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

06-13-2008 17:10 UTC-7

Boutin Eliminated

donpeters

Omaha -

After some preflop action, Minh Ly and Burt Boutin found their cards turned face up with Boutin all in and on the ropes. The flop was {Q-Spades}

with Ly holding the {A-Spades}

. Boutin held {A-?}

-x.

The turn improve Ly with the {A-Hearts}

, but also gave Boutin the Broadway straight. The river then paired the board with the {Q-Diamonds}

and filled up Ly, eliminating Boutin from the tournament.

Minh Ly is charging hard and up to 87,000 now.

Tags: Burt Boutin Minh Ly

06-13-2008 17:10 UTC-7

Break it Up

[user66118]

The tournament clock has been paused while the players take a short 20-minute break.

06-13-2008 17:29 UTC-7

Play Resumes

[user66118]

The cards are back in the air, and play is underway again.

Level: 11

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2008 17:44 UTC-7

A Dagger in the Hart

[user66118]

Hold'em -

We catch up with this heads-up hand as the board reads {2-Hearts}

. The turn card brings the {6-Hearts}

.

Kory Mitchell bets the full pot, and Daniel Hart raises, putting himself all in. Mitchell makes the call, and shows down {5-Spades}

, having made his straight on fourth street. Hart's {K-Diamonds}

flopped top pair, but he is drawing dead to the river, and will make his exit from the tournament field.

06-13-2008 17:51 UTC-7

Sitar and Fitzgerald Dueling

[user66118]

Hold'em -

Kenneth Fitzgerald limps into the pot from the button, and both blinds join him in a cheap flop. The first three cards off are {10-Clubs}

, and action checks around.

Fourth street is the {8-Diamonds}

. Max Pescatori leads out from the small blind with a bet of 2,500, and Dustin Sitar bumps it up to 10,000. Fitzgerald stays around to see the river, but Pescatori ducks out.

That street brings the {6-Hearts}

. Sitar pushes out a bet of 12,000, and Fitzgerald obliges him with the call.

When the hands are turned over, Sitar has the winner with {9-Clubs}

, as his open-ended straight draw came through for him. With that win, he has moved up to 87,000, while Fitzgerald has fallen slightly behind him at 85,000.

06-13-2008 17:54 UTC-7

Buchanan Getting Aggressive

donpeters

If you're paying attention to the chip counts, you'll see Shawn Buchanan's chip count fluctuating a good amount. He is playing pots left and right and often they never make it to a showdown. He'll either fold to a big bet or push out his opponent. It seemed like a decent strategy for Buchanan when he was gaining chips, but has been up and down since.

06-13-2008 17:57 UTC-7

Never Trust a Man With Two First Names

[user66118]

Hold'em -

Jordan Morgan opened the betting with a raise to 4,000. John-Paul Kelly moved it up to 10,500, and Morgan reraised the full pot in response. Kelly moved all in, and Morgan made the call.

Morgan: {9-Clubs}

Kelly:

The board gave Morgan some more outs, but never got him all the way there. It ran out {6-Spades}

, and Morgan is crippled--down to just 1,600 chips.

06-13-2008 18:15 UTC-7

Seidel Sidles Out the Door

[user66118]

Hold'em -

We didn't get to see this hand play out, but here's the information we've gathered about it:

Allen Cunningham opened from the button with a raise to 3,000. Seidel came back with a reraise, making it 9,000 to go. Not to be outdone, Cunningham three-pops it, putting out a big enough raise to put Seidel all in.

Seidel calls, tabling {9-?}

and racing against Cunningham's {A-Diamonds}

. The flop was all diamonds, and the fourth diamond on the turn made Cunningham the nut flush and sent Seidel away to the rail.

After knocking out his fellow Full Tilt pro, Cunningham has chipped up to 54,000.

06-13-2008 18:17 UTC-7