Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-12-2008 18:18 UTC-7

Eric Baldwin Wins a Big Pot from Steve Brecher

This hand happened just before the bubble. Under the gun Eric Baldwin raised to 7,500 and Steve Brecher called in the big blind. The flop came {8-Diamonds}

and Brecher check-called Baldwin's 5,200 bet. The {8-Clubs}

fell on the turn, Brecher again checked, and when Baldwin bet 13,500 Brecher check-raised to 40,000. Baldwin called, and when the {4-Clubs}

hit on the river Baldwin moved all in. Brecher thought a good while before releasing his hand, and losing that pot left him with 48,000. Baldwin is now up to 148,000.

Tags: Eric Baldwin Steve Brecher

06-12-2008 18:12 UTC-7

Michael Brummelhuis Doubles through Jacobo Fernandez

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This hand happened just before the bubble burst, as Michael Brummelhuis' pocket queens held up against Jacobo Fernandez's pocket nines. Brummelhuis doubled to 160,000 while Fernandez saw his stack dwindle to an almost-identical 165,000.

Tags: Jacobo Fernandez Michiel Brummelhuis

06-12-2008 18:03 UTC-7

The Bubble Has Burst

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After several minutes of hand-for-hand action, we have finally reached the money.

Aaron Coulthard made it 8,000 to go preflop and Humberto Kim moved all in. Coulthard made the call and showed {A-Hearts}

, while Kim showed {A-Diamonds}

. Kim appeared to be in great shape, especially after flopping a king. But when the board ran runner-runner 10-J, it gave Coulthard a straight to eliminate Kim on the bubble.

06-12-2008 17:55 UTC-7

Another Double-up

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Preflop, Adam Levy made it 8,500 to go from the cutoff and was called by Sam El Sayed. The flop came {Q-Hearts}

and El Sayed checked while Levy fired 13,000 in the pot. El Sayed check-raised all in and after going into the tank for awhile, Levy made the call. Levy showed pocket aces and was up against El Sayed's {J-Diamonds}

. El Sayed had middle pair and was open ended, but the board ran {Q-Diamonds}

on the turn and {9-Spades}

on the river to give both players two pair, with Levy's aces leading the way. After the hand, Levy is up to 160,000.

06-12-2008 17:40 UTC-7

Steven Leonard Doubles up through Adam Geyer

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Steven Leonard moved in for his last 27,800 and Geyer called with A-3. Leonard had the lead with pocket sixes and although Geyer paired his three on the K-3-5 flop the turn and river didn't improve his hand and Leonard doubled to 60,000.

06-12-2008 17:36 UTC-7

Still Hand-for-Hand

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Things have slowed down tremendously here with no players being eliminated during the hand-for-hand segment. We're still awaiting the bubble to burst and will bring you the hand as soon as it takes place. For now it's just a lot of raise-and-fold going on.

06-12-2008 17:25 UTC-7

Slow Going

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Not much to report from the bubble so far, a few big bets but no bustouts. Still waiting to reach the money.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-12-2008 17:03 UTC-7

Hand-for-Hand

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We're down to 73 players, so we'll be playing hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated and we reach the money.

06-12-2008 16:56 UTC-7

Rayan Nathan Doubles Up

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Rayan Nathan moved all in preflop with pocket tens and was called by Brent Roberts. Nathan showed his pocket pair and was up against Roberts's A-Q. Nathan flopped a set of tens and doubled up to over 50,000.