2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Take a Picture, It'll Last Longer

After a flop of {6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Andy Black and Andrew Fields exchanged bets until Fields was all in. Black showed {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the open-ended straight draw and a backdoor flush draw. His opponent held {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}.

The turn was the {9-Spades}, and Fields was still good. But the {Q-Clubs} on the river gave Black the straight and Fields was out. Black is now up to 240,000.

Before he left, Fields pulled out a camera and took a picture of the board. "I currently have a dislike for the Irish," he joked as he made his way to the payout table.

Tags: Andrew FieldsAndy Black

And So It Goes

Shortly after the previous hand, Hevad Khan picked up pocket kings and doubled up through David Tran's Big Slick. Khan is back up to 110,000, and Tran back down to 92,000.

Taking the A Tran

The table folded around to Hevad Khan, who limped on the button. The small blind folded, then David Tran raised to 6,000 from the big blind. Khan pushed all in, and Tran thought about what to do. He had about 80,000 behind, and Khan had him covered. Finally, he made the call.

Tran showed {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, and Khan {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}. The flop came {2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and the turn {2-Diamonds}. Tran was in dire straits. But the river brought the {A-Clubs}, and he doubled up to 168,000. Khan is down to 30,000.

James Breaks 200

After starting the day with only 32,000 in chips, 'James' JianHuan Chen has moved up to 210,000. Most recently he was seen increasing his chip stack after making a move against Young Phan on a board of {4-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}. Phan check-raised Chen for 35,000 and Chen quickly made it 150,000. Phan laid the hand down and Chen is among the chip leaders at 210,000.

Nguyen Takes Huge Lead

Preflop, Peter Nguyen made it 11,000 to go and two players called. The flop came {J-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {9-Clubs} and one of the players, from mid-position, led out for 16,000. Both Peter and the other player called. The turn brought the {8-Diamonds} and Peter led out for 50,000 when the player, who had been in the small blind, moved all in for 60,000. The player in mid-position folded, while Peter ended up making the call.

Peter showed {K-Clubs} {J-Spades} for top pair while his opponent showed {Q-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} for a straight draw and second-nut flush draw. The board bricked on the river and Peter scooped the huge pot, putting his chip stack well over 370,000.

Pham Heart River

David "the Dragon" Pham
David "the Dragon" Pham
David "the Dragon" Pham raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, Manny Minaya reraised to 60,000 from the small blind, and Pham called with the last of his chips.

Minaya {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Pham {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The flop came a tantalizing {6-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, giving Minaya a set of aces and Pham a heart flush draw. The turn was the {5-Spades}, and Minaya was still ahead.

Then the {9-Hearts} came on the river, saving Pham. He's at 94,000. Minaya still has 120,000.

Queens Hold Up for Khan

Matt Culberson pushed all in from early position for about 35,000 and the table folded back around to Hevad Khan who called from the small blind.

Culberson had {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, while Khan tabled {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. "He had a hand!" said Culberson when Khan showed his queens.

The flop came {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, the flush draw eliciting a response from the table. However, the turn and river -- {7-Clubs}{6-Spades} -- didn't help Culberson, and he is out.

Khan is up to 135,000.

Tags: Hevad KhanMatt Culberson