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

07-09-2008 23:58 UTC-7

In a Battle of the Blinds, Josephy Emerges the Victor

[user40108]

Action folded around to the small blind player and he raised to 3,500. Cliff Josephy, who had his opponent well covered, moved all in from the big blind and the small blind called for his last 30,000. The players showed:

Josephy: {9-Hearts}

Opponent:

Josephy, in an attempt to be a nice guy, started to chant "king...king...king!" as the dealer ran the flop. There was no king as the flop came {A-Spades}

. Josephy caught up, and in a big way. The turn and river fell the {7-Clubs}

and

respectively and Josephy stacked the pot.

He climbed to just over 230,000 chips on the hand.

Tags: Cliff Josephy

07-09-2008 23:57 UTC-7

Daneshgar Denied

Shamus

On a flop of {2-Spades}

, Event No. 52 bracelet winner David Daneshgar bet his last 20,000 into a 15,000-chip pot, and got called. Daneshgar showed pocket nines, while his opponent held {A-Spades}

. Daneshgar couldn't improve, and he's out.

Tags: David Daneshgar

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."

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 23:44 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 23:43 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 23:37 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 23:36 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 23:27 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 23:25 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}