Event 7 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-06-2008 15:33 UTC-7

Hand #16 - Matt Keikoan

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Carter Gill has the button in seat 4. Matt Keikoan raises to 41,000 from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.

06-06-2008 15:34 UTC-7

Hand #17 - J.C. Tran

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Mihai Manole has the button in seat 5. J.C. Tran raises to 40,000 from under the gun, winning the blinds and antes.

06-06-2008 15:37 UTC-7

Chris Bjorin has the button in seat 6. Shannon Shorr raises to 42,000 from middle position. Carter Gill folds and Mihai Manole reraises to 120,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folds back around to Shorr who eventually gives up his hand. Manole wins the pot.

06-06-2008 15:42 UTC-7

Mike Lisanti Eliminated in 9th Place ($50,705)

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Hand #19 - Matt Keikoan

Mike Lisanti has the button in seat 7. Matt Keikoan raises to 41,000 from under the gun. Shannon Shorr calls the raise from middle position. Mike Lisanti moves all in for roughly 284,000 from the button. The blinds fold and action is back to Keikoan. He surveys the situation, studying Lisanti and Shorr. He eventually calls. Shorr folds. The players show:

Keikoan: {K-Hearts}

Lisanti:

The flop comes {9-Spades}

missing both players. Mike Lisanti's tournament life is on the line. The turn comes the {J-Clubs}

. The river does not provide the ace that Lisanti needs when it brings the {J-Hearts}

and he is giong to be our ninth-place finisher, taking home $50,705 in spending money.

06-06-2008 15:43 UTC-7

Hand #20 - Carter Gill

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J.C. Tran has the button in seat 8. Carter Gill raises to 37,000 from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.

06-06-2008 15:47 UTC-7

Alex Bolotin Eliminated in 8th Place ($72,436)

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Hand #21 - Theo Tran

Alex Bolotin has the button in seat 9. J.C. Tran raises to 42,000 from the cutoff seat. Bolotin reraises to 134,000, leaving just one chip behind to cap his cards. Theo Tran takes his time before calling. J.C. Tran folds, Bolotin's last chip goes in the pot, and the players show:

Bolotin: {9-Spades}

Tran:

Tran jumps out in front when the flop comes {Q-Hearts}

. The

hits the turn and the {6-Diamonds}

falls on the river. Bolotin is our eighth-place finisher collecting $72,436.

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06-06-2008 15:48 UTC-7

Hand #22 - Chris Bjorin

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Matt Keikoan has the button in seat 1. Chris Bjorin moves all in for roughly 125,000, winning the blinds and antes.

06-06-2008 15:49 UTC-7

Hand #23 - J.C. Tran

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Theo Tran has the button in seat 2. J.C. Tran raises to 40,000 from late position, winning the blinds and antes.

06-06-2008 15:51 UTC-7

Hand #24 - Matt Keikoan

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Shannon Shorr has the button in seat 3. Matt Keikoan raises to 41,000 from late position, winning the blinds and antes.

06-06-2008 15:54 UTC-7

Hand #25 - Theo Tran

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Carter Gill has the button in seat 4. Theo Tran raises to 45,000 from the late position. Shannon Shorr reraises to 117,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folds back around to Tran and he puts in a third raise to 617,000 and Shorr folds. Tran wins the pot.