2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
1a1b23
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦4♦
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
Filter (1)

Filter

Sort By
100 Show newer posts

I Am Woman

Our last remaining female player just became involved in a giant pot at Table 1.

From middle position, Pia Jeppesen opens the pot with a raise. The play folds around to the Ryan Roeder in the big blind, and he puts in a reraise to 50,000. Jeppesen pushes back with all her chips, 168,000 total. Roeder quickly calls, and shows the {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}. Jeppesen realizes she is in bad shape as she flips over her cards, {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

All is not lost for her though, as an ace on the flop gives her the win, and sends Roeder reeling. After dragging that king-sized pot, Jeppesen is up in the top five on the leader bord, sitting pretty with 340,000.

Tags: Pia Jeppesen

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Action Flop

Steve Cho and Andre Dyonisio were involved in a heads-up pot that was raised preflop. The dealer spread the flop of {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, and Steve Cho moved all in for 79,000. Dyonisio made the call, showing {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. Cho had hit a perfect flop for his {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, and was poised to double up.

The turn and river did nothing for Dyonisio, and Cho does indeed double up to 160,000.

Action Slows Down

Despite an action-packed day which, at times, saw a player eliminated every minute or so, the pace of play has slowed considerably. Players are being much more deliberate in their actions, acting how they would as if they were at a final table. With payouts growing ever higher, it's only natural that the remaining players would want to bring their "A game." Already over ten hours into the day, with the end far from near, we'll see how fatigue affects the concentration and stamina of those remaining.

Spectators in Play

For the most part, the spectators have been well-behaved today. Once in a while a few will start to straggle past the rail. Usually it just takes an announcement from a floorperson to send them back to their side.

One spectator who has flouted the rules a second time is the person who jostled Mike Ngo about an hour ago. Dressed in a bright red sweatshirt, he came across the rail in a recent hand, drawing a sharp rebuke from the floorperson who escorted him out previously.

"All you spectators need to get behind the rail," said the floor. "And you shouldn't even be in here," he added, pointing at the person in the red sweatshirt. "Don't make me call security buddy."

A different floorperson escorted the spectator from the Amazon Room for a second time. If you're going to try to sneak back into some place you've been thrown out of, you might consider a wardrobe change -- especially if you're wearing a bright red sweatshirt.

Jesus Needs a Miracle

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson was just engaged in a battle with Frank Sinopoli that nearly cost Jesus his tournament life.

The two men got all their chips in the middle preflop, with Ferguson showing {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}, and Sinopoli running a race with {A-Spades}{K-Spades}. The flop was ugly for Ferguson, {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, and the {5-Diamonds} and {2-Clubs} were of no use to the pro. Jesus' stack is in serious jeopardy; he has just 19,000 shekels left to play with.

Hear Me Roar!

From the button, Anthony Young puts the pressure on with a raise to 24,000. Scott Einiger makes the call from the small blind. Pia Jeppesen makes her move and pushes all in for 220,000. Young makes the call, and Einiger folds. The two remaining players turn up their hands:

Anthony Young: {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Pia Jeppesen: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}

The board rags off entirely, coming {5?}{5?}{6?}{8?}{9?}, and Jeppesen rakes in a monster pot. Her new stack of 530,000 puts her squarely atop the leader board.

Tags: Pia Jeppesen

Ladies for the Last Lady

Look out, boys. Here she comes.

Pia Jeppesen is on a run. Just moments ago, she took down a big pot to become our chip leader. And now, she just picked up another huge hand. Looking down at {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, she got enough chips in the pot preflop to cover the all-in from Joe Gotlieb, holding {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

One more lady visited her on the flop, as it came {Q-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}. Gotlieb was left drawing to runner-runner, and the {7-Diamonds} on the turn put him away. A meaningless {6-Spades} came on the river, and Gotlieb is eliminated.

Jeppesen, meanwhile has jumped to 695,000.

Tags: Pia Jeppesen

Here Comes Perry

Perry Friedman has been joking with our media table all night about various cross-booking and prop bets he has made this year. At one point, he told us, "If I make the next payout level, I'll actually lose $100."

No need to worry about that now. His {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} beat Scott Montgomery on a {Q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8?}{4-Diamonds}{A-Spades} to increase Friedman's stack to 508,000.

Tags: Perry Friedman

Prev 1…910111213…17 Next