2008 World Series of Poker

Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$507,563
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Total Entries
1,344
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,344
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Jeffreys On Fire

Andrew Jeffreys is on over 200,000 after knocking out another player. Holding a mere A-10 to his opponent's pocket kings, he spiked an ace on the river of the 6-10-8-3-A board to put himself back in the chip lead.

As I was counting his stack, he expanded it further, reraising an opponent preflop and forcing him to fold. As the gentleman folded, Jeffreys turned over A-K.

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys

Double-up for Paz

A desperately short-stacked Jose Paz has doubled up courtesy of Badih Bounahra, the latter looking good to eliminate his foe with {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} against {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}.

However, a {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{10-Spades} flop was favorable to Paz, his pleas to "hold up" being granted on the blank {4-Clubs} turn and {4-Diamonds} river.

Although Paz doubles through to 14,000, Bounahra still has a highly respectable 71,000.

Tags: Badih BounahraJose Paz

Harrington Doubles Up

Short-stacked Court Harrington is a little less short-stacked now after doubling up against Charles Dolan. All in preflop with A-J against Dolan's pocket sixes, Harrington flopped a straight on the {K-?} {10-?} {Q-?} {2-?} {4-?} board, leaving Dolan drawing dead by the turn.

Harrington on 43,000 now.

Moving on Up

Mike Ellis
Mike Ellis
British pro Mike Ellis has increased his stack by 10,000 within these opening rounds. Last spotted reraising a late-position raiser off his hand from the big blind, Ellis is now on 38,000.

Winner of season one's grand final of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in England, Ellis is one of those players who goes about his business without making much noise, and, come final table time, always seems to snap up a seat unnoticed.

Tags: Mike Ellis

Jeffreys Busts Michaels

Young Alex Michaels has busted out. Massive table chip leader Andrew Jeffreys raised from mid to late position, and Michaels reraised all in from the button. The blinds quickly folded, and Jeffreys quickly called.

Jeffreys: {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Michaels: {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts}

Board: {J-Spades} {8-Clubs} {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Spades}

Jeffreys has over 170,000, and Michaels has the consolation of the rail.

Tags: Andrew Jeffreys

Vicious Sica

Ernest Bennett has eliminated Mike Sica. He went on a bit of a raising rampage, moving all in three hands in a row, until Sica called him all in from the big blind with pocket tens. Unfortunately for Sica, Bennett was holding pocket kings, and there was no help for him from the {6-?} {5-?} {Q-?} {8-?} {4-?} board.

Hellmuth Eliminated in Near Silence

Phil Hellmuth has been eliminated with a surprising minimum of fuss. Short-stacked coming into the day, he was going to have to go for the double-up sometime, and when he pushed it seems his pocket fours failed to hold up against table big stack Russell Carson's {A-?} {Q-?} on a {10-?} {3-?} {6-?} {Q-?} {6-?} board. Hellmuth, who said afterwards that it was the first time in the tournament that he'd been all in, stood up and left quietly.

Another Early Elimination

As always seems to be the case in these opening day two rounds, it's do or die for many of the short stacks, but few seem to be surviving these early encounters.

The latest shortie to be shown the door is Simon Lindqvist. With Dominik Kulicki raising it up from under the gun, Lindqvist pushed all in from the small blind for circa 10,000, only for Dave Barnes to call in the big.

After Kullicki stepped aside, we had a showdown, Lindqvist chagrined to see his {8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} dominated by Barnes' {A-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. A {9-Spades}{2-Spades}{8-Spades} provided Lindqvist with a lifeline, but although the turn blanked with a {4-Clubs}, the {6-Spades} river handed Barnes the flush, and Lindqvist the door.

Tags: Dave BarnesDominik KulickiSimon Linqvist

Late Arrival

It's not often a player arrives later than the Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth, but he's been surpassed today by Young Phan who has just this moment taken his seat,

Young Phan is currently hovering around the 35,000 mark after eating up a round of blinds.

Tags: Young Phan