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

06-02-2008 19:01 UTC-7

D'Angelo Creeping Up

[user66118]

Ryan D'Angelo is making a move at chip leader David Bach. His stack has been growing exponentially in the last few orbits, despite his one-round penalty.

Just moments ago, a player moved all in in front of him for about 14,000, and D'Angelo made the call with {7-Hearts}

. His opponent held {6-Hearts}

, but fell behind quickly and headed out when the board ran {K-Hearts}

.

D'Angelo is currently in second place with 237,000 in chips.

06-02-2008 19:06 UTC-7

More Controversy for D'Angelo

[user75032]

Hot on the heels of his one-orbit penalty, Ryan D'Angelo has been involved in another dispute on Green #1. D'Angelo has his stack of over 200,000 chips spread in a large pyramid in front of his seat. On his big blind, his cards were dealt to the tip of the pyramid near the center of the table. D'Angelo turned away from the table for a moment. When he turned back, there was a raise to him but the dealer had already mucked his hand.

A floorperson was called, who ruled that D'Angelo's hand was dead.

"But I'm in the big blind," D'Angelo protested. "I haven't acted yet."

"I'm sorry," the floorperson responded. "The dealer killed your hand."

"So dealers can just kill hands now?"

"He made a mistake," said the floorperson. "I will instruct him to be more careful in the future due to the size of your stack, but your current hand is dead."

Tags: Ryan D'Angelo

06-02-2008 19:10 UTC-7

Mabuchi's Cowboys Ride Again

[user75032]

From early position, Motoyuki Mabuchi raised preflop. He got one customer from middle position for a flop of {K-Hearts}

. Mabuchi led out for 8,000 but his customer decided he had enough and folded. Mabuchi offered his opponents a free glimpse of {K-Spades}

as he sent his cards into the muck. His stack now stands at about 66,000.

06-02-2008 19:25 UTC-7

Travis Green Doubles Up with Aces

[user40108]

Travis Green doubled up to 36,000 when he took his {A-Spades}

up against the {A-Clubs}

of Steven Peasley. The board came clean for Green and he doubled up to approximately 36,000.

06-02-2008 19:27 UTC-7

Troy Miller Eliminated in Painful Fashion

[user40108]

Troy Miller was just sent home when his {A-Clubs}

came up short against the {A-Spades}

of Frank Sinopoli. The board ran out {Q-Hearts}

giving Sinopoli the flush and sending Miller to the rail. Sinopoli now commands a stack of about 125,000.

06-02-2008 19:31 UTC-7

Nuanmanee Khamsy Eliminated

[user40108]

Nuanmanee Khamsy won't see the dinner break. She finally made a stand holding {Q-Clubs}

moved all in for her last 7,800 from middle position. The small blind looked her up holding {6?}{6?} and when Nuanmanee failed to improve, she joined the thousands of others to fall painfully short of a WSOP bracelet.

06-02-2008 19:32 UTC-7

Cream Rising to the Top

[user75032]

As we approach the dinner break in about 15 minutes, play is slowing down. Currently 168 players remain in the tournament. David Bach, with 288,000 in chips, is the chip leader by far. Several other players are poised for a deep run, including Ryan D'Angelo, John Carlson, Evan McNiff, and Pat White.

Tags: David Bach Ryan D'Angelo

06-02-2008 19:40 UTC-7

Johannes Strassmann Wins Big With the Ladies

[user40108]

Johannes Strassmann Building Quite the Stack

Johannes Strassmann just took down a monster pot when he called two players' all-in bets. Strassmann tabled {Q-Hearts}

, and when the board ran out {J-Clubs}

, his hand was still ahead of the {A-Spades}

and

of both his opponents. In addition to sending two players home, Strassmann is now a force with about 215,000 in chips.

06-02-2008 19:41 UTC-7

Vegas in His Element

[user75032]

Karim Vegas is hanging tough after taking a tough beat earlier. Preflop, he called an early-position raise from Steve Kolb to 6,000. Kolb made a continuation bet of 6,000 on a flop of {9-Clubs}

, which Vegas called. Kolb again bet 6,000 when the turn came {4-Diamonds}

, prompting Vegas to move all in for about 40,000. Kolb folded, increasing Vegas' stack to about 60,000.

06-02-2008 19:41 UTC-7

A New Leader Emerges

[user66118]

We arrived at a table where a lot of chips were being pushed around on the flop.

The board showed {K-Clubs}

, and Ginikachukwu Izuogu passed the betting over to Michael Goetsch. Goetsch fired out 10,000, and Izuogu put in a check-raise to 35,000. Instantly, Goetsch jammed it harder, all in for 75,000.

Izuogu dug for information. "Do you have aces? You have aces?"

Goetsch told him, "Call and find out," so Izuogu obliged him and put in the call.

Be careful what you wish for, Goetsch saw he was in trouble with his {4-Spades}