Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-01-2008 13:01 UTC-7

Alaei Cracks Rockets

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Four limpers took a flop of {4-Diamonds}

and Daniel Alaei led out from the big blind with a pot-sized bet of 200. A player in middle position made the call and the other two players stepped aside.

The turn brought the {K-Spades}

and Alaei fired out 500, which was min-raised by his opponent to 1,000. Alaei made the call. The river landed the {2-Hearts}

and Alaei bet enough to put his opponent all in. He quickly called and showed pocket rockets, but Alaei flipped {4-Clubs}

for flopped trips which was good to collect the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Alaei is off to a good start with around 6,500 in chips.

Tags: Daniel Alaei

06-01-2008 13:03 UTC-7

Andy Black is continuing to play pots on Blue #22. The under-the-gun player raised preflop to 225 and got four callers, including Black out of the small blind. After Black checked, UTG made a continuation bet of 600 on the {6-Clubs}

flop. All folded to Black, who very casually put a stack of 3,000 chips in front of him. UTG tried to stare Black down but Black was having none of it, refusing to look up from the felt in front of him. After about a minute, UTG folded {Q-Diamonds}

face up.

Black pointed to the player on the button, who had also called the preflop raise, and said, "If he doesn't come, I don't." His stack is up to approximately 5,000 chips.

Tags: Andy Black

06-01-2008 13:03 UTC-7

Jamie Gold Leaves Early

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Jamie Gold pushed all in on a flop of {K-Diamonds}

. His opponent instantly called and happily turned over pocket aces, while Gold showed {7-Hearts}

. The turn brought the {6-Diamonds}

and the

on the river was of no help, eliminating Gold from the tournament.

Tags: Jamie Gold

06-01-2008 13:04 UTC-7

Tilly Doubles

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Jennifer Tilly has been struggling early but she just found a handy double-up when she hit her straight on the river on the board of {5-Clubs}

. Tilly held {Q-Diamonds}

and managed to get all the chips in on the river to get her head back above water with about 1,500 chips.

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-01-2008 13:05 UTC-7

Insta-Call and Muck

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In late position, John Juanda raised to 150 and a player in middle position made the call before Juanda could get the chips into the pot. The flop was the {Q-Hearts}

and the middle-position player checked. Juanda made a bet of 250 and again his opponent insta-called. Both the turn of the {A-Hearts}

and the river of the {J-Diamonds}

were checked around. Juanda showed {Q-Clubs}

, and his opponent insta-mucked.

Tags: John Juanda

06-01-2008 13:06 UTC-7

"The Grinder" Eliminated

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Michael Mizrachi had only recently taken his seat in the Amazon Room, but he didn't stick around for long after running his A-T into an opponent's A-Q when both players made two pair.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi The Grinder

06-01-2008 13:14 UTC-7

Scotty Having a Good Time

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Scotty Nguyen was just involved in a pot with a woman in middle position. When the cards were shown, his opponent had rivered a straight. After seeing the hand he said, "Aww. It's all good, baby!"

After the hand it appeared that his opponent was trying to explain why she played the way she did, and Nguyen replied, "It's all good, baby! It's all good," while smiling his classic smile.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

06-01-2008 13:18 UTC-7

Mortensen Builds

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The pros are continuing to show the amateurs how poker is really played. Carlos Mortensen called a raise to 300 from a middle-position player. The small blind also called for a three-handed flop of {4-Spades}

. The preflop raiser bet 400. Only Mortensen called for a total pot heading into the turn of 1,800. The turn {7-Clubs}

brought a bet of 500 from the preflop raiser, and without missing a beat, Mortensen raised to 3,000. His opponent quickly folded.

Mortensen's stack is now at about 5,300.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen