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

06-21-2008 15:45 UTC-7

Larry Wright is Eliminated

[user4144]

Robert Cheung raised the pot from the button and Larry Wright called in the small blind.

Flop = {J-Clubs}

Wright pushed all in on the flop, and Cheung swiftly made the call.

Cheung = {A-Diamonds}

Wright =

Turn =

River =

Tags: Larry Wright Robert Cheung

06-21-2008 15:42 UTC-7

After being desperately short last night as the bubble loomed, Clonie Gowen duly survived the last exit of the day and has subsequently turned a stack of just several thousand into a now whopping 75,000.

Her latest double-through came at the hands of British online pro Paul 'Pab' Foltyn, who briefly popped his head over the magic 100,000 mark at one point.

Gowen raised from late position for 5,500 with {J-Spades}

, Foltyn reraised to 16,000 from the blind with {A-Diamonds}

and Gowen pushed all in.

Foltyn quickly called, but was unable to improve his hand on a {2-Diamonds}

board. As a a result, Foltyn is now back down to 65,000.

Tags: Clonie Gowen Paul Foltyn

06-21-2008 15:41 UTC-7

Bell Tolls for Gorham

[user46392]

James Gorham is OUT -- he got his last 13,000 in preflop with {K-Diamonds}

, which smacked straight into Chris Bell's {Q-Clubs}

.

Board: absolutely no kings, but {J-Diamonds}

Bell now up to 76,000.

Tags: Chris Bell James Gorham

06-21-2008 15:37 UTC-7

Adler Doubles through Chicotsky

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Al Adler has doubled up to 44,000 through big stack David Chicotsky. Adler limped utg and there were two other limpers behind him. Chicotsky made it 10,000 from the small blind, and Adler went all in for a total of 18,000. Both other limpers got out of the way, and Chicotsky called.

Chicotsky: {J-Diamonds}

Adler:

Board:

Chicotsky drops down to 79,000.

Tags: Al Adler David Chicotsky

06-21-2008 15:31 UTC-7

Dragomir Eliminated

[user46392]

Cristian Dragomir is no more -- he raised from the button and then went all in for 30,000 total to a reraise from Jeff Sluzinski in the small blind. Call.

Sluzinski: {A-Hearts}

Dragomir: drawing thin with {K-Diamonds}

Board:

06-21-2008 15:27 UTC-7

A Bit of a Kerfuffle

[user4144]

From time to time a calming influence is required at the table, and today that person was Clonie Gowen. With one player yelling at the dealer for accidentally mucking his cards, Gowen quoted the TD rules in which players are responsible for the protection of their own hands and cannot blame the dealer if they are subsequently pulled into the muck. The player seemed to accept this and the situation was quickly diffused without the need for a tournament director to step in.

I wish we had Gowen down at my local cardroom, although that's just because I'm tired of looking at big, burly men.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

06-21-2008 15:26 UTC-7

Gowen Finds Aces

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Trevor Lawson raises to 6,000 in the cutoff, and Clonie Gowen goes all in from the big blind for another 12,000. Lawson called, and discovered that his {4-Hearts}

were in trouble against Gowen's {A-Spades}

.

Board: a four-free {8-Hearts}