2008 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
Day: 2
Nam Le Stays Alive On the Bubble
The flop was and Lou Esposito and Nam Le checked. David Levi bet, Esposito folded, and Le raised. Levi reraised and then Le raised all in. Levi made the call.
Le:
Levi:
The turn came the and the river the , allowing Le to gain some much-needed chips on his move up to 27,000.
Don't Leave Your Seat
"Royal Flush Check Behind"
Todd Witteles Stayin' Alive
The poker gods are looking out for Todd Witteles on this day. He has been all in on two occasions on the bubble so far. The first time, the board made a straight to allow him and his opponent to chop the pot.
On the second hand, the board made a flush and Witteles again chopped with his opponent to stay alive.
On both hands, Witteles got in in with the best, but he is extremely short-stacked. The first hand he held against . The second hand he held against . The poker gods may not be giving Todd the win, but at least they aren't busting him.
Dangerous But Worth It
Richard Redmond is up to 45,000 courtesy of slow-playing pocket aces. He completed when it was folded around to him in the small blind. The big blind did him the favour of raising before they saw a flop.
It contained an ace and two spades so Redmond check-raised his opponent. This pattern continued to the river where a second ten hit the board making a full house for Redmond. Again he manged to get a raise called before revealing his full house. His disgusted opponent threw his hand into the muck
Hofman Doubles
Ronnie Hofman reraised all in after Michael Guzzardi raised to 2,400. Guzzardi then made the call with . Hofman held .
The board ran out to double Hofman up to 12,000.
Bubble Insurance
We Have a Bubble Boy
The board frowned on Lauria, coming out . Bob Lauria took one for the team, much to the delight of his fellow players, and headed out of the room on the bubble. The remaining 72 players are now in the money.
Andy Adolfsson Eliminated
Andy Adolfsson was all in preflop against Peter Rho. Rho held and Adolfsson held and was the short stack with his tournament life on the line.
The flop came , pairing both players. The turn came the and the river the to end Adolfsson's tournament run.
Rho is up to 93,000.