39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 2a | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-09-2008 00:50 UTC-7

Haralabos Voulgaris Eliminated

[user25067]

An early-position player raised, Haralabos Voulgaris moved all in from middle position, and his opponent called. Voulgaris' {K-?}

could not improve against {A-?}

on the

board and he hit the rail.

Tags: Haralabos Voulgaris

07-09-2008 00:49 UTC-7

Dunbar Takes Small Hit

[user67765]

Jeff Dunbar has just doubled up a short stack after pushing chips into the middle preflop holding {8-Spades}

but running into the {J-Spades}

of his opponent. The board ran out {Q-Spades}

and Dunbar falls to 140,000.

Tags: Jeff Dunbar

07-09-2008 00:45 UTC-7

Battle of the Ts

MarcC

Arkadiy Tsinis has just been felted by Marc Tschirch. Four players were involved with the flop showing {3-Hearts}

but after Tsinis moved all-in Tschirch raised to isolate him and it worked as the others folded.

Tsinis tabled {8-Diamonds}

but it was no match for Tschirch's {A-Diamonds}

that held up.

Tschirch up to 210,000 as his opponent is eliminated.

07-09-2008 00:45 UTC-7

The Ballad of Kings and Aces (Again)

Shamus

Ron Jenkins raised to 3,700 from middle position, and it folded back around to the player in the big blind who called.

The flop came {2-Hearts}

. The BB player checked, Jenkins fired out 7,000, and his opponent then reraised to 22,000. Jenkins called.

The turn was the {Q-Spades}

. The player in the big blind didn't waste too much time pushing all in for 54,200. Jenkins thought for a couple of minutes before finally making the call.

Jenkins showed {A-Spades}

, while his opponent held {K-Clubs}

. "Thought you might have nines," said Jenkins, referring back to the fact that his opponent had just called his preflop raise.

The river was the {J-Hearts}

, and Jenkins took the pot and eliminated another player. He's up to 180,000.

Tags: Ron Jenkins

07-09-2008 00:44 UTC-7

Martin Klaser Eliminated by Brian Schaedlich

[user25067]

Brian Schaedlich, on the run of his life

Brian Schaedlich continues to roll as Day 2a comes to a close, claiming another victim, and a bracelet winner at that.

On a flop of {A-Clubs}

, Martin Klaser led out for 9,000 into the 10,000 pot. Schaedlich raised to 26,000 and Klaser called. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

. Klaser checked, Schaedlich bet 75,000, Klaser moved all in and Schaedlich called.

Klaser {A-Hearts}

Schaedlich {A-Diamonds}

The river was the {8-Hearts}

and Schaedlich eliminated Klaser with his two pair. He's now up to an astounding 760,000 in chips, nearly 350,000 more than his closest competitor.

Tags: Brian Schaedlich Martin Klaser

07-09-2008 00:43 UTC-7

A strange hand just went down between two unknown players. The first player announced "all in" without moving any of his 25,000 chips into the middle. The action passed to a player wearing headphones who announced "raise", not realizing that the earlier player had already moved all in.

The mistake was pointed out and the floor was called. It was deemed that the verbal action was binding and the player would have to make a minimum raise. The other players folded and the cards were tabled.

The first player held {5-Diamonds}

with the second player showing {K-Clubs}

.

The board ran out {9-Clubs}

to give the first player a bizarre double up. Perhaps this acts as a handy lesson to headphone users to ensure that you always observe the action carefully!

07-09-2008 00:37 UTC-7

Reslock Doubles

[user67765]

Chris Reslock has just doubled up through Ylon Schwartz, after both players were happy to get their chips in on a flop of {3-Diamonds}

. Schwartz held {Q-Clubs}

for top pair, but found himself out-kicked by the {A-Diamonds}

of Reslock.

The turn brought the {8-Clubs}

to give Schwartz the flush draw, but the river was the {3-Spades}

to give Reslock a handy double to about 52,000 chips.

Tags: Chris Reslock

07-09-2008 00:36 UTC-7

Adams Set Up

MarcC

The action really began when the river had been dealt to show a board of {A-?}

. Sigbjorn Rivelsrud led out for a bet and Brandon Adams reraised. Rivelrud then went all in and Adams called.

Rivelsrud showed {5-?}

for a turned set, but Adams already had a bigger set with {7-?}

.

Rivelsrud is out as Adams soars up to 371,000.

07-09-2008 00:31 UTC-7

Wait...The Lucky iPod!

[user67765]

Dave Colclough opened with a preflop raise before Steve Zolotow moved all in for his last 22,100. Colclough made the call and tabled {A-Hearts}

, but Zolotow held the lead with his pair of {10-Spades}

.

Before the flop was dealt, Zolotow asked for the dealer to wait while he grabbed his lucky iPod off Erik Seidel. He grabs the iPod just in time to see the board come down {K-Diamonds}