Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-01-2008 18:22 UTC-7

John Monnette Eliminated

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The exact action is unclear, but John Monnette was eliminated when his {A-Spades}

couldn't outrun the {9-Spades}

of Corwin Cole. The chips went in before the flop and when the board ran out {8-Diamonds}

, Corwin's nines were best. He now commands a stack of 153,000 while Monnette is in line at the payout table.

07-01-2008 18:19 UTC-7

Cody Slaubaugh Doubles Through Jonathon Spong

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Brock Mishler raised to 15,000 from early position and Jonathon Spong moved all in from middle position for 120,000. Action folded to Cody Slaubaugh in the small blind and he called all in for his last 90,000. Mishler folded and the players showed:

Slaubaugh: {J-Spades}

Spong:

The board ran out {Q-Spades}

and the jacks held. Slaubaugh doubled up to about 230,000 and left Spong with just 22,000 chips.

07-01-2008 18:19 UTC-7

Nath Pizzolatto Goes Out

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The end was sudden and swift for Nath Pizzolatto. He lost a big chunk of his stack in a hand with Matt Matros when Matt raised to 13,000 from the button and Nath moved all in from the small blind. Matros called and his pocket sevens were ahead and stayed ahead of Pizzolatto's pocket deuces. That hand doubled Matros to 176,000 and left Nath with just 37,500.

Which he lost just a few hands later when he pushed holding {A-Diamonds}

and Gary Biggar called holding {A-Spades}

. Pizzolatto couldn't spike a three and he was eliminated.

07-01-2008 18:06 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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101st - Eliano Mesquita - $4,043
102nd - Francis Bauer - $4,043
103rd - Kent Hunter - $4,043
104th - Jeff Blenkarn - $4,043
105th - Keith Johnson - $4,043
106th - Felix Osterland - $4,043
107th - Jeffrey Kennedy - $4,043
108th - Bradley Bylsma - $4,043
109th - Henry Ma - $4,043
110th - Jeremy Shannon - $4,043
111th - Christopher Howard - $4,043
112th - Francis Mahiout - $4,043
113th - Xuan Ly - $4,043
114th - Peter Marr - $4,043
115th - Danny Sweeney - $4,043
116th - Nhut Tran - $4,043
117th - Eldon Wu - $4,043
118th - Curtis Wells - $4,043
119th - Ronald Trujillo - $4,043
120th - Shane Pacheco - $4,043
121st - Gonzalo DeAlzaga - $4,043
122nd - Jason Gross - $4,043
123rd - Brad Miller - $4,043
124th - Lisa Surdyka - $4,043
125th - Joseph Baldwin - $4,043

07-01-2008 17:55 UTC-7

The Wrong Picture

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Brian Byerly was all in against Mike Yi and held {K-Clubs}

to Yi's pocket sevens. The flop came {A-Hearts}

. "I need a picture!" Byerly said.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds}

. "I need a different picture!" Byerly said.

The river was the {5-Hearts}

. "(Expletive!)" Byerly said.

Yi sighed with relief that he'd doubled up, Byerly sighed with frustration that he'd lost, and play continued. Yi is up to 78,000.

07-01-2008 17:51 UTC-7

Stefan Martin Doubles Through David Daneshgar....Twice

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Action folded around to David Daneshgar in the cutoff seat and he raised to 12,000. Stefan Martin moved all in from the small blind for about 15,000 total and Daneshgar quickly called. The players showed:

Daneshgar: {5-Spades}

Martin:

The threes held up on the {10-?}

board and Martin doubled up.

The very next hand, Daneshgar raised to 14,000 from late position, and Martin moved all in for about 36,000 from the button and Daneshgar called. Martin held {9-Hearts}

against the {A-Spades}

of Daneshgar. The nines held and Martin doubled again. As the pot was being pushed, Daneshgar joked "I'm like your ATM machine."

Martin now commands a stack of about 75,000 while Daneshgar slips to roughly 200,000.

07-01-2008 17:42 UTC-7

A Good Time To Find Aces

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Feming Chan moved in for 37,500 under the gun and Jonathan Dull then moved all in himself for around 125,000. And that's when David Daneshgar moved called from the small blind. He had {A-Clubs}

to Dull's

and Chan's {A-Diamonds}

, and Daneshgar took down the huge pot as the board came {4-Hearts}

. Daneshgar is up to 250,000, Dull was down to 18,000 (though he doubled up to 38,000 on the very next hand) and Chan is out.

07-01-2008 17:40 UTC-7

Ben Spraggons Doubles Through Calen McNeil

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Action folded around to Ben Spraggons in the cutoff and he raised all in for 18,700. Calen McNeil made the call from the button and the blinds passed. The players showed:

Spraggons: {A-Spades}

McNeil: