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

07-10-2008 00:48 UTC-7

The Reagan Era

[user40108]

Exact details are scarce, but Reagan Silber just got paid off when he made four jacks on a board of {3-Diamonds}

.

Silber bet the river and when his opponent called, he showed the quads. His opponent mucked and Silber climbed to just shy of 350,000 chips.

07-10-2008 00:46 UTC-7

Tony Clark, who had been up over 200,000 today, was just involved in a huge pot that's probably going to change the way he feels about how Day 2 went.

A middle-position player raised to 6,000, the player on the button called, then Clark reraised to 30,000 from the big blind. The original raiser then pushed all in for 116,000 more, and Clark made the call.

Clark showed {Q-Hearts}

, and his opponent turned over {4-Hearts}

. What seemed a bright spot for Clark suddenly turned dim after the flop came {9-Clubs}

. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and the river the {6-Clubs}

, and Clark is down to 48,000.

Tags: Tony Clark

07-10-2008 00:45 UTC-7

Bryan Micon Eliminated

[user40108]

Action folded around to Bryan Micon on the button and he opened for a standard raise. The big blind called and they went heads up to the flop.

The flop came {K-Spades}

and the big blind checked. Micon bet 7,300 and his opponent raised enough to put him all in. Micon called and the players showed:

Micon: {K-Hearts}

Opponent:

The turn and river fell the {9-Diamonds}

and

respectively and Micon hit the rail.

07-10-2008 00:45 UTC-7

Stay Awake, Boys (Part II)

[user75032]

Heidi Northcott is still playing today, right near media row. She's been treading water most of the day. After starting with just over 100,000 in chips at noon, she currently has 119,000. That's still above par.

07-10-2008 00:42 UTC-7

So Sick

[user75032]

We finally found a flop worthy of the title of this post. Four players paid 3,200 to see a flop of {6-Diamonds}

. Both blinds checked to the under-the-gun player, who bet 5,000. Jon Lane raised him to 15,000, only to see the small blind raise all in for 55,000 and the big blind call all in for close to the same. After the under-the-gun player folded, Lane called as well.

Small Blind: {K-Clubs}

Big Blind: {Q-Hearts}

Lane:

Top two for the small blind; middle set for the big blind; and top set for Lane. The turn and river bricked out, allowing Lane to eliminate two players and moved up the leaderboard to 233,000 chips.

07-10-2008 00:36 UTC-7

Stay Awake, Boys

Shamus

With less than half an hour to go in Day 2, several tables are engaged in conversation about their relative levels of fatigue. Play has tightened up somewhat as well, although we're still hearing the occasional shouts of "All in and a call!" around the Amazon Room.

Another hand went by without a flop over at Table #25 in Orange, where Dag Martin Mikkelsen has the big stack with 140,000. As the dealer shuffled for the next hand, a player stretched and yawned.

"Are you guys getting bored, is that what it is?" asked Kara Scott.

Scott has been playing patiently and not getting involved in too many hands of late. She sits with about 84,000 at present.

Tags: Dag Martin Mikkelsen Kara Scott

07-10-2008 00:36 UTC-7

Tracey Nguyen Doubles Through Brandon Becker

[user40108]

Action folded around to Brandon Becker in late position and he raised to 3,500. Tracy Nguyen, playing from the cutoff seat, reraised to 11,000 and Becker pushed all in. Nguyen called and the players showed:

Nguyen: {A-?}

Becker:

The flop came {Q-?}

and Becker never retook the lead. Nguyen chipped up to just over 100,000 on the hand.

Tags: Brandon Becker Tracy Nguyen

07-10-2008 00:35 UTC-7

Liv Boeree Slips A Trap

[user37786]

Ty Spires raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Liv Boeree called. Both players checked the {K-Diamonds}

flop and when Spires checked again after the {K-Clubs}

turned, Boeree bet 11,000. Spires called, and then checked when the {10-Spades}

fell on the river. He had to be disappointed when Boeree checked as well, because Spires had {10-Hearts}

and made a full house on the river to beat Liv's {J-Hearts}

. She lost the pot but didn't put in any money when she was beat and still has 33,500 to play with, while Spires is now up to 278,000.

07-10-2008 00:31 UTC-7

Johnny Chan Doubles Up in Dramatic Fashion

[user40108]

We caught up to this hand on the flop. The board read {J-Diamonds}

. Johnny Chan was heads up and out of position and he checked.

His opponent bet 11,000 and Chan put in a raise to 37,000. His opponent moved all in and Chan made the call for his remaining 47,100 chips. The players showed:

Chan: {J-Hearts}

Opponent:

The turn came the {6-Hearts}

completing Chan's flush. The river helped neither player as it fell the {A-Diamonds}

.. Chan doubled up to just under 175,000 chips on the hand.

Tags: Johnny Chan

07-10-2008 00:26 UTC-7

Bellande Busts One

Shamus

Jean-Robert Bellande limped from early position and got one caller behind. The flop came {9-Spades}

. Bellande checked, his opponent bet 7,200, and then Bellande pushed all in. After a lengthy stretch of thought, his opponent called with his last 20,000.

Bellande showed {3-Diamonds}

, and his opponent tabled A-K. Boom -- the {5-Clubs}

brought Bellande his straight, making the {7-Hearts}

on the river inconsequential.

Bellande is up to 190,000.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande