2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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In his latest hand, Thomas Sebourn decided to tangle with the big stack. Bach made a raise under the gun to 2,400, and action was folded around to Sebourn on the button. He re-raised all in for about 12,000, and Bach quickly called.
Bach showed
, and Sebourn had 
. The 
on the flop hit Bach, and the 
that followed could not save Sebourn. He is elminated just shy of the money, while Bach has chipped up close to 120,000.
On the other hand, Shane 'shaniac' Schleger is as cool as a cucumber. With hand-for-hand play commenced, Schleger has started reading a copy of today's newspaper.
A player from a different table wandered over and approached Perry, inquiring about his haircut. Friedman obliged the player with a quick camera phone picture, and Ferguson joined the conversation.
"We tried to get him to do it too," Friedman said, pointing at Ferguson, "but he wouldn't go for it."
The three men shared a chuckle as Jack Effel made the announcement for players to return to their seat.
, Arnaud Mattern bet 9,600. His opponent, YM Hu, made the call. Mattern pushed the river 
for almost 26,000.Hu had Mattern covered and agonized over the call for almost five minutes. A large crowd of players gathered around the table, hoping that Hu would bust Mattern. Hu did eventually make the call with pocket aces. He saw the bad news when Mattern showed him
for a turned two pair.Mattern now has almost 60,000 chips.
, Trujano must have been ecstatic. The board came out 9-high, sending Boyd to the rail just five spots from the money.
