2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2a
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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but ran into the 
of Tam Gourlay and couldn't improve on the 
board.
and was called by a player holding 
. The board ran out 
, and Holmes is out.
, Martin Klaser bet 5,000 and his opponent raised to 20,000. Martin moved all in for 65,000 and his opponent called, showing pocket deuces for a flopped set. Martin turned over 
for the nut flush draw and got there when the 
hit on the turn. His opponent couldn't make a boat on the river and Martin is up to 225,000 after the hand.
flop and got the rest of his stack in with 
. Unfortunately for him, his opponent had 
and it held up.
flop. By the time it was over, all of the chips were in the middle. Riesenberg tabled 
for top set; his opponent showed 
. The case three was nowhere to be found when the turn and river came .Riesenberg now has 265,000 in chips.
, the player in the small blind fired out 10,000 with Chris Bell making the call.The river was the
and again Bell called the 10,000 bet of his opponent, who tabled 
for a flopped set. It was good as Bell mucked his hand to fall to 26,000.
and was well ahead of his opponent's 
. The board provided no help to the at-risk player, and Smith claimed another victim. He has moved up steadily today, and he is now our Day 2 chip leader with 281,000.
Eight players, including Frey took a flop in an unraised pot. The flop came
and an early-position player bet 6,000. A middle-position player called before Frey raised to 17,500. Action folded around to the original bettor and he, along with the middle-position player, made the call.The turn fell the
and the original bettor pushed all in for 90,000. The player in middle position player passed, but Frey made the call. The players showed:Frey:
Opponent:
The river came the
and Frey took down the 245,000 chip pot. He is the new chip leader and works with about 372,000 in chips.
. There was already 18,000 in the pot when Markus Golser fired out another 8,900 from the big blind. His opponent made the call.The river landed the
and Golser checked it over to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 13,000. Golser went into the tank and eventually made the call. His opponent flipped for the running nut flush as Golser cringed and tossed his cards into the muck.Golser is back to 40,100.
