Level: 7
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$739,800
Entries
548
Level
8
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 548
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Robert Beveridge has doubled-up three times since we've returned from our last break.
His most recent double came with 
against Joseph McGowan's 
. The two got all the bets in preflop, and the board ran 
.
Beveridge is still short though, he sits with only 28,000 chips.
On a board of 
, Feming Chan slid out a bet and was called by Brian Tate.
The 
fell on the river and Tate folded to Chan's bet, and the two were on to the next hand.
On the button, Brian Aleksa made it two bets to go. Sijbrand Maal made the call and the two were on to a flop of 
.
Mall check-called Aleksa's bet and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked to the river, 
.
Again, both players checked. Maal showed 
for two pair to take the pot.
Robert Beveridge's uphill fight has come to an end at Table 315.
In the second to last hand, Beveridge bet every street as the board ran 
. Mcgowan called each time.
Beveridge tabled and Mcgowan almost mucked his hand before finally realizing he rivered trip fives with 
.
"I would have raised had I known," Mcgowan chuckled.
The next hand all the bets were in preflop and Mcgowan was ahead with 
against Beveridge's 
. The flop was seven-high, and the turn and river both blanked sending Beveridge home.
With the win, Mcgowan locks up a minimum of $12,961 and a seat at tomorrow's final table.
Mitch Schock limped from the button, and Matthew Kelly called from the small blind. Terrence Chan checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down, .
Kelly checked to Chan, who tossed in a bet. Schock made the call and Kelly opted to fold.
The 
fell on the turn and Chan bet again. Schock made the call again and the peeled off on the river.
This time, Chan's bet got his opponent to fold.
When we got to the table, the board read 
.
A raising war began between Brian Tate and Feming Chan.
First Tate tossed in a bet. Then, Chan made it two bets. Tate fired back with three bets, and Chan made it four bets. Tate made the call and tabled 
for a flush, but it was no good against Chan's for a straight flush.
Tyler Bonkowski raised from the small blind and was called by Ben Yu out of the big.
The flop fell 
and Bonkowski got his last bet in. Yu called and the hands were opened:
Showdown
Bonkowski: 
Yu: 
Bonkowski was dominated and could not improve on the turn or river eliminating him from the tournament.
Yu is now heads up with Jonathan Aguiar for a final table birth.
Here are the counts from the remaining seven tables:
Table 308
Terrence Chan - 128,000
Matthew Kelly - 127,000
Mitch Schock - 104,000
Table 309
Brian Tate - 200,000
Feming Chan - 160,000
Table 310
Daniel Idema - 150,000
Claudio Rinaldi - 131,000
Jonathan Little - 84,000
Table 311
Brendan Taylor - 265,000
Jonathan Tamayo - 95,000
Table 312
Ben Yu - 311,000
Jonathan Aguiar - 49,000
Table 313
Timothy Vinsant - 155,000
Mike Schneider - 145,000
Theo Tran - 60,000
Table 314
Sijbrand Maal - 200,000
Brian Aleksa - 160,000
Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar and Ben Yu got three bets in before the dealer flopped 
. Yu led out for a bet and Aguiar called.
The turn was the and Yu led again. This time Aguiar raised and Yu called.
The river was the and Yu slowed down, check-calling a bet from Aguiar.
Aguiar turned over 
for aces-full and the dealer shipped him the pot. Yu slipped to 240,000 chips and Aguiar is back in it with 120,000 to his name.
