Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-16-2008 23:50 UTC-7

Bloch Loses Big, Then Makes Comeback

Andy Bloch lost a monster pot when involved in a hand heads up against Tommy Hang. After losing the hand, Bloch was down to 265,000 and then managed to dominate the next three hands. On the third hand, Bloch was heads up again with Hang, with Hang calling Bloch all the way to the river. Both players showed over-pairs, with Hang holding pocket queens and Bloch holding pocket aces.

After striking the three-hand comeback, Bloch is back up over 380,000.

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06-16-2008 23:33 UTC-7

Terrence Chan Is Out in 25th Place ($20,492)

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Chan was crippled in a hand where Eric Buchman made the nut flush on the river and was eliminated a few hands later by J.C. Tran.

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06-16-2008 23:30 UTC-7

Patrick Bueno Is Eliminated in 26th Place ($20,492)

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Patrick Bueno put in the rest of his chips after a {7-Hearts}

flop holding {K-Hearts}

, only to find that Steve Sung had him dominated with {A-Diamonds}

. Bueno didn't catch a King on the turn or river and was eliminated in 26th place.

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06-16-2008 23:26 UTC-7

J.C. Tran Drops Two Pots in a Row

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Shun Uchida bet, Chris Vitch raised and J.C. Tran three-bet. The other two players called and they saw a {6-Clubs}

flop. Uchida and Vitch both checked then both called Tran's bet. The {7-Clubs}

turned, Uchida and Vitch again checked and when Tran bet again Uchida called and Vitch folded. Both players checked when the {2-Clubs}

fell on the river and Tran said, "All right, how big's your pair?". It turned out Uchida's {10-Hearts}

pipped Tran's {9-Clubs}

and that post propelled Uchida up to 280,000.

A few hands later Andy Bloch raised and Tran called from the cutoff. Block check-called Tran's 6,000 bet after the {4-Clubs}

flop and when the {Q-Clubs}

turned Bloch checked again. Tran bet, Bloch check-raised, and Tran laid his hand down. Losing those two pots dropped him down to 157,000.

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06-16-2008 23:16 UTC-7

Survivng the Night

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With an average chipstack of 165,000, and the blinds being at 3,000/6,000, many players have been stranded waiting to catch just the right hand to get all their chips in with.

Many shortstacks exist within the field, with the average player having only thirteen big blinds in front of them. The big stacks haven't been wasting their time, pushing the smaller stacks around first chance they get. We've only had a couple double ups, though not many of the remaining players have been willing to risk getting their chips in the middle just yet.

06-16-2008 23:14 UTC-7