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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,327,600
Total Entries
1,012
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,012
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, the mound of chips in the middle perhaps suggesting that Marshak had raised it up preflop and been called by the blinds.Either way, after Skomac had checked, Shahar bet out 15,000 and Marshak pushed all in, pausing briefly before meticulously sliding his 75,000 stack across line.
With Skomac ducking out of the way, Shahar didn't look best pleased, but called nonetheless.
Shahar =
Marshak =
As the dealer dealt out the
turn, Marshak chanted, "No heart, no heart," not realizing he had the in the hole.Although a heart on the river would have been thoroughly amusing, if only to witness the befuddled reaction of Marshak, out came a harmless
to pair the board and give the short-stack the pot."He calling no heart, baby, when he would have had the nut," commented Scotty Nguyen in the aftermath.
Filtz checked the
flop and Chen bet 20,000. Filtz made it 48,000 and Chen called.Filtz moved all in for 165,000 to cover Chen on the
river and again Chen called.Chen:
Filtz:
River:
Filtz very nearly doubles up, Chen gets an early night, and we are down to three tables.
and made the call. Albertson flipped 
.Flop =
"Paint!" demanded Albertson, although I thought he should have been more specific.
Nevertheless, the dealer duly obliged, giving him a
on the turn followed by a non-six 
river.Albertson is up to 200,000; Keenan is down to 210,000.
O'Shea =
Skomac =
Board =
O'Shea spikes a ten to survive and now has 260,000. Skomac, meanwhile, drops to 155,000.
flop, all the money flies in with Kevin Song's 
in need of assistance against the 
of Stuart Marshak.The
and 
turn and river are blanks and Marshak doubles through to 216,000.
With Song raising it up to 17,000 from the cutoff, Minieri made it 35,000 from the small, Song called and the two players saw a
flop. Minieri bet 72,000, Song called and out came the turn, the
. This time Minieri checked, as did Song.On the
river, both players checked again, Dario announcing, "Ace high," but it wasn't good enough, Song taking it down with 
.
As if to make up for it, though, he won the next two hands in a row. First he made it 18,000 UTG and it folded around to Cory Albertson on the big blind who thought about it for a little while, but then folded. As he was folding, Albertson took delivery of a glass of orange juice from one of the waiters. "Keeps my hair orange," he toasted me.
The following hand, Todd Terry raised Shahar's big blind from the button. Shahar called. They both checked the
flop, and saw the 
turn, at which point Shahar bet out 20,000. Terry called. The river came down the and now Shahar bet out 60,000. With an enormous sigh, Terry went into the tank. After some time contemplating the felt with his hand to his temples, Terry folded, leaving himself with 120,000.
Back round to Marshak who quickly slid his remaining 108,000 over the line, Minieri folding quicker than a cheetah on Concorde.
"Who started this?" asked Nguyen chuckling.
"This idiot," confessed Fernandez.
On their backs and Fernandez was in trouble, his
suited and booted, but in need of improving to topple the ladies of Marhsak. The 
board provided no such luck, Marshak earning himself a most timely of double-ups and climbing to well over 200,000 in chips.
