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

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

06-06-2008 16:23 UTC-7

Cards Are Back in the Air

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Play has resumed.

06-06-2008 16:02 UTC-7

Players Are on a Break

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Play will resume in twenty minutes.

06-06-2008 15:59 UTC-7

Marquez Doubles Up

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Players in today's event really love those suited connectors. Mike Marquez got the reaminder of his 23,000-chip stack in preflop and was called by big-stacked Kevin MacPhee. MacPhee had {A-Clubs}

; Marquez showed {10-Diamonds}

. Marquez flopped an open-ended straight draw against MacPhee's middle pair on a board of {2-Hearts}

. The turn {Q-Diamonds}

gave him a flush draw to go along with it. The flush draw filled when the river came {6-Diamonds}

, doubling Marquez up to about 48,000.

06-06-2008 15:52 UTC-7

Avery Cardoza raised to 5,500 from late position and was called by Matt Matros.

The flop came A-9-x and both players checked.

The turn was another rag and both players checked.

After the river brought another 9, Cardoza bet 13,000, Matros raised to 35,000, and Cardoza went all in.

Matros quickly called, showing 10-9, but Cardoza turned over pocket aces for the full house and Matros was out.

Cardoza is up to 255,000.

Tags: Matt Matros

06-06-2008 15:47 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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Wes Pantling and Curtis Householder have busted out of today's event.

06-06-2008 15:41 UTC-7

Young Eliminated with Cracked Rockets

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Andrew Scott and Ryan Young got in a preflop raising war. Scott put in the first raise to 6,000. Young reraised to 17,000. Scott went all in and Young snap-called all in. His aces were ahead of Scott's queens, but a queen on the river sank Young. He is out in 46th place and earns $4,892 for his performance.

Tags: Ryan Young

06-06-2008 15:34 UTC-7

Ryan Young Doesn't Mess around with Tens

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Facing a raise of 6,500 from Jan von Halle, Young pushes out a stack of yellow chips totaling 18,000.

"I'm not messing around," said Young, as von Halle pondered the call. "I'll show you."

Von Halle went into the tank, squeezing an empty water bottle, before throwing his cards away.

A man of his word, Young showed the {10-Diamonds}

.

Tags: Jan Von Halle Ryan Young

06-06-2008 15:25 UTC-7

Another One Down

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Jared Okun has eliminated Shi Jia Liu. All the money went in preflop with Liu holding {J-Hearts}

and Okun tabling {K-Clubs}

. The board made a Broadway straight for Okun. He is now up to almost 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Jared Okun

06-06-2008 15:14 UTC-7

Fire Engine to Green #10!

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Players on Green #10 may need to be hosed down. Action on their table has been unrelenting, and Matt Matros has been in the center of it all. First Matros and Avery Cardoza dusted it up on a {5-Clubs}

flop. Matros held {4-Clubs}

for the open-ended straight draw; Cardoza held pocket kings. Matros missed his draw and slipped to 79,000 chips. Cardoza was up to 165,000.

On the very next hand, Matros got all in on the river after the board came {2-Clubs}

. He hold pocket tens for the rivered set; the player who called him, Peter Marr, held {K-?}

for top two pair. After that hand, Matros' stack rebounded to 159,000 while Marr dipped to 75,000.

Just a few hands later, Matros and Marr tangled again. Matros held {K-Hearts}