Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

05-31-2008 14:37 UTC-7

Hasan Habib Eliminated by Dustin Woolf

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Dustin Woolf opened the pot for 6,700, Hasan Habib moved all in for 17,000 and Woolf made the call.

Habib {7-Spades}

Woolf

The board ran out Q-8-4-J-K, and Woolf's pocket nines held up to eliminate Habib. Woolf was up to 61,000 after the hand.

Tags: Dustin Woolf Hasan Habib

05-31-2008 14:38 UTC-7

Mark Newhouse Wins a Big Pot from Shawn Keller

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With the board reading {J-Diamonds}

Mark Newhouse bet 55,000 and Shawn Keller sat for a long time thinking things through. Newhouse called the clock and Keller said, "I have a big hand," trying to elicit some reaction. "I can't turn my hand face up, can I?" Keller asked and was told that no, he couldn't.

Keller finally made the call and Newhouse turned over {A-Diamonds}

for the full house, which bested Keller's {K-Hearts}

. That pot sent Newhouse up to 200,000 and left Keller with around 20,000.

Tags: Mark Newhouse Shawn Keller

05-31-2008 14:42 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

donpeters

Beth Shak, John Patgorski, Andrew Scott, and Josh Egan have all been eliminated.

Tags: Andrew Scott Beth Shak John Patgorski Josh Egan

05-31-2008 14:46 UTC-7

Harman Making Moves

donpeters

Jennifer Harman moved almost all her chips in after David Bach bet the pot preflop from under the gun. Harman had 2,000 behind because she could only raise the pot size. Bach made the call. Both players understood that Harman was essentially all in. The rest of Harman's chips went into the pot on the flop.

Harman showed {K-Diamonds}

and Bach showed a dominated {K-Spades}

. The flop came {6-Diamonds}

, the turn a blank seven, and the river an ace.

Harman successfully doubled to 45,000, while Bach was knocked down to 300,000.

Tags: David Bach Jennifer Harman

05-31-2008 15:00 UTC-7

Jesus Says: "Don't Steal"

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Michael Pesek made a button raise to 8,100 and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson reraised to 25,000 from the big blind. Pesek immediately three-bet to 70,000, prompting a fold from Ferguson, who was down to 105,000 after the hand.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Jesus Michael Pesek

05-31-2008 15:03 UTC-7

Stroj Tries to Eliminate Vinsant

donpeters

Jeremiah Vinsant raised to 7,000 from early position. David Stroj reraised from late position to 21,000 and Vinsant called.

Flop: {10-Diamonds}

Vinsant moved all in for his remaining 20,000 and Stroj made the call. Vinsant showed the best hand, {J-Hearts}

, but Stroj had outs with the {A-Clubs}

.

The turn brought the {7-Spades}

and the river the {5-Diamonds}

to allow Vinsant to successfully double up through Stroj.

Stroj dropped to 112,000 while Vinsant improved to 85,000.

Tags: David Stroj Jeremiah Vinsant

05-31-2008 15:03 UTC-7

Humberto Brenes Doubles Up

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Proving that the "excessive celebration" rule seems to be working as expected, Humberto Brenes just doubled up when his Ace-King outflopped an opponent's Queens and there wasn't a single charrrk sighting. It would also seem that lowering the volume a tad hasn't affected Humberto's game at all.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

05-31-2008 15:10 UTC-7

Al Adler Finally Arrives, Proceeds to Double Up

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Short-stacked Al Adler had been missing in action for the better part of the first level of play, but finally made his arrival a few minutes ago. Blinded down to less than half of the 19,000 he had going into the day, Adler faced an early-position raise of 7,000 from James Gorham and called all in from the big blind with pocket jacks. Gorham turned up K-Q and they were off to the races. The board ran out 8-7-6-A-7 and Adler doubled up to 16,000.

Tags: Al Adler James Gorham