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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Back to Work!
Level: 9
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Remaining Players
Table 11:
Eric Rivkin vs. Brandon Wong
Table 8:
Duane Graff Jr
Matt Graham
Stefan Rapp
Table 9:
Jelger Wiegersma vs. Andrew Prock
Table 10:
Mike Kachan vs. Steve Kim
Table 5:
Mikael Norinder
Lorenz Guarin
Spencer Lawrence
Andrew Prock Not a Crock - Advances
Prock:
Wiegersma:
Board:
Andrew Prock advances to the final table.
Calm and Slow
The lack of excitement can be seen if you look at every player's face. Even the shuffling of chips has slowed down.
Frustraton on Table 8
Rapp sits with 160,000 and Graham still has 30,000.
Lorenz Guarin Eliminated
Guarin:
Lawrence:
Board:
Lawrence's sevens up were good enough to send Guarin packing.
Now only two players remain at table 5. Lawrence has 145,000 in chips and Mikael Norinder has 155,000. With the betting limits only 5,000 and 10,000, this table could take a while.
Mike Kachan Advances to the Final Table
On a flop of
, Kachan bet out and Kim raised. Kim's raise put him all in. Kachan made the call.Kim:
Kachan:
The turn card of the
gave Kachan tens full and left Kim drawing dead. To add insult to injury, the river fell the 
, giving Kachan quad tens and leaving Kim in the payout line.
Rivkin Eliminated the Wong Way
Wong had the slight lead at the beginning with his
to Rivkin's 
.The flop pretty much sealed it for Wong, when it came
. The turn came a and did give Rivkin some chop outs. The river wasn't any help when it came the 
to send Rivkin home.Brandon Wong will be making an appearance later at the final table.