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

06-05-2008 17:36 UTC-7

Thang Duc Nguyen Shoves At a Bad Time

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After Mihai Manole raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, Thang Duc Nguyen moved all in for more than 50,000 with {a-Spades}

. Manole quickly called showing {a-Hearts}

.

The board came {10-Spades}

and Nguyen was eliminated in 66th place.

Manole is up to 280,000.

Tags: Mihai Manole Thang Duc Nguyen

06-05-2008 17:47 UTC-7

Myung Makes a Great Call, But Loses

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John Myung raised 8,000 from late position and was re-raised by Joe Brandenburg to 38,300. Myung thought for a while then called, showing {A-Hearts}

to Brandenburg's {a-Spades}

.

"Great call," said Brandenburg to Myung.

But the board came {2-Spades}

and Myung sent most of his stack over to Brandenburg.

Myung was eliminated a few hands later.

06-05-2008 17:55 UTC-7

Pair vs. Pair

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Second to act before the flop, Matt Keikoan raises to 10,000. Action is folded around to Brent Roberts in the cutoff, who moves all in with a covering raise. Keikoan makes an instant call, all in for 79,100 total. The cards are turned over:

Keikoan: {Q-Spades}

Roberts:

The flop comes {8-Diamonds}

, and the

on the turn gives Roberts additional outs to the open-ended straight.

The river pairs the board though, {8-Clubs}

, and Keikoan doubles up with his overpair to the board. He is now up to 172,000, while Roberts is crippled with just 21,000.

06-05-2008 17:59 UTC-7

Big Win For Yan Chen

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Yan Chen raised to 9,000 under the gun and was called by Kurosh Dejgosha. After the flop came {5-Clubs}

and Chen bet 15,000, Dejgosha raised all in to 35,000 and Chen called, showing {9-Clubs}

. Dejgosha had {k-Clubs}

and the turn and river blanked out to give Chen the hand.

Chen, who cashed in this event in 2006, is up to 195,000.

06-05-2008 18:06 UTC-7

Shorr the Steamroller

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Shannon Shorr, who was down to 40,000 less than an hour ago, is accumulating chips quickly.

After a raise by Carter Gill and a call by Neil Scott in front of him, Shorr raised to 29,000 and got called by Scott.

Scott checked a flop of {5-Clubs}

and Shorr went all in, putting Scott to a decision for the rest of his chips.

Scott folded and Shorr raked the pot, moving his stack to 208,000.

06-05-2008 18:10 UTC-7

Dinner Break on Players Mind

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With only minutes remaining until the dinner break, already players are talking up surviving until the dinner break.

With an hour-long break, all the players are looking for a well-earned rest as they will return to play down to the final table tonight.

With only around 50 players remaining, players will be looking at finishing before the day is over.

06-05-2008 18:23 UTC-7

Weblogger Olofsson Sent to the Rail

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After losing a big pot, Lina Olofsson is out of the tournament. That leaves Nancy Todd Tyner as the lone woman left in the field.

06-05-2008 18:24 UTC-7

A River for Carter

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From middle position, Tyler Hamade opened the pot with a raise to 11,000. Action folded around to Keith Carter in the big blind, who was the lone caller.

The flop ran {A-Diamonds}

. Carter checked and Hamade continued out for 21,000. Carter asked for his opponent's count, and then moved all in. Hamade quickly called, and we had a showdown:

Carter: {A-Spades}

Hamade:

The turn was the {K-Hearts}

, giving Carter a some additional outs to chop.

Who needs a chop though? The river card brought the {3-Clubs}

, making a winning two pair for Kevin Carter. He raked in a big pot and sent Hamade to the rail, shaking his head.

06-05-2008 18:25 UTC-7

The Bell Rings

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We have reached the end of level 14, and the black T100 chips are being raced off. The players are on a 60-minute dinner break, and we'll pick up the action when we return.

06-05-2008 19:26 UTC-7

After-Dinner Poker

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We're back in our seats, and so are the players. The dealers have shuffled up, and the cards are in the air once again!