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

07-09-2008 23:20 UTC-7

Name Your Card

Shamus

John D'Agostino raised to 3,500 before the flop, and a short-stacked player reraised for 11,500 total. D'Agostino, who had about 118,000 when the hand began, made the call.

D'Agostino showed {10-Spades}

, and his opponent tabled {K-Spades}

. The flop came {Q-Hearts}

.

"Eight of hearts!" said D'Agostino. The turn? The {8-Hearts}

. More outs for D'Agostino now.

And one came on the river, as the {J-Clubs}

gave him the straight.
Another has fallen, one of over 1,300 so far today. D'Agostino is now up to 130,000.

Tags: John D'Agostino

07-09-2008 23:24 UTC-7

Action Flop

[user37786]

It didn't look that way at first, as a {Q-Diamonds}

flop seems fairly innocuous. The fireworks started when one player moved in for his last 23,500 and Evan McNiff raised to 75,000. A raise that Serge Grenier then called.

The turn was the {6-Hearts}

and Grenier moved in for his last 22,600. McNiff called and when the hands were turned over Grenier's {8-Spades}

had McNiff's {A-Clubs}

drawing dead and the other player's {2-Hearts}

dead to the case deuce. Which didn't come, as the {K-Clubs}

fell on the river. Grenier is now up to 162,700, McNiff slipped to 81,600, and the third player was knocked out.

07-09-2008 23:25 UTC-7

Henning Granstad Takes a Hit

[user42991]

Preflop, Henning Granstad raised to 3,500 and a player from the button raised to 8,500. Granstad called.

On a flop of {Q-Clubs}

, Granstad checked to his opponent, who bet out 12,000. Granstad raised to 50,000, and his opponent went all in for 72,300 total. Granstad called.

Granstad showed {Q-Diamonds}

and his opponent showed {Q-Spades}

.

Only running sixes would give Granstad the hand. The {5-Clubs}

on the turn sealed the hand, making the {5-Spades}

on the river irrelevant.

After the hand, Granstad moved down to 107,400 in chips.

Tags: Henning Granstad

07-09-2008 23:27 UTC-7

Stann Hangs On

[user75032]

Dave Stann and Bertrand Grospellier are at it again. This time Stann, as a short stack, moved in preflop. Grospellier made the call, but his {K-Clubs}

was dominated by Stann's {A-Clubs}

. Neither player improved on a queen-high board. Stann doubled up to 20,000.

07-09-2008 23:36 UTC-7

David Stratmann on the Climb

[user40108]

David Stratmann raised to 4,000 from early position and the big blind made the call.

The two saw a flop of {6-Clubs}

and the big blind check-called a bet of 4,000 from Stratman. The {4-Spades}

hit the turn and both players checked.

The river fell the {A-Clubs}

and the big blind check-called yet again, this time a bet of 12,000.

Stratmann showed {A-Hearts}

and the big blind mucked. Stratmann climbed to just over 240,000 chips on the hand.

Tags: David Stratmann

07-09-2008 23:37 UTC-7

Bruce Buffer Eliminated

[user38971]

Bruce Buffer was all in preflop with pocket queens and was up against his opponent's A-K. Everything looked great for Buffer, until the {K-Hearts}

fell on the river and sent him to the rail.

07-09-2008 23:43 UTC-7

Rain-ing on His Parade

[user38971]

Hevad Khan called a player's all-in preflop holding {A-Hearts}

. His opponent, who held pocket queens, managed to flop a set and Khan was drawing thin. Khan failed to improve and is down to 34,000 after the hand.

07-09-2008 23:44 UTC-7

Hwang Time

Shamus

After a middle position raise to 3,200, Bob Hwang reraised to 9,800 from the small blind and was called.

The flop came {Q-Spades}

, and Hwang bet 14,000. His opponent pushed all in for nearly 40,000 more, and Hwang made the call.

Hwang showed {A-Clubs}

for top pair-top kicker. His opponent had {A-Diamonds}

for middle pair. The turn was the {6-Diamonds}

and the river the {7-Spades}

, and Hwang is now up to 148,000.

Tags: Bob Hwang

07-09-2008 23:48 UTC-7

Johnny Chan Sends a Player Home

[user40108]

A middle-position player made it 3,300 to play and Johnny Chan called from the big blind.

The flop came {A-Spades}

and Chan check-called his opponent's all-in bet of 16,000. The players showed:

Chan: {4-Clubs}

Opponent:

The turn and river were blanks and Chan took down the pot. He trimmed the field by one and chipped up to just over 90,000 in the process.

Tags: Johnny Chan

07-09-2008 23:55 UTC-7

Lucky Sevens for Van

[user38971]

We came into the hand on the turn, with the board reading {7-Diamonds}

and with a player in middle position raising to 11,200. Van Nguyen made it 24,000 to go and her opponent moved all in for 48,000. Van called and showed pocket sevens for a flopped set, while her opponent showed {K-Clubs}

for top pair. Another queen on the river gave Van a boat and sent her opponent to the rail.

After the hand, Men 'the Master' Nguyen came by and said, "You knocked someone out? Did you say anything?" Van said no and Men continued, "You should have said, 'All you can eat, baby!'" He then addressed the table, "Guys, this is my wife. You better be careful."