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

06-06-2008 22:01 UTC-7

Okun Busted

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There will be no final table for Jared Okun. He got his stack in with {A-?}

, but Michiel Brummelhuis woke up with pocket kings. Okun couldn't hit the board and is out in 10th place.

06-06-2008 21:52 UTC-7

Rep Porter and Devin Porter have been moved to the same table and have been discussing each other's family tree, trying to see if they are related in some way.

Each were comparing aunts and uncles. Rep said he had one relative that plays poker.

"I got a grandpa who's really into genealogy," Devin said. "I'll have to talk to him."

06-06-2008 21:47 UTC-7

Von Halle Exits

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Jan Von Halle is headed for the cashier's window. Preflop, he reraised a button raise all in from the small blind, only to run into Devin Porter's queens in the big blind. Von Halle was in very bad shape, tabling {Q-Clubs}

. The board came out nine-high, eliminating Von Halle in 11th place. He earns a $19,570 payday.

06-06-2008 21:45 UTC-7

Shilyuk Survives

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Anatoly Shilyuk reraised all in preflop for his tournament life after a raise from Devin Porter. Porter made the call and showed the black queens. He was ahead of Shilyuk's {A-Clubs}

but a board of {10-Diamonds}

bailed Porter out of trouble. He now has about 165,000 in chips.

06-06-2008 21:27 UTC-7

Final Two Tables

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Surprisingly for 9:25pm PT, we're already down to the final two tables of this event. The seating assignments and chip stacks are as follows:

Green #10

Michiel Brummelhuis - 305,000
Nathan Templeton - 530,000
Kevin MacPhee - 510,000
Jared Okun - 356,000
John Conkright - 128,000
Dave Zand - 410,000

Green #13

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Rep Porter - 275,000
Andrew Fegan - 355,000
Anatoly Shilyuk - 125,000
Jan Von Halle - 182,000
Devin Porter - 440,000

06-06-2008 21:27 UTC-7

Another Elimination: Richard Tatalovich

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They're falling fast back from the dinner break.
Richard Tatalovich ran his A-Q into Dave Zand's pocket aces preflop and the board was no help to Tatalovich.

Zand increased his stack to 410,000.

06-06-2008 21:23 UTC-7

Kevin MacPhee Doubles Up, Then Eliminates One

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After doubling through Michiel Brummelhuis with {a-Clubs}

against Brummelhuis' {j-Hearts}

after an ace hit on the flop, Kevin MacPhee was all in preflop on the very next hand with {A-Diamonds}

to Thomas Fuller's {k-Spades}

.

The board came {4-Hearts}

and MacPhee moved to 510,000 in chips. Fuller was eliminated.

06-06-2008 21:10 UTC-7

Peter Marr Crippled, Then Busted

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On the first hand back from break, Devin Porter raised to 23,000 and Peter Marr shoved all in for almost 250,000 from the big blind.

Porter called showing {k-Diamonds}

and Marr flipped over {q-Hearts}

.

The board was no help to Marr, who had just 17,000 left after the hand.

He moved those chips on the next hand and was called by Andrew Fegan and Nathan Templeton, who checked it down.

Fegan showed middle pair, taking the pot. Marr threw his cards into the muck, knocked over his chair and headed toward the rail.

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

06-06-2008 20:54 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Players are back from dinner and cards are in the air.