Event 3 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-03-2008 19:12 UTC-7

Information Hub

[user4144]

As the players brace themselves for action after a short 20 minute hiatus away from the table, it has come to my attention that Dana and I are serving a dual purpose here at ringside. Not only are we official bloggers of the World Series, but we are also the Amazon Room's very own information hub.

Whether people want to know when a certain event starts, how many players are left in another event or how Jennifer Tilly likes her eggs in the morning, we appear to be the encyclopedic nucleus of the Rio.

One guy even asked me if this was the main event, and another trundled across the breadth of the room just to inform me that I was a dead ringer for that Sylar chap out of Heroes. Now I've seen that show, and Sylar doesn't appear to be the friendliest of characters, so anymore Sylar references from random strangers and I might be forced to dip inside minds and steal peoples' abilities. I think Phil Ivey might be a good start.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

06-03-2008 19:28 UTC-7

Cool Cucumbers

[user4144]

It's a bit strange writing about all these players but never really seeing what they look like, so in order to put names to faces, I decided to pop over to our final two tables, if only to get a feel of the current atmosphere as the big bucks approach.

Surprisingly, although there's little in the way of chit-chat, everyone seems to be pretty relaxed, Brandon Schaefer ever-smiling as always, and Dave Singer looking as though he does this every day, which I guess he almost does. Also looking upbeat is Robert Lipkin, possibly the chattiest, most amicable player on his table at the moment.

In contrast, Eric Shanks is keeping his thoughts to himself and remaining relatively quiet. With his shirt pulled over his mouth like a cowboy's bandana, he seems highly focused on the matter at hand and determined not to make even the slightest of slip-ups.

Tags: Eric Shanks

06-03-2008 19:30 UTC-7

Waiting For Spots

[user46392]

There isn't a lot of information making its way across the room in the greasy mitts of our field reporters, from which we may infer that the action is pretty slow right now, everyone desperate to make the final table now they've made it this far. There are a few 10-or-12-big-blind-sized stacks though, so it's just a matter of time...

06-03-2008 19:41 UTC-7

Singing the Blues

[user46392]

David Singer's dropped a fair few chips without seeing any flops -- most unusual...

Two hands in a row, Singer raised to 16,000 but laid it down to a re-pot behind. Then he tried a different tack and just limped in, but again laid it down to a raise from the button. He's not quite singing his swan song yet, but Singer down to around 115,000 - a fairly hefty drop.

Tags: David Singer

06-03-2008 19:59 UTC-7

Massive Hand, New Leader

[user46392]

Scott Seiver raised the pot from the button, only for big blind Joe Tehan to re-pot him. Seiver was having none of this and went all in. Tehan called, and Seiver was very unhappy to see that his {6-Clubs}

was miles behind Tehan's {Q-Clubs}

. Nothing changed on the {9-Hearts}

board, and Tehan is up to a monstrous 470,000 while former chip leader Seiver is down to 135,000.

Tags: Joe Tehan Scott Seiver

06-03-2008 20:00 UTC-7

Shanks Hits the Deck

[user4144]

Sad news for Eric Shanks fans, as he has just departed at the hands of Scott Seiver.

All in preflop.

Shanks = {A-Spades}

Seiver =

Board =

Tags: Eric Shanks Scott Seiver

06-03-2008 20:05 UTC-7

King's Aces - It's a No for Yeh

[user46392]

Zachary King raised to 16,000 on the cutoff, and short stack Philip Yeh made it all in for 39,000 total from the button. Call.

On their backs, Yeh was in trouble -- he'd smacked his {7-Hearts}

right into King's {A-Hearts}

and there was no miracle for him on the {10-Spades}

board, meaning that he is, obviously, OUT.

Tags: Philip Yeh Zachary King

06-03-2008 20:07 UTC-7

More Action Than a Die Hard Flick

[user4144]

Scott Seiver, whose stack has seen more action than a Die Hard flick, has just encountered yet another preflop all-in showdown, this time against Jacobo Fernandez. In what was a classic coinflip situation, Seiver's {10-Spades}

needed to avoid a king or ace against the Big Slick {K-Diamonds}

of Fernandez. However, it wasn't to be, as the board came {K-Hearts}

to give Fernandez a timely double up and Seiver a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

Tags: Jacobo Fernandez Scott Seiver

06-03-2008 20:11 UTC-7

Seiver Gone!

[user4144]

Astonishingly, in what was a hat trick of action-packed hands, Scott Seiver is OUT. All in... would you believe it... preflop, Scott and his {A-Spades}

was unable to Russell Harriman out of the hand as the latter revealed a dominating {A-Diamonds}

. No nine came to save Seiver and the American was gone.

Tags: Russell Harriman Scott Seiver