and Nguyen holding 
. A board of 
made Strassmann the winner and sent Nguyen to the rail.Strassmann now has about 92,000 chips.
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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and Nguyen holding . A board of made Strassmann the winner and sent Nguyen to the rail.Strassmann now has about 92,000 chips.
. Hirleman's tournament is over.
"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.
and was able to triple up against the and 
of his opponents. Roveto is now up to around 40,000.
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.
, 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.
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.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
A floorperson was called over to the table, who ruled that the big blind should be allowed to act despite the fact that D'Angelo's hand was open. The big blind then folded. The dealer ran out the board between D'Angelo and the small blind, with D'Angelo winning the hand.
D'Angelo, who is among the chip leaders in today's event, was given a one-orbit penalty by the floor after the hand was completed.
Hartzheim moved up to 116,000 in chips.
