2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$625,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,693
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Dan Harmetz Eliminated In 24th Place ($17,276)

After Joachim Berg-Jensen raised to 20,000 Andrey Zaichenko moved all in from the small blind (he had the table covered) and Harmetz called from the big blind. Berg-Jensen got out of the way and Zaichenko's {Q-Spades} {J-Clubs} was pitted against Harmetz's pocket eights.

Harmetz kept the lead after the {9-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop and the {9-Diamonds} on the turn but Zaichenko spiked the {J-Hearts} on the river and eliminated Harmetz. Zaichenko is now up around 1 million in chips.

Always on the River

Under the gun Todd Hanks raised to 40,000 and Elliot Smith reraised to 100,000. Hanks pushed for 272,000 and Smith called with pocket aces to Hanks' pocket nines.

The {K-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {8-Spades} flop brought Hanks no help, nor did the {6-Diamonds} on the turn. He was one card away from elimination when the dealer put the {9-Spades} down on the felt, rescuing Hanks and winning him a 555,000 pot. Smith was left with just 185,000 after losing that huge pot on the river.

Farzad Rouhani Doubles Through Andrey Zaichenko

Farzad Rouhani raised to 37,000 from early position. Andrey Zaichenko called from late position and the two took a flop heads up.

The flop came {9-Spades} {8-Hearts} {5-Spades} and Rouhani bet 32,000. Zaichenko raised to 100,000 staright and Rouhani moved all in for a total of 244,000. Zaichenko called and was shocked to see Rouhani turn over {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}. He shook his head and rolled over {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}.

The turn came the {A-Spades} and the river the {6-Hearts}. Rouhani doubled up to just over 585,000 and left Andrey Zaichenko with just shy of 770,000.

Joe Neiman Eliminated in 23rd Place ($17,276)

Action folded to David Daneshgar on the button and he raised to 36,000. Joe Neiman moved all in from the small blind for 96,000 total and Daneshgar made the call. The players showed:

Neiman: {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}
Daneshgar: {Q-Spades} {J-Clubs}

Neiman failed to improve as the board came {8-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. Daneshgar is up to just short of 400,000 after the hand.

Bouncing Right Back

Shortly after losing a big pot to a three-outer on the river, Elliot Smith doubled through Dan Heimiller. Dan raised to 40,000 under the gun and Smith moved all in for 175,000 from the small blind. Heimiller called and found that his {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades} was dominated by Smith's {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}. The {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {A-Clubs} flop gave Smith top pair and Heimiller a gutshot draw but this time Elliot's hand held up as the board ran out {8-Hearts} {4-Hearts}. Smith is up to 355,000 while Heimiller fell to 780,000.

That Action is Not Binding

David Daneshgar stood up during a hand to stretch his legs and he accidentally bumped the table, causing a whole stack of chips to fall and splash into the middle of the table.

"That is not a raise," Farzad Rouhani deadpanned.

Paulo Nunes Eliminated in 22nd Place ($17,276)

Voitto Rintala raised to 35,000 from early position. Action folded to Paulo Nunes in the cutoff seat and he shoved all in for 85,000 total. Rintala made the call and the players showed:

Rintala: {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}
Nunes: {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}

Nunes was in good shape to double up but his hopes quickly eroded when the flop came {8-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Hearts}. The turn and river were no help, falling the {6-Clubs} and {9-Spades} respectively, and Nunes was sent packing.

Under Pressure

From late position Dan Heimiller raised to 40,000 and Todd Hanks and Richard Kirsch called. The flop came {K-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {2-Hearts} and when Heimiller bet 70,000 Hanks folded and Kirsch called. Kirsch also called Heimiller's 120,000 bet when the {K-Spades} fell on the turn. But when the {8-Spades} came on the river Heimiller moved all in and that was enough to get Kirsch to give up on the hand. He's down to 235,000 and Heimiller is up to 1.1 million.
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