2008 World Series of Poker

Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$528,418
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,327,600
Entries
1,012
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Bentham Keeping Quiet

Thomas Bentham
Thomas Bentham
Thomas Bentham, who is sharing a table with Team PokerStars pro and double bracelet winner Bill Chen, is keeping relatively quiet so far today amid the bedlam of other tables, his stack currently hovering around the 60,000 mark.

Meanwhile, across the table is the daunting figure of Alon Shahar and his 265,000 chip-leading stack. Although seemingly invincible throughout the entirety of yesterday's play, I did witness Shahar lose a pot, heavy preflop action being followed by a checked-down {A-Hearts}{2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} board, Shahar mucking as his opponent showed a triumphant {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

Tags: Alon ShaharThomas Bentham

Astonishing Pace

Even taking into account that this is a six-handed event, the pace of exits has been impressive. However, the average stack with 66 left and the blinds at 800/1600 is currently around 77,000 -- that's 50 big blinds -- so we may well see some tightening up as the prospect of the big money approaches.

Floyd Eliminated

Russ Floyd is out. He got his chips in preflop with a classic {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} under the gun against the equally classic {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} of Scott Zakheim immediately to his left -- Floyd raised, Zakheim reraised all in, and Floyd called all in so they were on their backs.

Board: {7-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {2-Diamonds}

Tags: Russ FloydScott Zakheim

Costner Eliminated

Gabe Costner is no more. Holding {K-Spades} {J-Spades}, he thought it was his lucky day when he hit his jack on the {7-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {10-Spades} {J-Clubs} board. Leo Fernandez checked to him and he bet 12,000 from the cutoff -- but Fernandez raised him all in, and Costner called.

The jack wasn't as good for Costner as he thought it was -- Fernandez turned over {Q-Clubs} {K-Clubs} for the flush, and Costner was drawing dead before the {4-Hearts} river.

Tags: Gabe Costner

No Walk in the Park

Edmund Park has been eliminated.

Frank Rusnak raised to 4,000 preflop and Edmund Park made it 9,500, only for Ed Fernandez to bump it up to 34,000.

Whilst Rusnak ducked out of the way, Park was less accommodating, pushing all in for a total of 63,000.

Fernandez called.

Fernandez = {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Park = {7-?}{7-?}

Board = {5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

Fernandez now on 180,000.

Tags: Ed FernandezEdmund ParkFrank Rusnak

Terry Terrorises Chen

With Todd Terry raising it up to 4,000 from late position, Bill Chen made the call from the big blind leading to both players seeing a {2-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop.

After Chen check-called 4,500 on the flop and 10,000 on the {6-Diamonds} turn, both players checked down the {K-Clubs} river only for Terry to take it down with {K-Spades}{J-Spades}.

Chen mucked and drops to 60,000. Terry jumps to 77,000.

Tags: Bill ChenTodd Terry

Mercier Has the Goods

Two of our larger stacks have clashed, leaving one crippled and the other in contention for the chip lead.

All in preflop, Jason Mercier's {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} was dominating Andrew Emory's {A-?} {10-?}, and absolutely nothing changed on the {2-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {4-Hearts} board.

Mercier is now up to 218,000, while Emory sinks down to just 26,000.

Tags: Jason Mercier