2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2a
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, and Jeremiah Smith called.Hall had pocket kings, while Smith had 7-5 for the flopped straight. The turn was the
and the river the 
, and Hall is out. "Flop it like it's hot!" said Smith as he gathered the chips. He's up to 400,000 now.
flop, and Eric Crain reraised to 57,300. His opponent went into the tank, then pushed all in for a bit more than Crain's bet. "You made the right call, man," said Crain, as he called the extra chips. Crain turned over
for a flush draw. His opponent had 
. Fortunately for Crain, the
popped out on the turn, giving him his flush and making the river 
inconsequential. Crain is down way up to 355,000.
, and Justin Pechie firing out a bet. He was check-raised by his opponent and put to a decision for all of his chips and after several minutes in the tank he finally made a brave call with . His opponent revealed 
for a bluff attempt.The river was the
to give Pechie the pot to leap to 96,000 chips.
and then reraised his opponent all in on a 
board. Unfortunately for him, his opponent had
and, when the turn came and river , Powell's exit was confirmed.
Williams:
Moussa:
The flop of
gave Moussa a set, but the turn and river came 
to give Williams a flush and the pot. Moussa is eliminated, while Williams, who earlier today was down to his last 6,000 chips, is now up to 185,000.
A few minutes later, Hennigan found his last chips in the middle with pocket sixes but ran into an opponent holding pocket tens. The board bricked out and Hennigan hits the rail
and the big blind called with 
. The board ran out 
to give Alioto two pair and the double up."Ha, you were crushed I knew it!" exclaimed Alioto as he moved to 26,000 chips.
However, a few minutes later he was all in again with
in a classic race with an opponent's . This time the board wasn't as obliging as it landed 
to give his opponent a pair of aces and send Alioto to the exit.
As the crowd applauded, Romano shook his fellow players' hands.
"Cheetah's! Let's go!" he cried to the crowd, referring to the gentleman's club.
