39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 2a | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-09-2008 00:28 UTC-7

Michael Pedley Doubles Up

[user25067]

Michael Pedley pushed all in preflop from UTG and the small blind called. Pedley's {9-Spades}

were racing with {A-Spades}

. The board ran out jack-high and Pedley's nines held up, doubling his stack to 45,000.

07-09-2008 00:27 UTC-7

No Eighth Cash

MarcC

Neil Channing has failed to cash for the eighth time this World Series. He got the last of his chips in with {10-Diamonds}

against an opponent's {J-Hearts}

but it was no good on a {6-Diamonds}

board.

Tags: Neil Channing

07-09-2008 00:25 UTC-7

A cocktail server came over to Table 6 to distribute some libations to Martin Klaser and Robert Altman. As if there wasn't enough gambling going on, the two decided to Roshambo for the tip.

First throw: Both player went rock. Push

Second throw: Klaser went paper, covering Altman's rock.

Altman=Tip Boy.

Tags: Martin Klaser Robert Altman

07-09-2008 00:24 UTC-7

Wat a Double-Up

MarcC

Brandon Adams had just doubled-up Michael Watson. All the chips went in after the turn came out showing an {A-Diamonds}

board.

Upon seeing Watson's {A-Clubs}

, Adams declared that he was drawing dead and was reluctant to show his {A-Hearts}

. The river came {8-Diamonds}

meaning Adams is back down to 264,000, whereas Watson has moved up to 114,000.

Tags: Brandon Adams Michael Watson

07-09-2008 00:16 UTC-7

The Rate of Attrition

Shamus

We're about halfway through the last level of the night. We've lost nearly 750 players in nine hours of play today -- that's over 80 players per hour.

07-09-2008 00:12 UTC-7

Garaventa Races To Big Stack

[user67765]

Jody Garaventa has just eliminated another opponent in a classic race holding pocket jacks against an opponent's ace-king.

The board bricked out and Garaventa is now is great shape on 220,000 chips.

Tags: Jody Garaventa

07-09-2008 00:11 UTC-7

Patience Rewarded

Shamus

Eric Bremond had been playing fairly tightly for most of the day. Finally, the time had come to act.

A middle-position player raised to 3,200, then Bremond reraised to 12,000 from late position. It folded around to Eric Crain in the big blind, who had a whopping 350,000-plus chip stack. Crain bumped it up to 45,000. The middle-position player folded, and Bremond instantly pushed all in for an addition 68,000.

"Holy cow! Oops!" said Crain. But he called nonetheless.

Crain {A-Hearts}

Bremond

The community cards were dealt -- {J-Spades}

-- and Bremond had doubled up to 220,000. Crain tumbles back down to 225,000.

Tags: Eric Bremond Eric Crain

07-09-2008 00:05 UTC-7

Garner Flops The Ace

[user67765]

The button opened with a raise to 4,000, before Mark Garner popped it up to 19,000 from the small blind. The action was then with Jeff Williams in the big blind who made a reraise to 45,000 total. The button folded and Garner flat-called.

They took a flop of {A-?}

and Garner led out for 25,000. Williams then moved all in and Garner called for his last 50,000 chips.

Williams showed pocket queens, but Garner had flopped a three-outer with his {A-?}