Event 7 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-05-2008 17:16 UTC-7

Sherid Eliminated

From under the gun, Jeff Sherid moved all in for his remaining 10,000 chips. He was called by Kurosh Dejgosha who had {A-Clubs}

. Sherid was happy to be live with {J-Hearts}

.

The flop hit both players when it came {J-Spades}

. Sherid picked up top pair, but his opponent still had two over cards, plus the club flush draw.

The turn made that flush when the {8-Clubs}

hit, leaving Sherid drawing dead to the river {10-Diamonds}

.

After the hand, Sherid looked cheery, as he said, "Those are the best cards I've seen all day. Good tournament, gentlemen." After a quick nod, he headed off to the payout clerk to pick up his winnings.

06-05-2008 17:03 UTC-7

Meehan Can't Hit Another Two-Outer

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Jim Meehan, seen here on Day 1 of Event #7

Minneapolis Jim Meehan has been eliminated, losing his newly-acquired chips when he went all in with {9-Spades}

against Neil Scott's {K-Clubs}

and the board showed {a-Diamonds}

.

On the previous hand, Meehan went all in with {3-Spades}

against his opponent's {6-Hearts}

, but hit a three on the flop to double up.

06-05-2008 16:51 UTC-7

Phan-tastic

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John Phan and Stephen Ladowsky got all their chips into the pot with Ladowsky's {A-Diamonds}

leading Phan's {K-Clubs}

.

The board hit only Phan, though, when it ran out {9-Clubs}

, and Ladowsky is sent to the rail.

06-05-2008 16:35 UTC-7

Chip Leaders

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As we return from our first break, the major chip leaders in the tournament so far are:

Manny Minaya 215,000
Pawel Andrzejewski 188,000
Dustin Woolf 165,000
Brent Roberts 150,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-05-2008 16:24 UTC-7

We're Back

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The remaining 88 players have filed back into the room and have taken their seats. The cards are back in the air, and action is underway.

06-05-2008 16:02 UTC-7

First Break

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The players are walking around stretching their legs, as the tournament clock is paused and we are on a 20-minute break.

06-05-2008 16:01 UTC-7

Pace Crippled and then Triples

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Rocco Pace was crippled by Yan Chen after running his {K-Clubs}

into Chen's {A-Diamonds}

.

Chen called Pace's all-in on a flop of {7-Hearts}

. The turn and river brought no help for Pace, with the {6-Clubs}

and

dropping.

After the hand Chen moved up to over 95,000 while Pace was crippled and left with 13,000.

Only a few hands later, however, Pace tripled up against Remy Biechel's {A-Spades}

and Theo Tran's {9-Clubs}

when his

topped both his opponents on a {8-Diamonds}

board.

With that triple-up Pace moved up 41,000 in chips.

06-05-2008 15:59 UTC-7

Sabyl Landrum Ousted

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The player formerly known as Sabyl Cohen

Sabyl Landrum, formerly Sabyl Cohen, was eliminated when she got her chips in with A-Q to Lina Olofsson's pocket aces. Olofsson is up to 128,000 and Landrum will collect $4,635, finishing in 96th place for her third WSOP cash.

06-05-2008 15:44 UTC-7

Pawel Clocks 'The Razor'

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On a flop of {j-Clubs}

, Pawel Andrzejewski went all in, forcing John Phan to make a decision for all of his chips. Just as Phan started to ponder the call, Andrzejewski called the clock on Phan. The tournament director counted down 60 seconds, Phan didn't act in time, and his hand was declared dead. Andrzejewski raked in the pot of more than 20,000 to move to 145,000. "The Razor" is down to 37,000.