Motionless
One thing that hasn't stopped moving in the clock. It keeps ticking down and the levels going up. Before long, we may be in a shovefest.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
731
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
One thing that hasn't stopped moving in the clock. It keeps ticking down and the levels going up. Before long, we may be in a shovefest.
Action!
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There really is nothing happening.
Play Resumes
Level: 17
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Big Battle
This hand occurred just moments before the players broke, and it has been the talk of the railbirds for several minutes now.
Jonathan Tamayo drew a seat change before the break to keep the tables balanced. He moved over to the table of Nick Binger, putting the two big stacks within striking distance of each other.
It took no time at all for them to settle in and tangle with each other. On the very first hand at his new table, Tamayo saw Binger open for a raise in middle position. When it folded back around to Tamayo in the small blind, he reraised to 30,000. Binger put out a third raise, making it approximately 40,000 more to call. Tamayo readied himself and shoved his whole stack in, more than 300,000 against the only player who can bust him. Binger seemed flustered, and he mucked his cards, shipping a huge chunk of his stack over to Tamayo without even seeing a flop. After the little battle, Tamayo has taken over the chip lead at 370,000 and knocked Binger down to 265,000.
Break Time
Klein Bach Eliminated in 14th Place and Hien Tran Eliminated in 15th Place ($9,978)
After being crippled the previous hand, Klein Bach moved all in for his last 2,000 under the gun. Frank Gary called from the cutoff, Todd Witteles called from the small blind, and Hien Tran called from the big blind.
The flop came
and action checked around. The turn came the 
and Witteles and Tran checked to Gary, who bet 8,000. Witteles folded and Tran made the call.The river came the
and Tran moved all in for 16,000. Gary made the call and showed 
. Bach turned up a losing pocket-pair of sevens and Tran turned over 
.Both Tran and Bach were eliminated on this hand.
Rentes Allergic to Chips
We pick up the action on the river in another big pot involving Chris Rentes. This time he is tangled up with Jonathan Tamayo. The board reads
. On the river, Rentes puts in a bet of 12,000. Tamayo raises to 65,000, and Rentes goes into the tank.He asks, "Why so big?" but his opponent remains silent. Finally, Rentes does make the call.
Tamayo slams down
, pounds the rail and yells "Ship it!" Rentes stares at the nuts and ships a good chunk of his stack across the table.
Bach Crippled
Frank Gary and Klein Bach found themselves all in for a big pot. It's too bad that Bach came all this way only to get a cooler when he ran his
into Gary's 
.The board ran out
and Bach was crippled to only 2,500.
Happiness is a Spilled Drink
From late position, Chris Rentes opens with a raise to 11,000. Michael Chu is on the button, and he pops it up to 30,000. Rentes calls.
The flop brings
. Rentes checks and Chu moves all in for his last 39,000. Rentes thinks for a moment before making the call, showing down 
. Chu is so excited that he got a call, he spills his drink as he tables his 
.The turn brings a
, leaving Rentes drawing dead to a chop. The river blanks off with the 
, and Chu doubles himself up to 153,000.