Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

06-16-2008 22:20 UTC-8

Chip Leaders Chop

In a battle of the big stacks, Alex Zaslavsky raised it up from early position and chip leader Johnny Neckar made the call from the big blind.

The flop came {3-Clubs}

and Neckar checked to Zaslavsky who fired out 50,000. Neckar made the call.

The turn brought the {Q-Spades}

and again Neckar checked to Zaslavsky who fired another bullet worth 60,000. Necker called once more.

The river landed the {9-Diamonds}

and both players slowed and checked it down. Zaslavsky showed {A-Spades}

but would only get half the pot as Neckar flipped {A-Diamonds}

for the same hand! Chop it up!

Tags: Alex Zaslavsky Johnny Neckar

06-16-2008 22:28 UTC-8

Johnny Neckar opened with a raise from the button to 32,000 before John Phan reraised to 87,000 from the small blind. The action was then on Matt Vengrin who made the 4-bet to a total of 187,000. Neckar and Phan quickly folded as Vengrin collects a nice pot without needing to see a flop.

Vengrin is now up to 650,000 while Phan slips to 290,000.

Tags: John Phan Matt Vengrin

06-16-2008 22:37 UTC-8

Linda Lee Eliminated in 11th Place ($24,702)

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Linda Lee open-shoved from the button for about 85,000 and was called by David Singer in the small blinds.

Singer: {A-Spades}

Lee:

The board ran out {K-Spades}

and Linda Lee is eliminated in 11th place for $24,702 in prize money.

Tags: David Singer Linda Lee

06-16-2008 22:45 UTC-8

A Superstitious Final Ten

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The players have just been asked to complete the ESPN bio sheet for their final table coverage. However all of the players have refused, citing that it is bad luck to fill them out before they have reached the official final table!

06-16-2008 22:48 UTC-8

Down to Ten

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This is the makeup of our "Final Table." We will lose one more player before we have our official final table.

Table 61

Seat 1: Sebastian Segovia
Seat 2: Alex Bolotin
Seat 3: David Singer
Seat 4: Thuyen Doan
Seat 5: John Phan
Seat 6: Matt Vengrin
Seat 7: Stewart Newman
Seat 8: Alex Zaslavsky
Seat 9: Johnny Neckar
Seat 10: Tony Dunst

06-16-2008 22:56 UTC-8

Dunst Doubles

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The action folded to Alex Zaslavsky on the button who raised it up to 36,000. Johnny Neckar folded his small blind before Tony Dunst announced he was all in from the big blind for about 100,000 more.

"You did this to me before...OK I call!" said Zaslavsky.

"Kings" replied Dunst as he tabled {K-Diamonds}

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Zaslavsky showed {A-Spades}

and would need some help.

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

and Zaslavsky yelled "Yes!" thinking that he had made his straight on the river but Dunst quickly pointed out that the pot was his as he grabbed a double up to move to about 300,000 chips. Zaslavsky slips to under 400,000.

Tags: Alex Zaslavsky Tony Dunst

06-16-2008 23:16 UTC-8

Bolotin Spikes Set; Doubles Through Singer!

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Alex Bolotin opened the action with a raise from middle position to 35,000. David Singer was next to speak and flat called. The rest of the players folded and the two players took a flop.

The flop arrived {8-Clubs}

and Bolotin led out with a bet of 40,000. Singer asked Bolotin for a count of his remaining chips and thought for several minutes before announcing that he was all in. Before the words had left Singer's mouth, Bolotin announced a call and flipped over {8-Diamonds}