2008 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$477,990
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
360
Level Info
Level
5
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Monnette Eliminated

We're down to heads up over on Table #4, as John Monnette has just been eliminated.

Sirous Jamshidi raised to 15,000 from the button, and Monnette reraised all in with his last 23,000 from the big blind. Jamshidi made the call.

Monnette {6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Jamshidi {9-Spades}{10-Spades}

The flop was {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, giving Jamshidi tens and Monnette fives. The turn was a queen and the river an ace, and Monnette is out in third.

Entering heads up, Elton Beebe has 340,000 to Jamshidi's 260,000.

Katchalov Catch-a-lot

Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov
At Table #1, Eugene Katchalov raised to 15,000 from the button, Tom Roupe folded in the small blind, and John Murphy made the call from the big blind. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Murphy bet 20,000, Katchalov reraised all in with his remaining 72,800, and Murphy called.

Katchalov showed {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the nut flush draw. But Murphy had {7-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the made straight and a straight flush draw.

Katchalov caught the {2-Clubs} on the turn, and the {3-Diamonds} on the river meant he'd doubled up to 150,000. Murphy is at about 140,000 now, with Roupe holding the remaining 310,000.

Jamshidi Cracks Beebe's Aces

On Table #4, a big hand just went down between Sirous Jamshidi and Elton Beebe right before the break.

Jamshidi limped from the small blind/button, Beebe raised to 16,000, Jamshidi repopped it to 51,000, and Beebe just called.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}. Jamshidi checked, Beebe pushed all in, and Jamshidi made the call with his remaining 110,000.

Jamshidi {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Beebe {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the river the {2-Diamonds}, and Jamshidi's flopped set held up. He's up to 335,000 and Beebe 265,000.

The "M"

The blinds are now going up pretty fast in relation to the stack sizes. Going by Dan Harrington's "M" calculation, which is the stack divided by all blinds+antes, a player with half the chips at his table (300,000) now has an M of 30, which is plenty. However, if he's only got a quarter of the chips at the table (150,000) and his opponent(s) have the rest, he only has an M of 15, which means he's running out of options. Less than that, and he's heading toward an all-in or fold situation.

Level: 5

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500