but smacking into the 
of Jan Von Halle on the big blind. Von Halle sensibly reraised, Galasso had to call, and with no help at all from the 
board, Galasso hit the rail.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,101,100
Entries
605
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 605
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but smacking into the of Jan Von Halle on the big blind. Von Halle sensibly reraised, Galasso had to call, and with no help at all from the board, Galasso hit the rail.
The fire was kindled when Sluzinski smooth called Zamani's big blind of 14,000, after Sluzinski had limped from the small. Both players checked the
flop before it all exploded on the 
turn, Sluzinski leading out for 20,000, Ben Zamani raising to 40,000 and Sluzinski pushing all in.With the second nuts in the hole, Zamani bit his opponent's arm off like a starved caveman and quickly revealed
. Sluzinski meekly showed 
.No miracle straight arrived on the
river and that was that, Sluzinski had hit the felt leaving Zamani to rake in the chips and begin building his newly acquired 300,000 stack.
being gunned down by Ayaz Mahmood's 
on a K-8-3-6-9 board.
He raised to 28,000 with
, only for Lee Watkinson to go all in for a total of 54,000. Feeling committed, Lehr called. Watkinson was holding pocket tens and the board didn't do anything for Lehr, who was left with just 40,000 while Watkinson doubled up to 110,000.He doubled up a few hands later, moving all in from the big blind with
after Benjamin Zamani raised the pot from the small blind with 
. Zamani failed to hit and Lehr was back up to 80,000.However, a few hands after that, Ayaz Mahmood raised utg and Lehr reraised all in from the big blind. Mahmood called.
Lehr: A-9
Mahmood: 4-4
No help for Lehr from the board, and his roller-coaster ride over, it's time for him to disembark and shakily leave the Brasilia Room.
The reason for his internal rage was not a bad beat, but a failed coinflip with Chris Bell. With Bell raising it to 24,000 from under-the-gun, Binger made it a total of 82,000 to play. Bell took little time in putting his man all in, and after a brief pause, Binger made what appeared to be a very reluctant call.
However, although he was relieved to be in with a fifty-fifty shot with
versus 
, Binger missed the 
board and was gone in 11th.As soon as the river hit, Binger lept from his seat in anguish, the pain and frustration of not winning a coinflip at such a crucial stage evident for all to see.
Seat 1: David Kitai -- 170,000
Seat 2: Ben Roberts -- 120,000
Seat 3: Ayaz Mahmood -- 310,000
Seat 4: Michael Greco -- 115,000
Seat 5: Chris Bell -- 470,000
Seat 6: Jan Von Halle -- 474,000
Seat 7: Benjamin Zamani -- 215,000
Seat 8: Robert Cheung -- 230,000
Seat 9: Keith Greer -- 78,000
Seat 10: Lee Watkinson -- 100,000
They then proceeded to check down the
board, at the end of which Cheung showed 
for the unpaid nut flush, and Bell just mucked.
