Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-20-2008 16:23 UTC-7

We're Back

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And play has resumed.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-20-2008 16:02 UTC-7

On Break

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The players are on a 20-minute break.

06-20-2008 16:02 UTC-7

Table Talk Leads to Table Talk

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Preflop, Bryan Micon made it 6,600 to go and his opponent bumped the bet to 19,000. Micon declared his all in, and his opponent went into the tank.

'I love it when I don't have the decision. You have the decision," Micon chatted.

The dealer stepped in and told Micon he wasn't allowed to talk about the hand. This offered up some confusion, in which Micon wanted to know if he wasn't allowed to talk period, or if he wasn't allowed to talk about his specific hand.

This bit of questioning led a floor staff to the table to clarify the situation, which, ultimately, got many of the other players seated at and around the table chatting about the ruling as well.

The issue was shortly resolved and Micon is up over 100,000 after his opponent folded.

06-20-2008 15:58 UTC-7

Chip Counting Confusion

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Yesterday, players were instructed by dealers that asking for a chip count of an opponent during a hand was not allowed. Dealers were responding that they weren't allowed to touch a players chips, even if another player involved in a hand had asked for the count.

Today, this ruling came up again, where a player had asked for a count and was rejected. He called the floor, which upheld the ruling. After a bit of confusion and arguing, the floor staff for this event's restart were able to get ahold of a tournament official who declared the opposite; players are allowed to ask for chip counts and dealers are allowed to count it out.

The confusion has caused quite a stir, but all seems better now as the tournament staff here has clarified the situation clearly.

06-20-2008 15:54 UTC-7

Expensive Flop

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Preflop, a player in the big blind led out for 6,000 and Marc Aubin made the call. The flop ran {10-Diamonds}

and Marc led out for 12,000 after his opponent checked. The player called and the turn brought the {10-Spades}

, where again his opponent checked and Marc moved all in for his remaining 32,200. His opponent called and showed {K-Clubs}

and was up against Marc's {A-Diamonds}

. The

fell on the river and Marc's hand held up. He's now up to around 104,000.

06-20-2008 15:45 UTC-7

Mark Kelly Eliminates Josh Roberts

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Roberts had pocket kings to Kelly's ace-king, but the card in the window was an ace and that spelled the end of Roberts' day. Kelly is now up to 65,000.

06-20-2008 15:42 UTC-7

Wrong Wong

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We had Danny Wong busted in the chip counts, which was right...and wrong. There were actually two Danny Wong's who made it to Day 2--the Danny who came into play today with 10,700 has been eliminated, while the Danny who had 114,500 is still in. Though he's slipped a bit and is down to 78,000.

06-20-2008 15:36 UTC-7

Alex Jacob Wins Another Big Pot

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Alex Jacob raised to 5,000 and Jose Lopez reraised to 20,000. Jacob moved all in, Lopez called, and found that his pocket fours were crushed by Jacob's pocket aces. Jacob flopped a set, won the hand, and is now up to 104,000.

Tags: Alex Jacob

06-20-2008 15:14 UTC-7

Freddy Deeb Takes a Hit

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After Craig Hueffner limped on the button and the player in the small blind called, Freddy Deeb raised it up to 1,600. Heuffner then reraised to 6,000, the small blind mucked, and Deeb moved all in. Hueffner chose to call and found that his {A-Clubs}