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

06-13-2008 16:33 UTC-7

Chip Leader All But Out

Hold'em -

Stephen McKinney opens from the hijack seat, making it 3,000 to go. "The Professor" Howard Lederer makes the call from the button, and the two men go heads up to the flop.

It comes down {7-Hearts}

. McKinney bets 5,000, and Lederer flat-calls.

The turn is the {Q-Diamonds}

, and both men check.

The river card brings the {3-Clubs}

. McKinney checks and then calls an 8,500-chip bet from Lederer.

The pro shows down his hand, having flopped the stone cold nuts: {K-Hearts}

. McKinney open mucks {A-Spades}

, and ships the vast majority of his chips over to The Professor.

After that encounter, Lederer is up to 65,000, and our one-time chip leader Stephen McKinney is crippled down to just 5,000.

06-13-2008 16:09 UTC-7

Ly Chops Down Forrest

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Donnie Peters

Omaha -

According to Minh Ly, he turned a set of tens in the hand, but the ten on the turn happened to give Ted Forrest a wrap and a flush draw. The two players got all in, with Forrest's tournament life on the line.

The river blanked out for Forrest and he was eliminated.

Tags: Minh Ly Ted Forrest

Level: 10

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2008 16:05 UTC-7

Hachem Loses Almost Half his Stack

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Donnie Peters

Omaha -

The board was {J-Diamonds}

and on the river, Joe Hachem bet 9,000 after Kyle Hegeman checked over to him. The pot sat around 12,000 before Hachem made the bet. Hegeman made the call and tabled {5-Hearts}

-x-x for a set of fives. Hachem showed {K-Spades}

.

After losing the hand, Hachem is back down to 34,000. Hegeman is up to 59,000.

Tags: Joe hachem Kyle Hegeman

06-13-2008 15:46 UTC-7

Minh Wasn't Ly-ing

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Hold'em -

Ross Boatman comes in raising the pot from late position. Minh Ly makes the smooth call from the button, and the two men go to the flop heads up. The first three community cards are {K-Hearts}

.

Boatman bets out the full pot, and Ly comes back with a covering reraise, which Boatman calls all in. He flips over {A-Clubs}

, but realizes Ly flopped lucky with his {K-Spades}

, giving him top two pair.

The turn and river fail to bring Boatman back to the lead, and he is eliminated early in today's play.

06-13-2008 15:44 UTC-7

McEuen Doubles Gibralter

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Donnie Peters

Hold'em -

Before the flop, action folded to Jeff Gibralter on the button. He decided it was his time to make a move and shoved all in. The small blind folded and then Jesse McEuen in the big blind made the call.

Gibralter: {Q-Spades}

McEuen:

The flop came {Q-Clubs}

and gave Gibralter the lead. The turn came the {2-Diamonds}

and the river the {4-Hearts}

. McEuen couldn't pull back the win and Gibralter doubled up to 52,000.

Tags: Jeff Gibralter Jesse McEuen

06-13-2008 15:39 UTC-7

Chainsaw!

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Opening up from the button, Paul Taylor comes in raising to 2,200. Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler is in the small blind, and he pushes all in for 7,600, which Taylor calls down. The hands are turned over:

Taylor: {6-Spades}

Kessler:

The board finds Kessler when it runs out {9-Spades}

, making him two pair and doubling him up to 16,000.

06-13-2008 15:37 UTC-7

Joe Hachem Takes One Out

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Donnie Peters

In preflop action, an opponent raised to 2,400. Joe Hachem reraised to 8,400 and his opponent called.

The flop comes {7-Clubs}

. Hachem's opponent moved all in and Hachem made the call. His opponent showed pocket tens and Hachem showed {A-Clubs}

.

The turn came the {J-Spades}

and the river landed a {K-Diamonds}

to give Hachem the hand.

Tags: Joe Hachem

06-13-2008 15:30 UTC-7

Bleeding Chips

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Under the gun, Kenneth Fitzgerald raises to 2,200, and Stephen McKinney is the lone caller from middle position.

The dealer spreads out the flop: {2-Hearts}

. Fitzgerald leads out with a continuation bet of 4,000. McKinnney comes back with a raise to 21,000, and Fitzgerald moves all in for 44,000. McKinney calls, showing {K-Diamonds}

, for a straight draw and two overcards. Fitzgerald is ahead with top pair, {Q-Hearts}

, looking to double up and stay alive.

The turn and river are safe for the at-risk player: {10-Diamonds}

,

. Fitzgerald drags in a nice pot and chips all the way up to 85,000.

His opponent, Stephen McKinney, started the day with the chip lead at 92,500, He is going in the wrong direction early, though, and has tumbled all the way down to 34,000 in just a few minutes of play.

06-13-2008 15:21 UTC-7

Mizzi Draws First Blood

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Sorel Mizzi raises first in to 2,400. Chip leader Stephen McKinney makes the call from the big blind.

The flop comes out {J-Clubs}

. It's passed to Mizzi, and he makes a bet of 3,800. McKinney gets the urge, and he comes over the top with a raise to 9,000. Mizzi reraises all in and McKinney reluctantly lets it go, relinquishing the chip lead as well.