2008 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$631,656
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,712,800
Entries
2,720
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Fohrenbach's Stack Decimated

Richard Fohrenbach opened for 9,000 from UTG and Robert Gianquitti called from late position. The flop was {4-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Clubs}. Fohrenbach checked, Gianquitti bet 15,000, Fohrenbach raised all in and Gianquitti called.

Fohrenbach {8-Spades} {8-Hearts}

Gianquitti {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

The turn was the {A-Spades}, the river was the {5-Hearts} and Gianquitti dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 110,000. Fohrenbach was left with only 31,000.

Tags: Richard FohrenbachRobert Gianquitti

Travis Maly Eliminated

Travis Maly was just sent home when he came up short in a hand for his tournament life. Maly held the {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} and was up against the {7-Spades} {7-Hearts} of Michel Leibgorin. The board helped neither player as it came out {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs} {4-Spades} {3-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}. Maly was eliminated while Michel Leibgorin is sitting on a stack of just over 100,000 after the hand.

Lila Aviv Eliminated

David Moore opened for 10,000 from UTG, Lila Aviv shipped it all in for 42,000 and Moore called.

Aviv {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}

Moore {J-Spades} {J-Hearts}

The flop was a disaster for Aviv, coming down {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Hearts}. The turn was the {Q-Clubs}, the river was the {8-Spades}, and Moore snapped off Aviv's aces, eliminating her from the tournament.

Tags: David MooreLila Aviv

Adam Levy Doubles Through Leroy Le

Adam Levy moved all in from early position for his last 33,700. Action folded around to Leroy Le on the button and he made the call. The players showed:

Levy: {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}
Le: {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}

The flop came {6-Spades} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} giving Le a flush draw to go with his overcards. The turn fell the {J-Clubs} which killed a few of Le's outs. The river came the {Q-Diamonds} and Levy's three jacks were best. He doubled to approximately 70,000 chips and left Le with just about 48,000.

Marcin Horecki Doubles Up

Marcin Horecki moved all in preflop and got a caller in Norman Contreras. Horecki showed {A-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}, well behind Contreras' {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}. The flop was {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} making Contreras a set, but the {10-Spades} fell on the turn making Horecki a Broadway straight. The river was the {5-Diamonds} and Horecki doubled to 70,000. Contreras was left with 135,000.

Tags: Marcin HoreckiNorman Contreras

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Mazlum Acar Eliminated

Mazlum Acar moved his last 28,000 into the middle holding {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}. Christian Hunichen made the call and flipped over {A-Hearts} {J-Spades}.

The board ran out {K-Spades} {4-Spades} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {J-Clubs} giving Hunichen the winning two pair and sent Acar heading for the payout table.

Three-Way All in, Three-Way Chop

Edward Salazar raised to 10,000 from UTG, Brett Brucaleri moved all in for 21,400, Scott Richey flat-called, Mike Zulker moved all in for 44,200, Salazar folded and Richey called.

Brucaleri {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

Richey {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}

Zulker {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and they split the pot three ways.

Barry Greenstein Eliminated, Joshua Schlein Wins Barry's Book

Barry Greenstein moved all in for 19,800 and Joshua Schlein called from the button.

Greenstein {A-Diamonds} {4-Spades}

Schlein {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} and Schlein made a flush to eliminate Greenstein. In addition to the pot, he also won a personally inscribed copy of Greenstein's book, "Ace on the River" complete with the details of the knockout hand.

Tags: Barry GreensteinJoshua Schlein