2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2b
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

DeMichele DeGone

Michael DeMichele Eliminated
Michael DeMichele Eliminated
With two early-position limpers in front of him, Michael DeMichele decided to try and squeeze with {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and pushed his last 11,000 into the middle. However one of the limpers called and tabled a dominant {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

The flop came {8-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{7-Hearts} to give DeMichele with a pair of eights, but the turn was the {4-Hearts} to give his opponent an unbeatable nut flush. The river was a meaningless {K-Clubs} and DeMichele is eliminated.

Tags: Michael DeMichele

River of Tears

Both short-stacked to begin the day at around 25,000, Adam Restifo and Roeland Knijnenburg just had an all-in confrontation, with Restifo barely having Knijnenburg covered.

Restifo had {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}, and Knijnenburg {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. The board came {7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}... {K-Spades}. That king on the river meant the end of the day for Knijnenburg.

Tags: Adam RestifoRoeland Knijnenburg

Tiffany Michelle Chips Up

Tiffany Michelle - Day 1c
Tiffany Michelle - Day 1c
Team PokerNews member Tiffany Michelle started Day 2b off on the right foot. A player moved all in from the cutoff for about 13,000 and Michelle made the call from the button with {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. Her opponent showed {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}, and off to the races they went.

A very non-threatening board of {8-Spades} {9-Spades} {5-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} allowed Michelle to pick up the pot and knock out her opponent. She now has about 62,000 in chips.

Bill Chen Takes a Big Hit

Bill Chen - Day 1c
Bill Chen - Day 1c
On a flop of {10-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}, Bill Chen check-raised all in and was called by a shorter-stacked player. Chen tabled {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} and while he trailed his opponent's {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}, he had plenty of outs.

Chen came up short when the turn and river blanked for him, coming the {J-Hearts} and {Q-Spades} respectively.

Chen was left with just about 15,000 chips after the hand.

Tags: Bill Chen

The Real Phil Laak Please Stand Up

The Real Phil Laak, during Event #13
The Real Phil Laak, during Event #13
After fooling everyone with a clever disguise on day one, the original Phil Laak is back today and he is in full flight as he lights up in the Tropical Room with the entertainment that we usually expect from this popular poker personality.

In early action a late-position raiser made it 1,300 to go before Laak popped it to 3,100 from the big blind. They took a flop of {7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Laak led out for 5,000, which forced a fold from his opponent.

Laak jumped out of his chair and exclaimed "Chemical Brothers is the best for good hands!" -- referring to the music he was listening to on his iPod. "For bad hands, it's Billy Joel!"

The very next hand Laak raised it up again and everyone folded. He flashed pocket aces and yelled, "Yes! Another Chemical Brothers hand! Chemical Brothers, baby!"

His voice is often the only noise you can hear in the Amazon Room and he now sits behind 53,000 chips.

Tags: Phil Laak

Amnon Filippi Doubles Up

Amnon Filippi - Day 1c
Amnon Filippi - Day 1c
Amnon Filippi, who started the day with very few chips, just got the first of many much-needed double-ups when his {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} outran his opponent's {3-Clubs} {3-Spades}.

The chips went in before the flop and Filippi emerged the victor on a board of {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {5-Clubs}. After the hand, Filippi was working with a stack of about 11,800.

Get Back Here!

Before the flop Emanuel Seal raised with {A-Spades} {7-Spades} and called when a short-stacked player moved all in. Seal was up against {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} and the two saw an interesting flop-- {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {5-Hearts}. Seal needed an ace and that's just what the turn brought, the {A-Hearts}. The other player was already walking away from the table when, incredibly, the {5-Spades} hit on the river to give both players quads with an ace kicker. "It's a chop, it's a chop!" Joe Hachem called after the player who thought his Main Event was over, and granted a reprieve he quickly returned to re-take his seat.

Allen Cunningham Gets Caught

With the board reading {10-Spades} {3-Spades} {K-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {9-Hearts} and with his opponent having checked, Allen Cunningham bet 10,000 and was immediately called. The other player showed {K-Spades} {Q-Clubs} and Cunningham mucked without showing his cards. He's now down to 14,300.