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

06-13-2008 09:43 UTC-7

Day 2 Seating Assignments

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Revised chip counts and seating assignments have now been released by the WSOP for Day 2 action in Event #24, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em. Stephen McKinney leads the way with 92,500 in chips, with today's complete roster of returning players as follows:

(Table 16)
Seat 1: Shawn Buchanan -- 60900
Seat 2: Johnny Chan -- 14500
Seat 3: Paul Taylor -- 20700
Seat 4: Allen Kessler -- 10800
Seat 5: Steven Haber -- 22200
Seat 6: Kyle Hegeman -- 40900
Seat 7: Joe Hachem -- 27500
Seat 8: Ward Crane -- 33800

(Table 22)
Seat 1: Dustin Sitar -- 55600
Seat 2: Stephen McKinney -- 92500
Seat 3: Hilbert Shirey -- 43600
Seat 4: Brian Eckstrom -- 7500
Seat 5: Howard Lederer -- 31700
Seat 6: Sorel Mizzi -- 22600
Seat 7: Kenneth Fitzgerald -- 43200
Seat 8: Martel De La Chesnaye -- 17100
Seat 9: Ashish Kamboj -- 15800

(Table 23)
Seat 1: Michael Zowie -- 16400
Seat 2: Franck Watteyne -- 10600
Seat 3: David Baker -- 15500
Seat 4: Jean-Philippe Leandri -- 16200
Seat 5: George Rahme -- 7200
Seat 6: Roy Von Der Locht -- 10700
Seat 7: John-Paul Kelly -- 26000
Seat 8: Kory Mitchell -- 44300
Seat 9: Brian Schwartz -- 14200

(Table 24)
Seat 1: Alan Vinson -- 25800
Seat 2: Lawrence Cowsar -- 20500
Seat 3: Nick Frank -- 5500
Seat 4: David Bergerson -- 33400
Seat 5: Gabe Costner -- 32000
Seat 6: Jeff Duvall -- 18900
Seat 7: Tom West -- 20400
Seat 8: Zachary Hyman -- 46000
Seat 9: Russell Floyd -- 19000

(Table 28)
Seat 1: Ryan Carey -- 20300
Seat 2: Rolf Slotboom -- 17700
Seat 3: Jordan Morgan -- 46000
Seat 4: Brian Woods -- 13700
Seat 5: Al Adler -- 17300
Seat 6: Daniel Didech -- 23000
Seat 7: Mark Davis -- 57600
Seat 8: Kyle Kloeckner -- 65000
Seat 9: Stefan Rapp -- 13000

(Table 29)
Seat 1: Ted Forrest -- 29100
Seat 2: Patrick Bueno -- 27900
Seat 3: Josh Mammon -- 6300
Seat 4: Allen Cunningham -- 12200
Seat 5: Erik Seidel -- 50300
Seat 6: Ross Boatman -- 18200
Seat 7: Rick Stephen -- 6000
Seat 8: Minh Ly -- 35900
Seat 9: Burt Boutin -- 25600

(Table 30)
Seat 1: Justin Phillips -- 15900
Seat 2: Daniel Martin -- 34500
Seat 4: Greg Hurst -- 22800
Seat 5: Andreas Krause -- 33100
Seat 6: Steve Hudak -- 11700
Seat 7: Clint Keown -- 34100
Seat 8: Lennart Holtkamp -- 51600
Seat 9: Danny Fuhs -- 23000

(Table 34)
Seat 1: Daniel Hart -- 18200
Seat 2: Samuel Hapak -- 28000
Seat 3: Pascal Perrault -- 19400
Seat 5: Donald Nicholson -- 15800
Seat 6: Henning Granstad -- 68500
Seat 7: Max Pescatori -- 56000
Seat 8: Michael Pesek -- 62100
Seat 9: Mike McStott -- 14100

(Table 35)
Seat 1: Thibaud D'aram -- 29100
Seat 2: Paul Dhaliwal -- 15700
Seat 3: Helge Pedersen -- 8500
Seat 4: Paul Chenoweth -- 9400
Seat 6: Robert Kula -- 11900
Seat 7: Brian Kocur -- 16700
Seat 8: William Jenson -- 9500
Seat 9: Jonathan Depa -- 21300

(Table 36)
Seat 1: Jesse McEuen -- 63400
Seat 2: Liya Gerasimova -- 4700
Seat 3: Jeff Campbell -- 36200
Seat 4: Sam Oliverio -- 10700
Seat 5: Larry Satterwhite -- 10900
Seat 7: David Penly -- 63300
Seat 8: Jeff Gibralter -- 24600
Seat 9: Nick Gibson -- 13600

Tags: Stephen McKinney

06-13-2008 14:54 UTC-7

Almost Set to Go

[user66118]

We are once again getting set up in the quieter, more intimate Brasilia Room for today's 3:00pm restart of Event #24. A few players have made their way to their seats, and the rest shouldn't be far behind. We expect to be underway right on time in just a few minutes.

06-13-2008 14:57 UTC-7

Table of Death

[user66118]

Before we even begin play, we can easily spot today's Table of Death from the seat assigmnents. Check out table 29:

Seat 1: Ted Forrest
Seat 4: Allen Cunningham
Seat 5: Erik Seidel
Seat 6: Ross Boatman
Seat 8: Minh Ly
Seat 9: Burt Boutin

Level: 9

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2008 15:08 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

donpeters

06-13-2008 15:21 UTC-7

Mizzi Draws First Blood

[user66118]

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.

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 15:37 UTC-7

Joe Hachem Takes One Out

donpeters

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 15:39 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 15:44 UTC-7

McEuen Doubles Gibralter

donpeters

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}