Event 12 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-08-2008 22:27 UTC-8

Chip Update

Fellows - 1,150,000
Vinh - 725,000
Shultz - 600,000

06-08-2008 22:24 UTC-8

In the last ten minutes or so chips have been moving betwwen the players almost every hand. Every hand hand been opened with a a raise and every flop has been bet and most raised after this. Having said this no player has shown a hand down in this time. A bet or raise has been enough to win every pot.

06-08-2008 22:12 UTC-8

Big Pot for Fellows

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Zac Fellows raked a huge pot from Jimmy Shultz when his pocket jacks held up at show down.

The board read {2-Hearts}

and there were two bets on every street.

Shultz did not show his hand.

Shultz has 1,000,000.
Fellows has 800,000.

06-08-2008 22:07 UTC-8

Jimmy Takes Some Control Back

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Vinny Vinh and Jimmy Shultz tangled in a pot with the board reading...

{K-Diamonds}

Shultz had been the most aggressive preflop but then check-called every street and took down the pot with {8-?}

. Vinh was forced to show {7-?}

!

Tags: Jimmy Shultz Vinny Vinh

06-08-2008 22:04 UTC-8

Fourth-Place Finisher

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Brendan Talyor is our fourth-place finisher after being knocked out by the ever-vocal Vinny Vinh. The board read...

{2-Clubs}

There was betting and raising on every street, culminating in Brendan calling all in on the river. He was forced to muck though upon seeing Vinh's {8-?}

.

Tags: Brendan Taylor Vinny Vinh

06-08-2008 21:57 UTC-8

Still Charging

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Viny Vinh just raked another big pot. After Vinh's preflop raise Brendan Taylor made it three bets and Vinh called. The flop came {A-Spades}

. Taylor bet and Vinh raised. Taylor called and the turn came {6-Diamonds}

. After a check-call the river yielded the {2-Clubs}

. Both players checked and Vinh turned over {K-Spades}

to take down the pot.

Tags: Vinny Vinh

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 0

06-08-2008 21:47 UTC-8

Vinny on a Charge

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Jimmy Shultz raised it up from the button and Vinny Vinh called from the button before moving all-in on a flop of...

{7-Hearts}

Shultz called holding {J-Diamonds}

, but it was behind to Vinh's {9-Clubs}

. The turn and river changed nothing and Vinh doubles up.

Soon after he took another nice pot, doubling through Brendan Taylor. Vinny opened the pot with a raise before calling a reraise from Taylor. The flop came...

{7-Clubs}

Vinny check-called a bet from Taylor before they both checked the turn of...

{9-Hearts}

.

The river brought the {A-Spades}

, causing Vinny to check-raise Taylor's bet. Taylor made the call but mucked when he saw Vinh's {A-Hearts}

.

Vinh now up to around 400,000. Game on again!

Tags: Vinny Vinh

06-08-2008 21:39 UTC-8

Fifth-Place Finisher

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Teddy "Iceman" Monroe has left us in fifth place after playing a great short stack game for nearly two days.

Jimmy Shultz accidently raised from under the gun thinking he was putting in the big blind. Monroe called all in for 30,000 from the small blind and Brendan Taylor called the raise from the big blind.

The flop came... {2-Hearts}