2008 World Series of Poker

Event 17 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$335,565
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,000
Level Info
Level
10
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Casey Coleman Makes Final

Damian Artt
Damian Artt
Casey Coleman has advanced to tomorrow's final after dispatching of heads-up opponent Damian Artt.

With Coleman raising it up to 8,000 preflop, Artt made it 18,000 and Coleman called.

On the {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} flop, Coleman check-called a 15,000 bet from Artt.

A {J-Hearts} on the turn and again Coleman check-called, this time to an all-in.

Coleman = {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Artt = {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

Artt takes defeat like a champion, but it's Coleman who will return.

Tags: Casey ColemanDamian Artt

Heads Up

John Strzemp III
John Strzemp III
John Strzemp III has just eliminated Craig Gray with A-J versus K-J to leave us heads up.

The current counts are as follows:

John Strzemp III -- 140,000
Ali Eslami = 160,000

Still anyone's game.

Tags: Ali EslamiJohn Strzemp III

Richard Tatalovich

Richard Tatalovich
Richard Tatalovich
With Richard Tatalovich's button raise to 5,300 receiving two calls from Jason Young and David Orvis in the small and big blind respectively.

On the {4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop, Young made a bet of 15,000 only for Tatalovich to push all in for a total of 78,000. Young called.

Young = {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Tatalovich = {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

Turn = {7-Clubs}

River = {10-Diamonds}

Young (170,000) and Ortiz (130,000) are now heads up.

Tags: David OrvisJason YoungRichard Tatalovich

Marquis Feels Like a King

Craig Marquis has enjoyed a double up to 110,000 courtesy of Khalid Hameed. Hameed went all in from the button with {A-Spades} {8-Diamonds} and Marquis, covered by Hameed, called all in with {A-Hearts} {K-Spades}. An eight on the flop was tempered by a king on the turn of the {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {K-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} board, and all in stays in.

Veldhuis Down to the Felt

A pitifully short-stacked Travis Roseberry doubles through Alex Veldhuis, his {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} all-in preflop against Veldhuis' pocket tens making a straight on the {4-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {5-Spades} board and increasing his stack to 26,000.

Now Veldhuis finds himself short and pushes with {8-Hearts} {6-Hearts} from the button. Kyle Bowker finds kings, the board provides Veldhuis with absolutely no assistance, and Bowker and Roseberry are heads up, Bowker holding an absolutely crushing chip lead of 254,000 to Roseberry's 46,000.

Gray Skies for Eslami

Craig Gray
Craig Gray
With just three players remaining on table 2, each hand is a crucial one and, in Craig Gray's case, especially if it's for your tournament life.

Calling all in from the small blind after Ali Eslami had raised it up to 25,000 from the button, Gray found himself coinflipping with {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} versus {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. A harmless {8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} board later and MrCasino is back in the game with 51,000.

Tags: Ali EslamiCraig Gray

LaGarde Busts

A preflop raising war between Kyle Bowker and Matthew LaGarde saw LaGarde all in preflop. His pocket tens failed to hit against Bowker's well-timed aces, and LaGarde is out while Bowker continues three-way with Alexander Veldhuis and Travis Roseberry, Bowker the chip leader on 170,000.

Tags: Kyle BowkerMatthew LaGarde

Go West - We Have Our Second Finalist

West
West
Thomas West has defeated Marcus Moulton heads up to go through to the final table tomorrow.

Moulton, on the button, made it 5,000 to go, and West raised him all in. "I have to call you," said Moulton, and flipped over a dominating {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}. They looked likely to even up their stacks, but West's {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} hit the {J-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} board to cruelly knock out Moulton and advance to the final round.

Tags: Marcus MoultonThomas West