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

07-08-2008 22:01 UTC-7

The Impenetrable Fortin

[user67765]

Patrick Fortin has just eliminated another short-stacked player after getting his chips in on a board of {2-Clubs}

holding

to dominate his opponent's {K-Clubs}

. The board landed {Q-Hearts}

,

and Fortin takes it down to move up to 285,000 chips.

Tags: Patrick Fortin

07-08-2008 21:58 UTC-7

Easy Game Sometimes

MarcC

One to watch, even when the opposition gets a bit tougher.

The flop is already out and reads as {2-Spades}

. Mark Vos is heads up and bets 10,000 into his opponent who reraises all in.

Vos makes the call with {A-Diamonds}

and his opponent shows {5-Spades}

!!

The turn comes {10-Clubs}

and river

to give Vos the pot and his opponent walks off with his tail between his legs.

Vos up to 186,000 now. Easy sometimes!

Tags: Mark Vos

07-08-2008 21:56 UTC-7

Glen Willcock Eliminated, Ronald Adams Up to 233K

[user25067]

Glen Willcock staked his tournament life on {A-?}

and got a caller in Ronald Adams with {K-Spades}

. The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Willcock was eliminated. Adams is now up to 233,000.

07-08-2008 21:52 UTC-7

Viberg Busto

[user75032]

Game over for Mathias Viberg. He got all of his money in with {A-Hearts}

when he managed to turn a straight, {2-Spades}

. His opponent called with {Q-Spades}

and filled up when the river came {J-Spades}

.

07-08-2008 21:50 UTC-7

Billy "The Croc" Argyros opened with a preflop raise to 3,000 before Mark Owens raised it up on the button to 8,000. It folded back to The Croc who made the call.

The Croc checked in the dark as the flop came {J-Diamonds}

. Owens fired out 11,000 and The Croc made it an additional 20,000 to go. Owens moved all in and The Croc called.

Croc: {J-Clubs}

Owens:

Argyros held the lead with top set of jacks but a cruel {A-Diamonds}

gave the lead back to Owens. The river was the {4-Clubs}

and Argyros is eliminated.

"It's just not meant to be again boys!" said Argyros as he exited the floor. Owens is now up to 151,000.

Tags: Billy Argyros Mark Owens

07-08-2008 21:50 UTC-7

With Signature Grace

Shamus

Donald Norton raised to 3,500 from the cutoff, and Barry Greenstein pushed all in from the small blind. Norton called.

Greenstein {A-Spades}

Norton

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}

, and Greenstein was eliminated. He signed a copy of Ace on the River, writing out details of the hand that beat him, and gave it to Norton on his way out.

Norton is up to 119,000.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Donald Norton

07-08-2008 21:50 UTC-7

Will I Spin it Back Up?

MarcC

Will Durkee opened the pot with a raise to 3,000 before Derek Gibb reraised to 9,000. Durkee responded with another raise up to 21,000 before Gibb moved all in for 40,000.

Priced in, Durkee made the call with {A-Clubs}

, but he knew he was behind before Gibb exposed {K-Hearts}

.

The board came {2-Clubs}

giving the pot to Gibb and sending Durkee's stack southwards to 26,000.

Tags: Will Durkee

07-08-2008 21:46 UTC-7

Brad Garrett Is Somewhere Rolling His Eyes

Shamus

Ray Romano was just all in with the last of his chips with {9-Clubs}

and found himself up against {6-Clubs}

. "C'mon four," called Romano, getting a laugh from the crowd.

The flop came {5-Clubs}

, and Romano took the lead. The turn was the {Q-Hearts}

and the river the {3-Clubs}

, and Romano survives.

"Everyone loves Raymond," called one from the crowd amid the cheers. He's back up to around 20,000.

Tags: Ray Romano

07-08-2008 21:44 UTC-7

Kathy Liebert Eliminated

[user25067]

With the board reading {Q-Diamonds}

, Kathy Liebert moved all in for 11,100 on the river and her opponent snap-called from the button. Liebert's {Q-Hearts}

was no match for the button's {K-Clubs}

and she hit the rail.

Tags: Kathy Liebert

07-08-2008 21:33 UTC-7

Thank You India

[user75032]

Players at Orange #3 were recently discussing how "international" their table is. Players at the table include a Persian, an Irishman, a German, a Russian and a Canadian. During the discussion, one of the players made a huge preflop raise. In turn, each of the other players folded. After they did, the preflop raiser thanked each of them in turn.

"Thank you Russia. Thank you Spain. Thank you Ireland," the player said.

Bill Gazes, seated at a nearby table, turned and asked, "Who is he -- Alanis Morissette?"