Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

09-21-2008 17:14 UTC+2

Channing Finishes Naujoks

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Naujoks - Lotsa Game, and Lotsa Eyeliner

After doubling up once, Sandra Naujoks moved in from the cutoff, and ran into the {K-Hearts}

of Neil Channing in the big blind. Sandra turned over {A-Diamonds}

, and was out when the board came Jack high.

09-21-2008 17:18 UTC+2

Seat 1: Matt Novak -- 47,000
Seat 2: Soheil Zamanian -- 18,000
Seat 3: Brandon Cantu -- 33,000
Seat 4: Adam Junglen -- 145,000
Seat 5: Surinder Sunar -- 5,000
Seat 6: Amir Englund -- 23,400
Seat 7: Demis Hassabis -- 13,800
Seat 8: Arkadi Kilman -- 30,000

09-21-2008 17:19 UTC+2

Blind Battle

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Small blind Andy Bloch and big blind John Dwyer tangled tentatively - with an interesting showdown. Not much interest from either player until the turn, the board: {10-Hearts}

when Dwyer bet out 3,000 after Bloch checked.
The river: {10-Spades}

Check to Dwyer again, who fired 5,000, called after the briefest of pauses by Bloch. Dwyer flashes his hand to his opponent in a way that says, "Oh dear, I probably can't be winning, but you can have a sneak peek."

But Bloch tabled the {A-Spades}

and Dwyer's hand sprang back over - the {A-Hearts}

chopping the pot.

Tags: Andy Bloch John Dwyer

09-21-2008 17:22 UTC+2

Snowman Melts Linton's Chances

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Ken Corkery has endured more suffering than a decade of being a Newcastle fan today, his nails gnawed down to the bone on numerous occasions. His latest jittery encounter was against fellow short-stacker Pete Linton. All in with {8-Spades}

versus

, the

flop appeared clinical at first, and after the inevitable gasp at the {7-Spades}

turn, the table erupted as the dealer popped out a climatic {8-Diamonds}

on the river.

Corkery was clearly elated, and emotionally exhausted at the same time as he dropped his head to the felt. Linton, meanwhile, wore a face like a firmly spanked bottom as he shook his head dismissively at the board.

Corkery now on over 30,000, but Linton is in dire straits with just 6,000.

Tags: Ken Corkery Pete Linton

09-21-2008 17:24 UTC+2

Tim Molyneux Eliminated

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Tim Molyneux has just missed out on the cash. His {J-Diamonds}

was out-done by {10-Diamonds}

which made a set on a {4-Clubs}

board.

Tags: Tim Molyneux

09-21-2008 17:25 UTC+2

Rushin' Russian

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Young Russian Yevgeniy Timoshenko has been on a bit of a heater in the last 15 minutes, and is up to 142,000 - at or near the top of the board.

09-21-2008 17:26 UTC+2

Hand For Hand

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Since we're now at 46 players, we're dealing hand for hand until the bubble bursts. Strong bubble boy candidates at this point are Surinder Sunar (5k), Peter Linton (5k), and Ben Grundy (7k)

09-21-2008 17:29 UTC+2

Stop, Bubble Time

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With 46 players remaining, we are now at the dreaded bubble meaning the next exit "goes home with nothing," as Anne Robinson would say.

There are a number of short stacks, all looking over their shoulders, praying for a cooler on a neighboring table, but most eyes are on Pete Linton who has just several thousand left.

The atmosphere is so tense at the moment, that if the whole PokerNews charged through the cardroom butt-naked, no one would even batter an eyelid.

09-21-2008 17:31 UTC+2

Big Stacks Battle on the Bubble

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Table (and tournament) big stacks John Dwyer and Daniel Nutt aren't avoiding each other's company in pots, even on the bubble. Cutoff Dwyer wasn't going anywhere on a flop of {Q-Hearts}