The board comes , and Rob Hollink is eliminated.
2007 World Series of Poker
Event 19 - $2,500 No Limit Holdem
Day: 2
The board comes , and Rob Hollink is eliminated.
A few hands later, Ville Wahlbeck raises from early position to 8,000, Matusow calls, the small blind moves all in, Wahlbeck folds, and Matusow calls with J-J. The small blind shows A-K, and it's a race situation. The board comes , and Matusow's jacks hold up to win the pot and bust his opponent.
Matusow claims he called because he put both the initial raiser and the small blind on an ace. (Though the initial raiser claims he didn't have one.)
The next hand, Shawn Buchanan raises to 9,000, the player on the button moves all in for 39,000, and Kido Pham calls with . The button shows , and it's a race situation. The board comes , and Pham turns a pair of kings to win the pot and bust three players in two hands.
Kido Pham is the executioner at his table, and he's up to about 100,000 in chips.
94th - Robert Stevanovski - $3,844
95th - Fredrik Halling - $3,844
96th - Michael Allis - $3,844
97th - Kelly Muluk - $3,844
98th - Terris Preston - $3,844
99th - Robert Cole - $3,844
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
The average chip count is a little more than 51,000, and here are the players at the top of the leaderboard with more than 100,000:
1. Lars Bonding - 155,600
2. Alex Bolotin - 152,800
3. Devin Porter - 135,100
4. Greg 'FBT' Mueller - 122,000
5. David Redlin - 111,400
6. Richard Totii - 107,400
7. Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier - 106,800
8. Sam Abueid - 104,200
9. Alex Outhred - 104,000
10. Mike Matusow - 103,700
11. Justin Scott - 100,600
Yesterday, Phil Hellmuth won his record-setting 11th WSOP bracelet, and you can be sure that Mike Matusow would like to steal some of that thunder with a strong showing today. Expect some pre-Fourth of July fireworks.
Matusow isn't the only big name on the leaderboard. Day One chipleader Lars Bonding finished second in this event two years ago, and Greg 'FBT' Mueller is playing at the top of his game right now. Devin Porter is a popular online player ('TranquilChaos') who has reached two WPT Final Tables, but is looking for his first at the WSOP. And Justin Scott won a bracelet in $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em last year.
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