2008 World Series of Poker

Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
5♥7♥
Prize
$794,112
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,308,800
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Treading Carefully

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[user37786]
Action at Table #2 has slowed considerably, with few big confrontations. There were two pots in a row where four players saw a flop, one in which the players all limped (Ryan Young took it down with a bet after the flop) and another where four players paid 45,000 apiece to see a {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop (and, again, Ryan Young took the pot down with a 110,000 bet after the flop).

Young continued to accumulate chips when, after Kathy Liebert raised to 50,000, he reraised to 180,000 and Liebert folded -- after kiddingly complaining that she didn't understand why he was reraising HER, since she'd been quiet of late.

Whatever ideas Young may have had about running over the table ended when he opened yet another pot for 60,000 and ran into a 180,000 reraise from Mike Sexton. Sexton took a few chips from Andy Bloch when his 80,000 bet on the river induced Bloch to fold. And when Chris Bell raised to 50,000 and Mike Sowers called, Sexton bumped it to 200,000 and took down that pot as well.

For the most part, reraises have been getting a lot of respect, and as most of the remaining players have considerable experience and aren't short-stacked, we might be here awhile.