Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 19:49 UTC-7

Boatman Sinks

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Ross Boatman got the last of his chips in on a {Q-Spades}

flop vs. Birinder Nijran.

Boatman {A-Clubs}

Nijran

Boatman had flopped top two pair, but Nijran made a set of deuces. The turn was the {6-Spades}

, the river was the {9-Spades}

and Boatman hit the rail just as the tournament broke for dinner.

Tags: Birinder Nijran Ross Boatman

06-15-2008 19:52 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Shamus

We're down to 27 players and three tables. Players are taking a 60-minute dinner break.

06-15-2008 20:01 UTC-7

We're now down to 27 and the players have redrawn for seats on three tables. Here's the new lineup, complete with chip counts updated as of the dinner break:

Table 31:

Seat 1: Adam Hourani 410,000
Seat 2: Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis 175,000
Seat 3: Erik Seidel 95,000
Seat 4: Sigi Stockinger 91,000
Seat 5: Emmanuel Sebag 560,000
Seat 6: Eli Elezra 185,000
Seat 7: Daniel Negreanu 320,000
Seat 8: Alexander Kostritsyn 165,000
Seat 9: John Juanda 268,000

Table 32:

Seat 1: Jani Vilmunen 325,000
Seat 2: Kirill Gerasimov 350,000
Seat 3: Brian Rast 412,000
Seat 4: David Williams 280,000
Seat 5: Phil Hellmuth 295,000
Seat 6: Rafi Amit 38,000
Seat 7: Evan Sofer 247,000
Seat 8: Ralph Perry 170,000
Seat 9: Johnny Chan 273,500

Table 33:

Seat 1: Erick Lindgren 170,000
Seat 2: Nikolay Evdakov 93,000
Seat 3: Phil Galfond 228,500
Seat 4: Jamie Pickering 109,000
Seat 5: Cole South 80,000
Seat 6: Ted Lawson 165,000
Seat 7: Birinder Nijran 125,500
Seat 8: David Benyamine 147,500
Seat 9: Chris Ferguson 366,500

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

06-15-2008 20:50 UTC-7

Players Return from Dinner Break

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06-15-2008 21:00 UTC-7

Deep Stacks

Shamus

With blinds of 2,000/4,000, an opening preflop raise can range from 8,000 to 14,000.

The average chip stack among the 27 remaining players is above 225,000. The short stacks should be feeling some urgency, but most of the field have plenty of chips with which to play.

06-15-2008 21:05 UTC-7

Erik Seidel Eliminated

[user25067]

Erik Seidel moved all in on a flop of {Q-Hearts}

and found a caller in Adam Hourani.

Seidel {Q-Clubs}

Hourani

Seidel was ahead with two pair against Hourani's top pair top kicker. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

, but the river was the {A-Hearts}

making Hourani a higher two pair and Seidel was bounced from the tournament in 27th place.

After the hand Hourani was up to 500,000.

Tags: Adam Hourani Erik Seidel

06-15-2008 21:17 UTC-7

Gerasimov Knocks Out Perry

Shamus

On a flop of {8-Hearts}

, Ralph Perry bet 25,000 from the small blind, Kirill Gerasimov raised pot, and Perry called with the rest of his chips.

Perry showed {7-Spades}

for two pair, a gutshot straight draw, and a flush draw. Gerasimov showed {A-Diamonds}

for top pair, a straight draw, and a better flush draw.

The turn was the {2-Clubs}

, and Perry was still ahead. But the {2-Hearts}

on the river gave Gerasimov the hand, and Perry was out in 26th.

Tags: Kirill Gerasimov Ralph Perry

06-15-2008 21:25 UTC-7

Williams Douses Hellmuth's Fire

Shamus

On a flop of {7-Spades}

, Jani Vilmunen bet 12,000, David Williams called, and Phil Hellmuth also called. The turn was the {8-Spades}

. Vilmunen checked, Williams bet 50,000, Hellmuth called, and Vilmunen folded.

The river was the {8-Clubs}

. Williams bet 100,000, and Hellmuth went into the tank. After a couple of minutes of stewing, Hellmuth finally folded.

A Hellmuthian tirade followed, during which he saw fit to call Williams an "idiot." Williams reacted defensively, recounting to Hellmuth some of his previous play and discouraging him from making such accusations henceforth.

Tags: David Williams Phil Hellmuth

06-15-2008 21:26 UTC-7

Galfond Finds a New Life with Jesus

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On a flop of {Q-Diamonds}

, Phil Galfond led out for a pot-sized bet, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson raised pot, and Galfond reraised all in, getting a call from Ferguson.

Galfond {Q-Clubs}