2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Big Slick Loses to Big Slick
David Bach Flexing
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.
Hand For Hand In Progress
Divergent Attitudes
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.
Level Nine Continues
Inching Closer
Meeting of the Minds
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.
Cracked Aces Result in a Huge Double
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.