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

06-02-2008 15:31 UTC-7

A Brutal Beat For Arthur Hamilton

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Just a few spots off the money, Arthur Hamilton got his money in the best way one can, holding {A?} {A?} . He got one caller holding {3-Clubs}

and was looking to double up. Hamilton's position quickly went from first to worst as the flop came down {Q-Hearts}

. His opponent spiked a set to leave him behind in the hand. The turn and river were no help to Hamilton and he was eliminated less than ten spots from the money.

Tags: Arthur Hamilton

06-02-2008 15:35 UTC-7

You Gotta Be Aggressive

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Over at table #26, either Shane Schleger or Todd "Dan Druff" Witteles have taken the blinds and antes in every single hand of hand-for-hand play.

06-02-2008 15:41 UTC-7

With just a handful of spots before we hit the money, a few notables have headed to the rail on the bubble. Most notably, Michael Binger and Mike Wattel are among the recent casualties. Marco Traniello is on a short stack, but just survived his all in and doubled up.

Traniello had {A-Diamonds}

and got the table bully, David Bach, to go for the knockout with {6-Spades}

. Traniello is still alive with 12,500.

06-02-2008 15:46 UTC-7

While We Wait...

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Lots of people have been asking, "What's up with Perry Friedman's hair?" Many have speculated that he lost a bet or that Full Tilt paid him to shave the Full Tilt logo into both sides of his head. Neither are true. Friedman just decided to do something different.

"It took four hours to do, over two separate days," Friedman said. "Two hours for each side. We shaved it in the first day, and trimmed and colored it the second."

Tags: Perry Friedman

06-02-2008 15:55 UTC-7

Cowboys Shot Down

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Short-stacked Ryan Morrison put all his chips in the middle with pocket kings. The "real" Chris Savage made the call along with Jeff Hutchison. Savage flopped a set of threes and bet Hutchison (who had flopped a pair of aces) out of the pot. Morrison's kings went from first preflop to worst after the flop. No king came on the turn or river. Morrison's day is over just two spots from the money.

06-02-2008 16:05 UTC-7

Pat White Takes a Bite out of Mark Vos

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With 20,000 chips in the pot preflop, Mark Vos and Pat White saw a flop of {10-Clubs}

. Vos bet 16,000 and was called. He fired again for 20,000 on a turn of {K-Clubs}

and again White called.

When the river came {4-Clubs}

, Vos slowed down with a check. White bet 14,500. Vos thought for a minute, said, "I know you have tens full," and sent his cards into the muck.

After the hand, Vos retained 16,000 chips while White vaulted to about 176,000.

Tags: Mark Vos Pat White

06-02-2008 16:07 UTC-7

Kanter's Huge Call

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On a board of {5-Diamonds}

, Aaron Kanter bet 10,000 into a pot of approximately 30,000. His opponent, the "real" Chris Savage, put him to a decision for all of his chips by check-raising all in to over 43,000. Savage had Kanter covered.

Kanter took a full seven minutes to ponder his decision and try to get a read off of Savage. He must have liked something he saw because he made the call, tabling {7-Hearts}

. Savage turned over a total bluff: {K-Spades}

. The board ran out {10-Hearts}

, allowing Kanter to double up.

Tags: Aaron Kanter

06-02-2008 16:09 UTC-7

We're in the Money!

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Robert McLaughlin is our bubble boy. His pocket nines were no match for an opponent's pocket queens.

"You're in the money -- unless I miscounted," joked tournament director Jack Effel.

Players are now on a ten-minute break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

06-02-2008 16:27 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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With all players now "in the money," play resumes.