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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
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Here's the table-by-table breakdown, with the overnight leaders highlighted:
(Table 1)
Seat 1: Simen Sagstuen – 20,000
Seat 3: Blair Rodman – 37,500
Seat 5: Hansu Chu – 31,500
Seat 6: Will Durkee – 62,500
Seat 7: Cristiano Blanco – 35,500
Seat 8: Rick Shepherd – 29,500
Seat 9: Jean-Robert Bellande – 67,500
Seat 10: Jesse Martin – 26,000
(Table 2)
Seat 2: Danny Wong – 83,000
Seat 3: Craig Crivello – 17,500
Seat 5: Tony Bloom – 2,500
Seat 6: Davood Mehrmand – 69,000
Seat 7: Dave Orvis – 88,000
Seat 8: Coralee Grebe – 21,000
Seat 9: Fred Berger – 19,000
(Table 3)
Seat 1: Ben Fineman – 21,500
Seat 2: Mikael Norinder – 60,500
Seat 3: Richard Walter – 47,000
Seat 5: Lorenz Guarin – 40,500
Seat 6: Terry Borer – 51,000
Seat 8: Ben Yu – 14,000
Seat 9: Spencer Lawrence – 65,500
(Table 4)
Seat 1: Jeff Kimber – 12,000
Seat 2: Duane Graff Jr – 25,000
Seat 3: Kenna James – 24,000
Seat 4: Matt Graham – 70,000
Seat 5: Stefan Rapp – 32,500
Seat 6: Greg Debora – 26,000
Seat 7: Jonathan Tamayo – 80,000
Seat 8: Michael Watson – 30,500
(Table 5)
Seat 1: Jelger Wiegersma – 38,000
Seat 2: Rhett Butler – 18,500
Seat 4: Jacob Petersen – 14,500
Seat 5: Andrew Prock – 73,500
Seat 6: Imari Love – 13,000
Seat 7: Tino Lechich – 30,000
Seat 8: Claudio Rinaldi – 17,000
Seat 9: Mike Wattel – 70,000
Seat 10: Jordan Smith – 25,500
(Table 6)
Seat 1: Aliaksandr Dzianisau – 22,500
Seat 2: Sasha Rosewood – 22,000
Seat 3: Michelle Ankenman – 47,000
Seat 4: David Gee – 24,500
Seat 5: Jannick Wrang – 38,500
Seat 6: Mike Kachan – 59,500
Seat 9: Steve Kim – 47,500
Seat 10: Sebastian Bauer – 48,500
(Table 7)
Seat 1: Eric Rivkin – 65,500
Seat 2: Mike Leah – 35,000
Seat 3: Eric Arreca – 29,500
Seat 5: Primoz Adamic – 33,500
Seat 6: Tony Tan – 37,500
Seat 7: Jason Smith – 16,000
Seat 8: Hoyt Corkins – 24,000
Seat 9: Steve Stolzmann – 14,500
Seat 10: Brandon Wong – 44,500
(Table 8)
Seat 1: David Bach – 23,000
Seat 3: Mark Klecan – 25,500
Seat 4: David Olson – 17,500
Seat 5: Markus Stranzinger – 79,000
Seat 6: Jay Bloom – 38,500
Seat 7: John Kranyak – 77,500
Seat 8: Colin Miners – 6,000
Seat 9: Jimmy Fricke – 14,000
Seat 10: Joel Diaz – 19,000
(Table 9)
Seat 3: Joe DeNiro – 51,000
Seat 4: Gregory Giannokostas – 46,500
Seat 5: Kirby Rogers – 53,500
Seat 7: Robert Lipkin – 55,000
Seat 8: Chris Vitch – 53,500
Seat 9: Sol Mammon – 13,000
Seat 10: Zvi Stern – 26,500
Action resumes at 2pm PDT on Wednesday and will likely stretch into the early morning hours before the event's winner is determined.
We'll return tomorrow at 2:00 PM local time with the remaining 75 players left in the field. The tournament is scheduled to come to a completion tomorrow. We'll see you all then.
. He was up against John Kranyak's pocket tens, 
, and things weren't looking too good for him.The flop came
and Fricke still trailed.The turn came a bright light for Fricke, the
. The river was the 
and Fricke was able to get lucky and double up through Kranyak.
rivered a queen-high straight. The flop gave Borer an open-ended straight draw and he hit an eight on the river to knock his opponent out.
On a flop of
, Bloch checked and Wong bet out. Both Bloch and Orvis made the call.On the turn of the
, Bloch check-called a bet from Danny Wong. Orvis folded.On the river of
, Bloch bet out, which was enough to put him all in, and Danny Wong called.Wong showed
for two pair, and Bloch mucked.As Bloch was leaving, the dealer called "seat open." Bloch, referring to himself, responded by saying, "Loser on Blue 2! Loser on Blue 2!"
and Lechich checked. Prock bet and Lechich called.The turn was the
and Lechich check-called another bet from Prock. The river was the 
and Lechich bet all in. Prock called.Prock mucked his hand when Lechich flipped over
. He then said, "That'll teach you to steal."Lechich got up to 12,000 on that hand and then won the next hand to increase to 23,000.
and Jesse Correa moved all in. David Gee and Steve Kim were also in the hand and all three players saw the turn.The turn was
and Kim bet. Gee made the call. The river was the 
and Kim bet. Gee called again and then mucked his hand when Kim showed two queens. Correa also mucked and was eliminated.
On a flop of
, Orvis bet out, Rim raised, and Orvis made it three bets to go. Rim called.On the turn of the
, Orvis bet out, Rim raised, and Orvis called. Orvis said, "You have a pair? I'm going to pay you off, don't worry."
The river fell the
and Rim bet out. Orvis made the call.Rim showed
and Orvis showed 
.After the hand, Orvis said, "I was hoping she had ace jack."
After the hand, Rim had 60,000 and Orvis was down to 75,000.
