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

07-09-2008 23:24 UTC-7

Action Flop

[user37786]

It didn't look that way at first, as a {Q-Diamonds}

flop seems fairly innocuous. The fireworks started when one player moved in for his last 23,500 and Evan McNiff raised to 75,000. A raise that Serge Grenier then called.

The turn was the {6-Hearts}

and Grenier moved in for his last 22,600. McNiff called and when the hands were turned over Grenier's {8-Spades}

had McNiff's {A-Clubs}

drawing dead and the other player's {2-Hearts}

dead to the case deuce. Which didn't come, as the {K-Clubs}

fell on the river. Grenier is now up to 162,700, McNiff slipped to 81,600, and the third player was knocked out.

07-09-2008 23:20 UTC-7

John D'Agostino raised to 3,500 before the flop, and a short-stacked player reraised for 11,500 total. D'Agostino, who had about 118,000 when the hand began, made the call.

D'Agostino showed {10-Spades}

, and his opponent tabled {K-Spades}

. The flop came {Q-Hearts}

.

"Eight of hearts!" said D'Agostino. The turn? The {8-Hearts}

. More outs for D'Agostino now.

And one came on the river, as the {J-Clubs}

gave him the straight.
Another has fallen, one of over 1,300 so far today. D'Agostino is now up to 130,000.

Tags: John D'Agostino

07-09-2008 23:15 UTC-7

John Chinnock Eliminated

[user40108]

Action folded around to John Chinnock in the cutoff seat and he pushed all in for 10,300. The big blind called and the players showed:

Chinnock: {10-Hearts}

Opponent:

When the cards were flipped up, Chinnock said "I can't get ante'd to death."

The board ran out {J-Diamonds}

and Chinnock's ten-high was no good.

07-09-2008 23:14 UTC-7

David Tran Eliminated

[user38971]

David Tran was all in preflop holding pocket tens and was called by an opponent holding A-K. His opponent spiked a king on the flop and David failed to improve.

07-09-2008 23:13 UTC-7

The Orient Express Steams Through Sheikyville

[user40108]

Johnny Chan just doubled through Shawn Sheikhan when Chan's {A-Clubs}

held up against Sheikhan's {K-Spades}

.

The chips went in before the flop and Chan hit the {A-Spades}

board hard. He doubled up to just under 49,000 and left Sheikhan with just shy of 150,000 chips.

Tags: Johnny Chan

07-09-2008 23:12 UTC-7

A Spot of Action Right After the Break

[user75032]

Welcome back to the Amazon Room, Adam Levy. Levy opened the pot preflop to 4,800. The small blind moved all in, then the big blind moved all in, and then Levy called both raises.

Small Blind: {J-Diamonds}

Big Blind: {Q-Hearts}

Levy:

Levy managed to flop a king on a board of {K-Spades}

to take a dominating lead in the hand. The turn and river blanked out {A-Diamonds}

. Levy now has 240,000 in chips.

07-09-2008 23:12 UTC-7

Jan Sjavik Eliminates Nelson Tran

[user37786]

All the money went in before the flop, with Sjavik holding {K-Hearts}

to Tran's

. The board ran out {K-Clubs}

, Tran was eliminated, and Sjavik is now up to 143,000.

07-09-2008 23:09 UTC-7

Loecke Flops Flush

[user38971]

Tim Loecke held {K-Diamonds}

on a flop of {10-Diamonds}

. His opponent moved all in and Loecke insta-called. His opponent had Q-J for top pair and failed to improve by the river.

07-09-2008 23:09 UTC-7

Marchand Marching Along

Shamus

A short while ago, Dan Marchand was involved in a hand against Henrik Lennholm. Started out as one of those seemingly innocuous blind-vs.-blind hands, but erupted into something more significant when we all learned that Marchand had pocket aces and Lennholm pocket kings. Marchand's aces held up on that one, and he pushed up to 110,000. Lennholm fell back to 50,000.

Marchand has chipped up further since then and now sits with 160,000 in chips. An Englishman from Bristol, Marchand won his seat to the Main Event through Pokeroom, and has definitely enjoyed his first trip to Vegas and the WSOP.

Tags: Dan Marchand Henrik Lennholm

07-09-2008 23:03 UTC-7

Love, Honor, and Move All In

[user42991]

Al Riccobono moved all in on a the turn with the board showing {8-Hearts}

. His opponent asked why he went all in, and Riccobano said that he wanted to go to break. Finally his opponent called.

Riccobono showed {A-Hearts}

for the nut flush. After the pot, Riccobono moved up to 110,000 in chips.

He also told us that he would like to say hello to his wife and that he loves her.

Tags: Al Riccobano