Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

06-30-2008 07:39 UTC-7

End of Day 2 -- Official Chip Counts Released

[user33020]

With the final nine players off for a few hours of rest, the WSOP has released the updated overnight chip counts for Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The final hands of the night brought an increase in chips for leader Rasmus Nielsen, who will come into the final with more than twice the chips of his closest challenger, J.C. Tran. The finalists, in chip-count order:

Rasmus Nielsen 2,998,000
J.C. Tran 1,438,000
Joe Pelton 1,093,000
Peter Nguyen 870,000
John Conroy 501,000
Robert Kalb 456,000
Jesper Hoog 320,000
Christoph Kohnen 293,000
Chad Siu 185,000

The final table in Event #49 gets underway at 3pm PDT in the Amazon Room. Check in here at PokerNews for the latest reports from the play.

Tags: JC Tran Rasmus Nielsen

06-30-2008 04:19 UTC-7

That's a Wrap!

[user38971]

And play has come to a conclusion here in the Brasilia room! After a startling and exciting final hand, we have reached our final nine players. Play will continue tomorrow afternoon at 3pm PDT, so make sure to tune in then for the conclusion to this $1,500 NL Hold'em event.

06-30-2008 04:19 UTC-7

Anderson Silva Eliminated in 10th Place ($36,729)

Shamus

On the previous hand, Anderson Silva had limped from early position, then folded to a J.C. Tran raise behind. Silva then limped in again, and John Conroy, who hadn't been playing many pots, raised to 75,000.

It folded around to Rasmus Nielsen who looked back and forth between Conroy and Silva, then asked how much each had behind. Silva had about 520,000, and Conroy about 600,000. Nielsen -- having both covered three times over -- then announced he was all in.

Silva called, and Conroy folded, showing pocket tens as he did.

Silva {K-Hearts}

Nielsen

Aces versus kings. Usually a pretty reliable formula for bursting a final table bubble.

The flop came {A-Diamonds}

, and Nielsen's lead became even more commanding. The {9-Diamonds}

came on the turn. And the {A-Spades}

on the river sealed it. Silva is out in 10th place. Nielsen enters tomorrow's final table the commanding chip leader with approximately 2.6 million.

Tags: Anderson Silva

06-30-2008 04:03 UTC-7

Still Hardly Any Action

[user38971]

We're still playing ten handed here, with almost every hand being raised, and folded, preflop. After another round of ten hands, we've only seen one flop.

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

06-30-2008 03:48 UTC-7

Pelton Takes One

Shamus

J.C. Tran raised to 61,000 from under the gun, and Joe Pelton reraised to 200,000 from the button. Tran called.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}

. Tran checked, and Pelton quietly pushed out 12 green chips -- a bet of 300,000. Tran thought for about a minute, then folded. Pelton has 1.1 million.

I say "quietly" because the ten players are rarely saying a word, letting the chips do the talking instead. Meanwhile, the 40 or so railbirds continue to chat away, creating a cacophony of sound here in the front corner of the Brasilia.

Tags: J.C. Tran Joe Pelton

06-30-2008 03:36 UTC-7

Play Has Tightend Up

[user38971]

Now that we've reached a final table of 10, play has tightened up drastically. Only one player to eliminate and the rest will make the final table, which means we're seeing a lot of preflop raises and a lot of preflop folds. Over the last fifteen hands, we've managed to see only a few flops.

06-30-2008 03:22 UTC-7

And Then There Was One

[user38971]

We've reached the final table here in the Brasilia room! We are currently at ten players remaining and have to lose just one player before calling it a night. We started the day with 215 players and in just over twelve hours we've lost 205 of them. There are still plenty of spectators here sweating the rail, most of them being for Anderson Silva.

06-30-2008 03:11 UTC-7

Ten-Handed Table (Seats & Chips)

Shamus

Seat 1 - Anderson Silva (720,000)
Seat 2 - Christoph Köhnen (390,000)
Seat 3 - Joe Pelton (920,000)
Seat 4 - Jesper Hoog (450,000)
Seat 5 - John Conroy (750,000)
Seat 6 - Robert Kalb (380,000)
Seat 7 - J.C. Tran (1,400,000)
Seat 8 - Chad Siu (245,000)
Seat 9 - Peter Nguyen (580,000)
Seat 10 - Rasmus Nielsen (2,020,000)