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

06-22-2008 23:11 UTC-7

Mike Carson Takes a Huge Hit

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Mike Carson led out on a flop of {K-Spades}

, Kevin Oleary moved all in and Carson made the call, having him covered. Though Carson held {A-Spades}

for top pair, Oleary had him crushed with {10-Clubs}

for middle set. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}

, the river was the {4-Diamonds}

and Oleary doubled up to 713,000 while Carson was left with 135,000.

Tags: Kevin Oleary Mike Carson

06-22-2008 23:09 UTC-7

William Haughey Eliminated in 27th Place ($17,450)

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Giovanni Nervo raised to 40,000 from late position. William Haughey moved all in for roughly 100,000 from the big blind and Nervo called. The players showed:

Haughey: {2-Diamonds}

Nervo:

The board came {K-Diamonds}

and Nervo's queens held. William Haughey was our 27th place finisher and will take home $17,450. Giovanni Nervo climbs to approximately 535,000 chips on the hand.

06-22-2008 23:07 UTC-7

Our 27 players have now re-drawn to three tables. Here's the new lineup:

Table 1:

Seat 1: Sebastian Segovia
Seat 2: Mario Delis
Seat 3: Curtis Early
Seat 4: Thom Werthmann
Seat 5: Mike Carson
Seat 6: Igor Tiguy
Seat 7: Lawrence Martone
Seat 8: Kevin Oleary
Seat 9: David Woo

Table 2:

Seat 1: Giovanni Nervo
Seat 2: Garrett "GBecks" Beckman
Seat 3: Minh Nguyen
Seat 4: William Haughey
Seat 5: Paul Kerr
Seat 6: Thanhdat Tran
Seat 7: Michael Polcari
Seat 8: Edward Salazar
Seat 9: Gary Bain

Table 3:

Seat 1: Habib Kahnis
Seat 2: Dan Lu
Seat 3: Matthew Wood
Seat 4: Russell Spaid
Seat 5: Mike Glasser
Seat 6: Jeff Cohen
Seat 7: James Paras
Seat 8: Feng Tsai Chen
Seat 9: Eric Beren

06-22-2008 22:55 UTC-7

Action Resumes

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06-22-2008 22:53 UTC-7

Action Paused

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The tournament clock has been paused while our remaining 27 players re-draw for seats on three tables.

06-22-2008 22:51 UTC-7

John Francis Eliminated

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John Francis moved all in for 107,000 and Mario Delis made the call.

Francis: {10-Spades}

Delis:

Delis hit an ace on the flop, Francis could not improve and he was eliminated. Delis is now up to 270,000.

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

06-22-2008 22:48 UTC-7

Jason Yates Eliminated

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Jason Yates moved all in preflop with {A-Spades}

and Michael Polcari looked him up with {A-Diamonds}

. Polcari hit top pair on the {K-Clubs}

flop and Yates couldn't pull out a miracle on the {6-Clubs}

turn or the {3-Clubs}

river. Yates hit the rail while Polcari is up to 400,000.

Tags: Jason Yates

06-22-2008 22:46 UTC-7

Chris Hunichen Eliminated

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Chris Hunichen, Lawrence Martone, and Thom Werthmann got involved in a pot that resulted in the elimination of Hunichen.

Werthmann was all in for the main pot while Hunichen and Martone had action on the side. The players showed:

Hunichen: {7-Hearts}

Werthmann: {K-Clubs}

Martone:

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

giving Werthmann a Broadway straight, Martone top pair top kicker, and Hunichen the losing pair of sevens.

Hunichen was eliminated and Werthmann tripled up to approximately 170,000 when he took down the main pot. There was a substantial side pot that went to Martone and he now sits on about 570,000 chips.

06-22-2008 22:43 UTC-7