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

06-21-2008 14:44 UTC-7

David MacHowsky Eliminated

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After doubling up twice today (although he was crippled prior to that), David MacHowsky has finally bitten the dust and been eliminated from today's event.

Tags: David Machowsky

06-21-2008 14:42 UTC-7

Wiesner Doubles Through

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Brett Wiesner has doubled up to 35,000, getting most of his chips in preflop with {A-Hearts}

and then perfectly happy to stick his last 6,000 in on the {K-Diamonds}

flop. His opponent had to call for that much, but didn't stand a chance after the flop with his {J-Clubs}

, which duly failed to hit.

Tags: Brett Wiesner

06-21-2008 14:41 UTC-7

After initially being refused entry into today's event due to forgetting his ID (I can confirm he resisted using the "do you know who I am" line), Greco's obstinacy has clearly reaped its rewards, the former soap star and GUKPT winner doubling through courtesy of Rado Boltryk.

All in with {A-Clubs}

, Greco was in dominant shape against Boltryk's {Q-Spades}

, and with his breath held, Greco proceeded to survive a harmless {10-Hearts}

board.

Whilst Greco jumps up to the dizzy nose-bleed inducing heights of 41,200, Boltryk drops to a dangerously low 2,300.

Tags: Michael Greco Rado Boltryk

06-21-2008 14:37 UTC-7

Rousso Eliminated

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Vanessa Rousso is no more. She reraised all in from the button to an utg raise, but Eugene Todd, on exactly the same chips as Rousso, called all in from the small blind The original raiser folded, and Rousso found that her {Q-Spades}

were in some trouble against Todd's {K-Diamonds}

. Todd's hand only improved on the {8-Hearts}

board, and Rousso was eliminated in 59th place while Todd doubled up to 30,000.

Tags: Eugene Todd Vanessa Rousso

06-21-2008 14:33 UTC-7

Roy Winston Eliminated

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Roy Winston failed to eliminate a short stack with {A-Hearts}

, David MacHowsky's {J-Clubs}

rivering a flush on a {3-Clubs}

board to lap up the pot. As a result, MacHowsky doubled through to 6,500.

Several hands later, Winston came over the top of Jan Von Halle's button raise from the big blind with {A-Spades}

, only to be looked up by {6-Hearts}

. But again, Winston witnessed another big hand crumble, the {10-Hearts}

board giving Von Halle the pot, and Winston the door.

Tags: Roy Winston

06-21-2008 14:31 UTC-7

Howard Having a Good Day

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One player who is having a good first level is Chris Howard, who has doubled up twice in the first three hands to put him up to around 41,000 -- and then managed to eliminate an opponent with the worst hand a few hands later, putting him on 60,000.

First, he bet every street of a {4-Hearts}

board, his {7-Spades}

making a gutshot straight on the river to win the hand.

Then the next hand he found {A-Diamonds}

in the small blind, and got all his chips in against the cutoff who was holding sixes and received no help from the board.

A few hands later, Howard raised to 4,400 from mid position and the cutoff made it 16,000 with just 3,000 behind. Howard put him all in, and was dominated with {A-Clubs}

to his opponent's {A-Spades}

-- but the board came down {Q-Spades}

to give him two pair and knock out the other guy.

Tags: Chris Howard

06-21-2008 14:26 UTC-7

Gowen Survives

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Clonie Gowen has doubled up her short stack, finding her self all in with A-J versus A-3 and cementing victory with a jack on the flop.

Gowen now on 13,000.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

06-21-2008 14:24 UTC-7

Double K.O.

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Like a one-two from Mike Tyson, two players have hit the deck in one hand, Amato Galasso the player donning the gloves and dealing the knockout punches.

His unfortunate victims were Michael Cordell {5-Diamonds}