Event 30 - $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-15-2009 13:27 UTC-12

Elezra E-liminated

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Eli Elezra raised to 10,500 from under-the-gun and got called by Theo Jorgensen and Lev Briskin from the small blind.

When Briskin checked the flop of {J-Diamonds}

, Elezra pushed his last 17,300 into the middle and Jorgensen called. Briskin folded and we saw the hands.

Elezra: {A-Spades}

Jorgensen: {J-Clubs}

With both flush and straight draws, Jorgensen was had many outs, and he hit his hand with the {6-Diamonds}

on the turn. The {2-Clubs}

on the river was no help for Elezra who left in 33rd place.

06-15-2009 13:15 UTC-12

Isaac Baron made it 8,000 to go from under-the-gun and action folded back to David Chiu who raised pot to 27,000 from the small blind, leaving himself just 13,000 behind.

After Baron asked for a count, he reraised and Chiu called all in.

Baron: {2-Clubs}

Chiu:

When the board ran {K-Diamonds}

, Chiu's aces held and he doubled to 77,700 while Baron saw his stack shrink to 50,000.

06-15-2009 13:12 UTC-12

Blimey! John-Paul Kelly Eliminated

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J.P. Kelly re-potted all in from the big blind with {K-Hearts}

, but had the misfortune of running into Chad Layne's {A-Spades}

. This time, the aces held, the board running out {Q-Hearts}

to send Kelly to the rail in 34th place.

06-15-2009 13:09 UTC-12

Kegel Pushes; Busts

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Dr. Kegel and Pavel Milanov both limped into the pot before it was raised to 15,000 by Jeff Kimber. Brian Alioa reraised all in for his last 22,500. He was called all around and four players saw the flop of {A-Diamonds}

.

Action checked to Kimber, who bet 83,500 and, when Milanov and Alioa folded, he went head to head to with Kegel.

Kegel: {K-Clubs}

Kimber:

When the board completed with the {9-Clubs}

and

, Kimber's two pair held up and his chip stack grew to 235,000.

06-15-2009 13:09 UTC-12

Kevin Murphy Doubles Through Jakcob Elbaz

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Aces cracked again... seems to be a running theme today.

Kevin Murphy was all in pre-flop against Jakcob Elbaz, his {K-Spades}

trying to hit against Elbaz's {A-Spades}

.

The board, however, ran out {9-Clubs}

, Murphy making a queen-high straight to double his stack to 57,000. Elbaz was left with 38,000 after the hand.

06-15-2009 12:55 UTC-12

Noah Boeken Eliminated

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Noah Boeken and one of his beloved hoodies

There is one less Ed Hardy hoodie in the field.

On a flop of {A-Clubs}

, Noah Boeken moved all in from the big blind for 13,800, Pavel Milanov moved all in behind him for 37,200 and the cutoff folded.

Boeken {10-Clubs}

Minalov

Boeken was drawing extremely slime, Minalov having a jack-high flush draw and an overpair to Boeken's lower flush draw. The turn was the {J-Diamonds}

, the river was the {2-Spades}

, and Minalov claimed the remainder of Boeken's chips, sending the Dutchman to the rail in 37th place.

06-15-2009 12:48 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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A few more players have left the felt over the past few minutes including Joe Beevers, Anders Taylor, Lawrence Cowsar, and David Ewing.

06-15-2009 12:41 UTC-12

Phillip White Eliminated by Gregory Aversa

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In a pre-flop all in confrontation, Phillip White took his {7-Hearts}

up against Gregory Aversa's {K-Spades}

. The board ran out {J-Spades}

to eliminate White in 41st place and take Aversa's stack up to 55,000.

06-15-2009 12:27 UTC-12

Steve Sung Takes a Big Pot

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Steve Sung and David Ewing got into a raising war after a flop of {5-Diamonds}

, with Ewing check-raising and Sung reraising all in. Ewing called and we saw their cards.

Sung: {A-Diamonds}

Ewing:

Ewing's set was ahead, but Sung had both flush and straight draws, and made his wheel when the {3-Spades}

fell on the turn. When the {8-Clubs}

failed to pair the board on the river, Sung took the 197,000 chip pot and Ewing was left with just 22,000.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0