Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed

Day 2 Completed

06-07-2008 02:49 UTC-8

Official End of Day 2 Chip Counts

The WSOP has now released the official chip counts for Saturday's final table in Event #9, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed. John Conkright leads the way into the final, which begins at 2pm PDT. The six finalists:

John Conkright 997,000
Michiel Brummelhuis 883,000
Rep Porter 732,000
Nathan Templeton 449,000
Devin Porter 357,000
Anthony Shilyuk 310,000

Tags: John Conkright

06-06-2008 21:57 UTC-8

Set the Table

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With the elimination of Dave Zand in seventh place, the final table of Event #9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed is set. Returning tomorrow will be:

John Conkright
Michiel Brummelhuis
Rep Porter
Nathan Templeton
Anatoly Shilyuk
Devin Porter

The final table starts at 2 pm PT. Join us!

06-06-2008 21:56 UTC-8

Dave Zand Eliminated in Seventh

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Short-stacked Dave Zand moved all in in the big blind with {q-Clubs}

and was called by Devin Porter, who raised preflop with {a-Spades}

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The board brought no help to Zand and he was out in seventh.

06-06-2008 21:50 UTC-8

Four-Way Flop Cripples Zand

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Dave Zand is on life support. After Nathan Templeton raised to 28,000 from the cutoff, Zand (on the button), Devin Porter, and John Conkright all made the call. A highly coordinated flop of {10-Spades}

came down, and the table tensed for fireworks.

Porter checked to Conkright, who bet 100,000. Templeton folded over to Zand, who raised to 325,000. Porter, who later said he folded A-J, agonized for about 20 seconds before folding. Conkright quickly jammed the rest of his stack in the middle and Zand, with about 200,000 behind, made the call.

Conkright: {K-Diamonds}

Zand:

Trips for Conkright against Zand's open-ended straight flush draw. The turn {J-Diamonds}

made a full house for Conkright, but Zand was still drawing live to a straight flush. The river {7-Diamonds}

made him a straight, but it wasn't enough.

After counting down Conkright's stack and paying him off, Zand is left with only 30,000 in chips.

06-06-2008 21:28 UTC-8

Seat Assignments

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For the final seven, seat assignments and chip counts are as follows:

1 - Dave Zand - 585,000
2 - Devin Porter - 304,000
3 - John Conkright - 510,000
4 - Rep Porter - 660,000
5 - Michiel Brummelhuis - 740,000
6 - Anatoly Shilyuk - 350,000
7 - Nathan Templeton - 565,000

06-06-2008 21:21 UTC-8

Playing Seven-Handed

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With four players remaining on one table and three on the other, play has now consolidated to one seven-handed table. Once we lose one more player, we are done for today.

06-06-2008 21:19 UTC-8

MacPhee Eliminated

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We missed the preflop action, but John Conkright was all in against Kevin MacPhee. Conkright held the red queens; MacPhee held the black eights. There was no help for MacPhee on a board of {4-Diamonds}

, and after the dealer counted down Conkright's stack, MacPhee was left with only 70,000.

"You've been a thorn in my side all day," MacPhee said to Conkright. "Nice hand."

The remainder of MacPhee's stack went in the middle a few hands later on a jack-high flop. His {J-?}

was behind Nathan Templeton's pocket kings and did not improve. MacPhee earned $36,442 for his exploits.

06-06-2008 21:19 UTC-8

Intern Busts Out Ninth

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Andrew Fegan, a CardRunners.com intern playing in his first WSOP event, was eliminated in ninth place by Rep Porter.

Fegan, who is working the booth for the website, was out-kicked in a big hand against Rep Porter.

Fegan raised 28,000 before the flop and was called by Porter. The flop came {2-Clubs}