielsen: {A-Spades} {K-Clubs}

It was a race situation and Choppa came up short as the board fell {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {5-Clubs}. Choppa hit the payout line and Nielsen stacked a pot bringing his total chip count to about 155,000.

Anders Fraulund Eliminates Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Rousso raised to 20,000 and Anders Fraulund called from the big blind. The flop came {6-Spades} {7-Spades} {6-Hearts} Rousso checked and Fraulund chose not to mess around with bet sizing and moved all in for 185,000. Rousso made the call for her last 135,000 and found that her {9-Spades} {9-Hearts} were up against Fraulund's {K-Spades} {J-Spades}. The {Q-Diamonds} brought Anders no help but he caught the {Q-Spades} on the river to make his flush and eliminated Vanessa. He's now up to around 330,000.

Dan Heimiller Eliminates Bryan Byerly

As our chip leader Dan Heimiller threw his weight around and made a huge 200,000 raise from late position and Bryan Byerly looked him up from the small blind and committed his last 60,000 with {A-Clubs} {J-Spades}. Heimiller held {K-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} and after missing on the {2-Clubs} {6-Spades} {9-Spades} flop Heimiller caught the {7-Hearts} on the turn to take the lead and the {7-Diamonds} to win the hand. He's now up to around 580,000 and Byerly is out of the tournament.

Martin Cardno Eliminates Alvin Zeidenfeld

Our chip leader entering play today, Alvin Zeidenfeld moved all in for his last 71,000 on the button and Martin Cardno called from the big blind. Cardno's {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} led Zeidenfeld's {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} and when the board missed them both Alvin was eliminated from the tournament.