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

06-07-2008 14:23 UTC-7

A Sebok and a Hard Place

Shamus

On Table #1, Joe Sebok has been getting reraised repeatedly preflop and on the flop, pushing him off hands. He's down to around 50,000.

06-07-2008 14:27 UTC-7

Not Wasting Any Time

Shamus

At Table #3, Greg Mueller just took a big pot from Isaac Haxton. On a board showing {10-Diamonds}

, Haxton checked, Mueller bet 49,000, and Haxton called. Mueller showed {K-Spades}

for the spade flush, and Haxton mucked. Mueller is up to 244,000, and Haxton down to 24,000.

At Table #2, Leo Wolpert just took a big chunk of Mats Gavatin's stack when his {A-Diamonds}

outlasted Gavatin's {K-Spades}

. Wolpert is up to 170,000 and Gavatin back down to 68,000.

06-07-2008 14:29 UTC-7

Juanda's Chips Find New Home In Front of Seidel

Shamus

At Table #5, Erik Seidel completed from the small blind, John Juanda raised to 6,500 from the big blind, Seidel re-raised to 22,000, and Juanda called.

The flop came {10-Clubs}

and Seidel bet 30,000. Juanda folded.

Seidel is up to 145,000, and Juanda is at 60,000.

06-07-2008 14:34 UTC-7

Sebok Doubles Up

[user38368]

Joe Sebok limped in under the gun and Evan McNiff rasied to 8,300. Sebok called and the flop was {9-Clubs}

. Both checked. The turn was {9-Spades}

and Sebok bet 12,000. McNiff was all in and Sebok called. Sebok showed {J-Hearts}

to

for McNiff. The river was {K-Clubs}

and Sebok doubled to 97,000, leaving McNiff with only 38,000.

06-07-2008 14:34 UTC-7

Ryan Thurlow Eliminated

Shamus

They are down to five over at Table #3, as Adam Levy has just knocked out Ryan Thurlow.

06-07-2008 14:36 UTC-7

Ariel Schneller Busted

[user38368]

Richard Kirsch and Ariel Schneller got it all in preflop. Kirsch had {A-Diamonds}

and Schneller {8-Spades}

. The board was {3-Hearts}

and Schneller was eliminated.

06-07-2008 14:38 UTC-7

The Wrong Turn (for Zaichenko)

Shamus

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}

for two pair. Costner showed {A-Diamonds}

and needed some help.

The turn brought said help, in the form of the {6-Clubs}

, giving Costner trips. The river was the {5-Hearts}

, and Costner is now up to 111,000. Meanwhile Zaichenko is down to 52,000.

06-07-2008 14:39 UTC-7

Congrats to Gracz

[user38368]

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 14:40 UTC-7

Chips Are Down for Tony G

Shamus

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

06-07-2008 14:42 UTC-7

From Father to Son

[user38368]

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.