Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-07-2008 14:49 UTC-7

Taken Down to the Mats

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Mats Gavatin raised all in on the button and Christopher Howard called in the small blind. Gavatin had {9-Clubs}

to

for Howard. The board was unfortunate -- {10-Clubs}

, and Gavatin is gone. Howard is up to 173,000.

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06-07-2008 14:45 UTC-7

Roper Roped In

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On a flop of {Q-Clubs}

, Greg "FBT" Mueller checked and Paul Roper went all in for 51,400. Mueller called and showed {K-Clubs}

to

for Roper. The turn and river were {2-Clubs}

and Roper busted out. Mueller has 306,000 in chips.

06-07-2008 14:45 UTC-7

Andrey Zaichenko Eliminated

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At Table #5, Erich Froelich just knocked out Andrey Zaichenko.

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06-07-2008 14:44 UTC-7

At Table #4, John Monnette completed from the small blind, and Tony G pushed his remaining 23,000 from the big blind. Monnette quickly called, showing A-A. Tony G turned over 6-6.

The board ran out K-4-9-10-7, and Tony G is out.

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06-07-2008 14:42 UTC-7

From Father to Son

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Barry Greenstein has just stopped by his son Joe Sebok's table briefly to see how he's doing. They exchanged a few words of strategy before Greenstein departed, several of his books in tow.

06-07-2008 14:40 UTC-7

Chips Are Down for Tony G

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On Table #4, Tony G is now down to 23,000.

06-07-2008 14:39 UTC-7

Congrats to Gracz

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On a flop of {5-Spades}

, Leo Wolpert bet a pot-sized amount under the gun, and Michael Gracz raised to 10,500. Wolpert went all in and Gracz called. Wolpert showed {K-Spades}

and Gracz

. The turn and river were {9-Hearts}

and Wolpert was knocked down to 108,000 to 227,000 for Gracz.

06-07-2008 14:38 UTC-7

The Wrong Turn (for Zaichenko)

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At Table #5, Gabriel Costner raised to 6,000 from under the gun, and it folded back around to Andrey Zaichenko who called from the big blind.

The flop came {Q-Hearts}

. Zaichenko checked, Costner bet 9,000, Zaichenko reraised to 24,000, and Coster then pushed all in for about 50,000 total. Zaichenko called, showing {8-Spades}