Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 15:07 UTC-7

More Than a Double

MarcC

Greg 'FBT' Mueller managed to more than double up just before the break.

There was a raise before Mueller moved all in for 15,100. A call behind scared the intial raiser into folding {A-?}

, or so he claimed.

Mueller was holding {A-Diamonds}

to his opponent's {A-Hearts}

.

The board was {K-Hearts}

.

Mueller back up to 38,000 now.

Tags: Greg 'FBT' Mueller

06-15-2008 15:03 UTC-7

Bobbing Along Out of the Room

MarcC

An all-in preflop encounter just happened between Robert White and Brian Olsson. White's tournament was on the line as he was the all-in player.

Olsson tabled {J-Hearts}

and was in good shape against White's {J-Diamonds}

.

The three-outer didn't come and White leaves with the hoardes of eliminations.

Tags: Brian Olsson

06-15-2008 14:50 UTC-7

Double Down

MarcC

Greg 'FBT' Mueller is down to just 10,500 chips after doubling up an opponent.

It all went in preflop and Mueller was holding a weak-looking {A-Spades}

. He was ahead of his opponent's {K-Clubs}

, though.

The board came {8-Clubs}

.

The jack was enough to seal the deal.

Tags: Greg 'FBT' Mueller

06-15-2008 14:49 UTC-7

Bernard Lee Gives Back

[user22113]

After starting the day as chip leader, Bernard Lee has lost a large portion of his chips, the majority of which occurred when he doubled up another player at his table.

The board read {3-Diamonds}

and Lee's opponent bet 11,000. Lee made the call and the turn came {Q-Spades}

. His opponent bet out for 14,000 and Lee came over the top all in.

His opponent made the call and the cards were tabled. Lee showed {K-Clubs}

and his opponent {A-Clubs}

. The river brought the last remaining king but the ace kicker played and Lee lost about 50,000.

Tags: Bernard Lee

06-15-2008 14:46 UTC-7

The tournament supervisor has just announced that we will be taking a 20 minute break at the end of this level.

"Due to the length of the payout line" first break is coming early.

As it stands right now about 35 people are standing in line, frustrated and impatient. It takes about 2 minutes per player to process through the system and the lines is growing at a slightly faster pace.

06-15-2008 14:39 UTC-7

Eli's Not So Fast

MarcC

Eli Berg has just been eliminated after being on the wrong side of two races.

First up he doubled up a short stack holding {4-?}

to his

. No ace or king arrived to help Berg.

Next up Berg was the short stack and he was holding the pocket pair to an opponent's over cards of {A-?}

. This time though the overcard appeared on the flop to send Berg home early on day 2.

Tags: Eli Berg

06-15-2008 14:28 UTC-7

Bilney Bids Farewell

[user22113]

Australian poker star Sarah Bilney has left on a disappointing note today. Her first disappointment came when her opponent's {K-?}

beat her

. Her second and final upsetting hand came when she was all-in preflop with pocket queens and was snapped by {A-?}

.

Tags: Sarah Bilney

06-15-2008 14:24 UTC-7

Wrong Turning

MarcC

Firstly I witness Neil Channing make a raise from the cutoff but have to lay his hand down to a reraise all in from the big blind.

As I swivel round, I notice Terry Prince has made a raise from under the gun to 3,200. Nicholas Benisek is in the hijack and reraises all in for 19,700 more. After Prince receives the count he makes the call.

Prince flips over {J-?}

and is up against Benisek's {A-?}

.

The flop comes {K-?}

seeing Benisek take the lead.

The turn then comes {J-?}

like a dagger in the heart before {9-?}

river comes. Benisek heads off to join the long cash-out line.

Tags: Terry Prince

06-15-2008 14:16 UTC-7

The Field is Shrinking

[user22113]

We are less than 15 minutes into day two, and the field is shrinking very quickly. Over 20 players have called it a day and the pace doesn't seem to be slowing at all, as the cash-out line continues to grow.