Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-22-2008 16:12 UTC-8

Hand #92 - Bell

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Bell raises to 75,000 from the button to pick up the blinds.

06-22-2008 16:11 UTC-8

Hand #91 - Kitai

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Davidi Kitai, who has been unrelenting of late, makes another preflop raise to take down the blinds uncontested.

06-22-2008 16:10 UTC-8

Hand #90 - Bell Gets a Walk

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06-22-2008 16:10 UTC-8

Hand #89 - Greer

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Keith Greer and Davidi Kitai see a cheap {K-Clubs}

flop from the blinds.

Check, check.

Turn = {5-Hearts}

Two more checks.

River = {5-Spades}

Check, check again.

{8-?}

earns Greer the pot.

06-22-2008 16:07 UTC-8

Hand #88 - Greer Gets a Walk

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06-22-2008 16:07 UTC-8

Hand #87 - Bell

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Chris Bell raises to 72,000 from the small blind.

Respect from Jan von Halle as he shows an ace and folds.

06-22-2008 16:06 UTC-8

Hand #86 - von Halle

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Von Halle is under the gun and makes it 84,000. To applause and some German words of encouragement from Katja Thater, von Halle wins the blinds.

06-22-2008 16:05 UTC-8

Chris Bell raises to 75,000 preflop only for Davidi Katai to make it 125,000 to play.

Bell, as calculated as ever, fiddles with his chips as he mulls over his next move. After a brief pause, he makes the fold.

06-22-2008 16:02 UTC-8

Hand #84 - Von Halle

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Von Halle limps in the small blind, and Greer checks.

Flop: {10-Diamonds}

Von Halle bets out 32,000, and Greer gives it up.

06-22-2008 16:02 UTC-8

Little Room for Maneuver

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Players haven't had too much room to maneuver of late, the delayed finish last night as we awaited the departure of that final table bubble perhaps making this less deep stacked than it might have been.

Looking back at the hands, I think they show that if the action isn't a preflop showdown, many hands are being checked all the way down, as players would be investing a large segment of their stack with more than a couple of bets or raises.