Event 22 - $5,000 No Limit Holdem Day 2 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-14-2007 16:30 UTC-8

Sachinidis Eliminated in 33rd

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Jim Sachinidis pushed all in UTG and was called by Max Pescatori. Sachinidis had {A-Spades}

to Pescatori's {J-Clubs}

. The flop of {A-Hearts}

was a good one for Jim. The turn of {9-Spades}

and the river of {10-Clubs}

gave Max a runner-runner straight.

06-14-2007 16:42 UTC-8

A middle position player opens for a raise pre-flop, Seat 8 re-raises and Nick Schulman comes over the top all-in for around 120,000. The original raiser folds and Seat 8 calls and has Nick covered. Nick shows {Q-Diamonds}

, and his opponent turns over two tens. The board brings no help for Nick's opponent, and 'The Takeover' doubles up to around 250,000 chips

Tags: Nick Schulman

06-14-2007 16:49 UTC-8

Break Time

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Players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

06-14-2007 17:12 UTC-8

Mark Gregorich Eliminated in 31st Place

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Mark Gregorich pushes all in with 43K and is called by Paul Zalewski. Gregorich's {A-Spades}

is dominated by Zalewski's {A-Diamonds}

. The board of {7-Hearts}

couldn't save Gregorich.

06-14-2007 17:19 UTC-8

More Payouts

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The following players collected $14,762

Place: Name

37: Charles Pacheco
38: Sabri Alenius
39: Michael Martin
40: Phillip Tom
41: Birger Sorensen
42: Maxwell Greenwood
43: Ronald Sewell
44: Greg Baird
45: Benjamin Roberts

06-14-2007 17:25 UTC-8

Huge Three-Way Pot

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We have just had a huge pot where Dustin Dirksen, who was the chip leader at the start of play, lost about 75 percent of his stack -- after having both Matt Sterling, and James Mackey all in for their tournament lives. Dustin had A-K, Mackey Q-Q, and Sterling K-10. The flop came 9-2-Q, and Mackey was way ahead. The turn was a jack, which made a straight for Sterling, but Mackey still won a massive pot. James Mackey is the chip leader in the event.

06-14-2007 17:25 UTC-8

Table Redraw

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The players are redrawing for seats now that we are down to 27.

06-14-2007 17:32 UTC-8

Return of the Mack(ey)

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James Mackey is not large, but he is in charge after he busts Matt Sterling. After the cutoff made it 24,000 to go, Sterling reraised to 194,000 -- leaving himelf only 40,000 in chips. James Mackey moved all in over the top of Sterling. The original raiser laughed as he quickly mucked, and we were off to the races, as it was Mackey's {10-Diamonds}

slightly ahead of Sterling's {A-Spades}

. The final board read {8-Clubs}

, and Sterling was out.

James Mackey is a 21-year-old former college student who left school to play poker, and now is close to 900,000 in chips -- way ahead of the rest of the field.

Tags: James Mackey Matt Sterling

06-14-2007 17:36 UTC-8