Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-13-2008 22:45 UTC-7

No Bueno

Omaha -

We catch up with this hand on the flop. The board shows {4-Spades}

, and there appears to be 22,000 chips already in the middle.

Action is on Henning Granstad, and he leads out with a bet of 9,000. Patrick Bueno calls all in for his last 2,200. It comes back around to the button, where Allen Cunningham is waiting. He raises the pot, making it 51,200 total. That's enough to push Granstad out, and get Cunningham heads up with the at-risk player. The cards are turned over:

Bueno: {A-Clubs}

Cunningham: {K-Spades}

Cunningham is ahead, and he locks up the hand when the turn and river come {7-Spades}

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.

After losing that pot, Bueno is eliminated from the tournament in 28th place. With 27 players left, the remaining tables have been combined, and seats have been re-drawn.

06-13-2008 22:31 UTC-7

A New Game

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With the action growing more intense and the players playing short-handed at four tables, the dynamics of the tournament have changed considerably over the last hour or so. The vast majority of the pots are being won either preflop or on the flop, with players trying to keep the pots small. Hotly-contested pots and even showdowns are almost non-existent of late.

06-13-2008 22:17 UTC-7

Mizz-erable Turn and River

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Hold'em -

Hot on the heels of his double-knockout in the Omaha round, Max Pescatori has struck again.

This time it's hold'em, and Pescatori holds {A-?}

. Sorel Mizzi is his enemy in this hand, with {Q-?}

. The dealer runs the board: {7-?}

. Details of the betting are unclear, but it appeared that the money got all in on the flop.

With Pescatori's runner-runner two pair, he knocks out another player, sending Mizzi out the door without even stopping by the cashier first to pick up his check.

06-13-2008 21:56 UTC-7

The Best Hand Sucks Out

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Hold'em -

Lennart Holtkamp came into the pot raising to 5,500. Action folded around to Daniel Martin in the small blind, and he reraised to 19,500. Holtkamp went into the tank for a couple minutes and asked for a count of Martin's stack. When he received the final tally, he moved all in, and Martin made the call for his tournament life.

Holtkamp tabled {Q-Diamonds}

, and Martin was in trouble, at risk of elimination holding {6-Diamonds}

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The flop was just what Doctor Martin ordered though. It came {6-Clubs}

, vaulting him into the lead with a set of sixes. The turn was a harmless {8-Hearts}

. The river, though, was disastrous once more. The {Q-Hearts}

fell, making Holtkamp the bigger set, and knocking Martin out on a classic suckout-resuckout.

After spiking his set on the river, Holtkamp sends a player home, and ups his chip count to a comfortable 130,000.

Level: 14

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2008 21:44 UTC-7

Two D'aram Hands

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Omaha -

From the cutoff seat, Thibaud D'aram opens the action with a raise to 4,000. Action is passed to Kenneth Fitzgerald, and he re-raises from the small blind, making it 11,500 to play. D'aram moves all in over the top, and Fitzgerald makes the call. The hands are turned up:

Fitzgerald: {A-Spades}

D'aram:

The board misses D'aram, as it runs out {2-Diamonds}

. He thinks he is eliminated, and starts to walk away. When the stacks are counted down though, he is called back and given his last 1,500 chips to continue playing with.

On the very next hand, Max Pescatori and Zachary Hyman get all their chips in along with D'aram. When the dust settled, Pescatori's hand, {Q-Spades}

, made a straight, and eliminated both of his opponents from the field.

06-13-2008 21:28 UTC-7

Penly Takes Out the Chainsaw

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Hold'em -

Allen Kessler has just been eliminated from the tournament. He held {10-Spades}

, and was all in and at risk against the {K-Diamonds}

of David Penly.

The flop was almost as bad as it gets for Kessler. It came {K-Spades}

, giving Penly a pair of kings and a flush draw to boot. The turn and river failed to improve Kessler; they came down {6-Hearts}

and

respectively, sending the "Chainsaw" over to the cashout clerk a little earlier than he would have hoped.

06-13-2008 21:22 UTC-7

Davis Aces No Good

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We pick up the action on the flop, with Minh Ly and Mark Davis involved in a heads-up raised pot. The flop shows {K-Spades}

. Davis lets Ly bet, only to check-raise him all in. Ly makes the call, and the hands are turned over. Davis holds {A-Diamonds}

and sees the bad news as Ly tables {10-Clubs}

, having flopped a set. The turn and river, {8-Diamonds}

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fail to improve Davis, and he ends up shipping a big stack of chips over to Minh Ly.

After the hand, Ly stands at 123,000, while Davis is down to just 32,000.

06-13-2008 21:13 UTC-7

Patrick Good

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Hold'em -

Patrick Bueno got all his chips in the pot against Henning Granstad, holding {A-Spades}

. Granstad held {A-Clubs}

.

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

. Despite having quite a few outs on the river, Granstad could not crack Bueno's aces, and he moves down to 99,000. Bueno, meanwhile survives and doubles up to 49,000.

06-13-2008 21:01 UTC-7

The Proverbial Two Birds

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Hold'em -

Kory Mitchell opens the pot with a raise from the cutoff, making it 4,000 to play. Big stack David Penly makes the call on the button. Shawn Buchanan is in the small blind with 11,000 in chips left, and he moves all in. Larry Satterwhite is next, and he lets out a big sigh before moving his final 7,000 in as well. The original raiser, Mitchell, ducks out but Penly comes along with the call. The hands are tabled:

Penly: {5-Clubs}

Buchanan:

Satterwhite: {Q-Spades}

The flop looks good for Penly when it comes down {8-Hearts}

, giving him a full boat.

If the flop was good, the turn is even better. It brings the {5-Hearts}

, the case five making him quads and leaving his two opponents drawing dead and out of chips.

After knocking the two opponents out, Penly has upped his chip lead, and now sits pretty with 226,000!