Erica Schoenberg Doubles Up
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up against the 
of Jimmy Athanas. The 
on the flop was all Schoenberg would need to secure a victory in the hand. She doubled up to 23,800 in chips.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
up against the of Jimmy Athanas. The on the flop was all Schoenberg would need to secure a victory in the hand. She doubled up to 23,800 in chips.
John Phan Takes a Big Hit
, Ginikachukwu Izuogu checked from the big blind, prompting John Phan to bet 10,000 from the cutoff seat. Izuogu raised to 24,000 and Phan called. The turn brought the
and both men checked. When the 
hit the river, Izuogu checked again and Phan bet 40,000. Izuogu insta-called and showed 
. Phan stood up, looking at the board, then his opponent's hand, and back again, trying to make sense of it all. He eventually mucked his cards and sat down in dissapointed fashion. He is now down to about 85,000 ,while Izuogu surges to roughly 165,000 in chips.
One More for Bach
The latest player to feel this trend hit him personally was Malyshev Nixolay. From middle position, he moved all in for about 13,000. Bach made the call and turned over
, while Nixolay held K-K.By the end of the hand though, Bach had caught up and passed him with a flush, when it ran
. Once again, our chip leader adds to his stack and sends another foe packing.
John Roveto Triples Up
and was able to triple up against the and 
of his opponents. Roveto is now up to around 40,000.
*Ring Ring*
"Hello?.... Hey.... Hey."
He began to walk further away from the table.
"Ummm, I'm actually playing poker right now... Yeah, I'm in a tournament.... At the Rio... It's in Las Vegas."
A long pause.
"Well, we started with about 4,000 people and now there's only like 200 left, so I have to stay to the end... Yeah, yeah, pretty exciting."
Another long pause.
"OK, yeah I have to stay here. Can I just call you later?"
Perhaps he'll have some good news to deliver when he calls back later tonight.
Stealing Doesn't Pay (This Time)
. Hirleman's tournament is over.
Strassmann Moves Up
and Nguyen holding . A board of 
made Strassmann the winner and sent Nguyen to the rail.Strassmann now has about 92,000 chips.
Bach Writes Another Stanza
This time, the player under the gun, John Morrell, opened the action by pushing his remaining stack to the center, about 14,000 chips. Bach, being the chip leader, had an easy decision with
, and made the call. Morrell needed to catch up with his 
.The flop brought a set for Bach,
, putting Morrell one foot out the door. The last two cards failed to help him, and Bach again drags a pot and knocks out a player, something that is becoming all too familiar to his competitors.
Gavin Griffin Eliminated
Griffin:
Chan:
Griffin got no help from the community card and was left with just 700 chips. Chan finished what he started by eliminating Griffin on the following hand.
Tran Moving Up in the World
, Pat White bet 10,000 into Kenny Tran. Tran called. Before the river was dealt, White bet 25,000 in the dark, enough to put Tran all in. The dealer peeled the 
off the deck. Tran deliberated for several minutes before calling for all of his chips. White showed an unimproved ; Tran's 
was good enough to take the pot.Winning this pot bumped Tran's stack up to 84,000. As a post script to an earlier post, Tran did manage to get the Yankee game on a television near his table.