2008 World Series of Poker

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦q♠
Prize
$244,546
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,101,100
Entries
605
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
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From in the Money to the Final Table

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Michael Binger
Michael Binger
Play was halted last night when the money bubble burst, and 63 players will come back today for day two of Event 38, a $2,000 Pot Limit Hold Em event.

The Chip Leader is Michael Binger, who has about a 50% lead on the rest of the field as play begins today. 'Gentleman' Ben Roberts, Shane 'Shaniac' Schleger, and North Carolina's finest, Chris Bell are among those chasing Binger, and trying to make their WSOP dreams come true.

Play resumes today at 2pm. Chip Counts entering today's play are:

Michael Binger 146100
Davidi Kitai 97600
Ayaz Mahmood 97600
David Chicotsky 94100
Ben Roberts 81900
Chris Bell 80200
Shane Schleger 79400
George Shahrezay 76500
Lee Watkinson 74500
Eric Lupovich 73500
Keith Lehr 72800
Jonathan Tamayo 68000
Davood Mehrmand 66800
Paul Foltyn 65500
Trevor Lawson 62900
Blake Steep 59800
Derek Dempsey 54000
Noam Freedman 49600
Neil Channing 49400
Sunny Chattha 49300
Shaun Linefsky 48300
James Gorham 40700
Chris Dombrowski 40300
Robert Cheung 39500
Gavin Polone 38900
Keith Greer 37800
Cristian Dragomir 36200
Thomas Fuller 34400
Benjamin Zamani 31700
Dan Quinn 31700
Marco Traniello 30500
Jeff Sluzinski 30200
Anthony George 30100
Rado Boltryk 27600
Rob Perry 27000
Thomas Sanduski 26200
Matthew Hilger 24400
Larry Wright 24400
Dave Brooker 22300
Kyle Wilson 22300
Dale Pinchot 22000
Andrew Rosskamm 21600
Roy Winston 20000
Michael Greco 19700
Jan Von Halle 19600
Shawn Van-Asdale 19200
Eugene Todd 18200
Al Adler 17300
Veronica Castellana 17200
Jeff Langdon 16100
David MacHowsky 13500
Christopher Howard 12700
Olivia Boeree 11100
Cliff Spiro 11000
Brett Wiesner 9400
Clonie Gowen 8900
Andre Johnstone 7200
Josef Bachar 6900
Vanessa Rousso 5800
Mike Cordell 5400
Amato Galasso 4700
Philip Lowery 3200
Paul Quade 1100

Tags: Michael Binger

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

Greco Sneaks In

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After forgetting his ID, a short-stacked Michael 'Don't Call Me Beppe' Greco was informed that he would be unable to play, even though he had his credit card, player's card and all sorts of other card based wallet fillers in his possession.

"This is ridiculous, the press know who I am, all the players at my table know me. I made a genuine mistake. I've got no chips, I'll get blinded away." Even my good self suggested a quick Google to reveal the minor celebrity status that Greco possesses in his home nation of England.

With his pleas continuing to fall on stony ground, Greco may have been contemplating making the long trip back to his hotel room at the Wynn, but decided to make one last plea for mercy before the current supervisor of this event.

Sadly, I was in no position to eavesdrop on that exchange, but the famous Greco charm must have been working overtime as the former Eastender did indeed take his seat with just seconds to spare and is now currently back to nurturing his struggling stack of 18,000.

Tags: Michael Greco

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}{5-Clubs} and Paul Quade {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}, both of which succumbed to Galasso's American Airlines on a {7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Hearts} board.

Tags: Amato GalassoMichael CordellPaul Quade

Gowen Survives

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Attack of the Clonies
Attack of the Clonies
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

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} {9-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {5-Spades} {6-Diamonds} board, his {7-Spades} {8-Clubs} making a gutshot straight on the river to win the hand.

Then the next hand he found {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} 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} {Q-Spades} to his opponent's {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} -- but the board came down {Q-Spades} {3-Hearts} {8-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} to give him two pair and knock out the other guy.

Tags: Chris Howard

Roy Winston Eliminated

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Roy Winston
Roy Winston
Roy Winston failed to eliminate a short stack with {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, David MacHowsky's {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs} rivering a flush on a {3-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{K-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}{K-Hearts}, only to be looked up by {6-Hearts}{7-Spades}. But again, Winston witnessed another big hand crumble, the {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts} board giving Von Halle the pot, and Winston the door.

Tags: Roy Winston

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