Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

06-22-2008 23:57 UTC-7

Players Are on a Break

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Play will resume in 20 minutes.

06-22-2008 23:53 UTC-7

Mike Carson Eliminated in 22nd Place ($17,450)

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Thom Werthmann raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Mike Carson moved all in for 270,000 from early position. Action folded back around to Werthmann and he made the call. The players showed:

Carson: {A-Hearts}

Werthmann: {K-Hearts}

The board came {J-Diamonds}

and Carson was eliminated in 22nd place. He'll leave wih $17,450 in prize money. Thom Werthmann is now slightly over the one-million chip mark with 1,030,000 in chips.

06-22-2008 23:44 UTC-7

Mike Carson Doubles Through Kevin Oleary

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Action folded around to Mike Carson on the button and he pushed all in for his last 135,000. Kevin Oleary called from the big blind and the players showed:

Carson: {J-Clubs}

Oleary:

The flop had Oleary drawing almost dead as it came {J-Spades}

. There was no runner-runner miracle and Carson doubled up to about 285,000.

06-22-2008 23:29 UTC-7

Curtis Early Doubles Through Russell Spaid

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Dan Lu raised to 33,000 from late position. Russell Spaid reraised to 103,000 from the button and Curtis Early pushed all in from the big blind for a total of 152,000. Lu threw his hand away but Spaid made the call. The players showed:

Spaid: {A-Diamonds}

Early:

It was a race situation and Early took a huge lead when the flop came {J-Diamonds}

. The turn and river came the {3-Hearts}

and

respectively and Early doubled to just over 350,000.

06-22-2008 23:25 UTC-7

Igor Tiguy Eliminated in 23rd Place ($17,450)

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Igor Tiguy shipped in his last 140,000 and got a caller in Thom Werthmann.

Tiguy: {A-Clubs}

Werthmann: {J-Spades}

Werthmann's jacks held up on the {9-Diamonds}

board and Tiguy hit the rail in 23rd place.

Tags: Igor Tiguy

06-22-2008 23:24 UTC-7

Minh Nguyen Eliminated in 24th Place ($17,450)

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Minh Nguyen moved all in for his remaining 27,000 from UTG and Michael Polcari called from late position.

Nguyen: {A-Clubs}

Polcari:

The board ran out {5-Spades}

, Nguyen could not improve and he was eliminated.

Tags: Minh Nguyen

06-22-2008 23:23 UTC-7

Feng Tsai Chen Eliminated in 25th Place ($17,450)

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James Paras raised to 40,000 from early position. Feng Tsai Chen reraised all in for her last 127,000 from middle position. Action folded around back to Paras and he made the call. The players showed:

Paras: {A-Clubs}

Chen:

The board ran out {10-Hearts}

and Chen's hand was second-best. She was eliminated in 25th place and will leave with $17,450. Paras is up to 365,000 after the hand.

06-22-2008 23:16 UTC-7

Jeff Cohen Eliminated in 26th Place ($17,450)

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Jeff Cohen moved all in from under the gun for his last 64,000. Action folded around to Mike Glasser in the big blind and he made the call. The players showed:

Cohen: {6-Spades}