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

Level: 14

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

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}

.

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.

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 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 22:45 UTC-7

No Bueno

[user66118]

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 22:56 UTC-7

After-Dinner Break

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

Level: 15

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2008 23:15 UTC-7

Back From Break

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"Dealers, put 'em in the air!" and we're back underway.

06-13-2008 23:21 UTC-7

Rolf Slotboom Eliminated

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Though the details of the hand aren't clear, Rolf Slotboom has been eliminated in the first hand after break, finishing up in 25th place.

06-13-2008 23:33 UTC-7

Racing With a Professor

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Hold'em -

Jonathan Depa starts the action with a raise to 8,000 from under the gun. Action folds around to Howard Lederer in the big blind, and he puts in a reraise to 25,500 with just 2,000 left behind it. Depa thinks for a minute and then slides in enough chips to put Lederer at risk. The hands are turned over, and both men shrug, seeming to know what the situation is well ahead of time.

Depa shows Howard his {A-Diamonds}