2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦4♦
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
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A Quick Note

[user40108]
[user40108]
Due to the rapid rate of player eliminations and the long line at the payout table, the folks who typically relay that information to us are quite busy at the moment. As soon as the pace dies down, we will have the Prizepool and Payouts list up to date.

"Attention Players!"

[user66118]
[user66118]
Jimmy Sommerfeld has been active on the micrphone giving advice and information to the players in the room.

"OK players, we have a line at the cashier's cage, so if you could start playing a little better, we can get this line down a little." A few nervous chuckles could be heard here and there, but most of the players are settling in here, trying to make a deep run to the final table.

Durante vs. Meyvis

[user66118]
[user66118]
From late position, Felix Wright opens the pot to 3,200. Nathan Meyvis on the button and Roberto Durante in the small blind both make the call.

The flop comes down {10-Clubs} {9-Spades} {2-Spades} , and action is checked to the raiser. Wright makes a continuation bet of 5,700 before Meyvis raises all in for 10,100 total. In the small blind, Durante has the exact same amount of chips, and surprisingly he too puts in his last 10,100, causing Wright to duck out of the hand.

When the cards are turned over, Meyvis has {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} , but sees that he ran into a set when Durante shows {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} . The turn and river are {3-Spades} , {3-Diamonds} , and Meyvis is out. Durante, meanwhile, is back up to 40,000.

Double Up or Go Home

[user66118]
[user66118]
We join this hand on the flop, with the board showing {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} , and the action on Anthony Perry. He checks it over to Michael Ium, who puts in a bet of 10,000. Perry check-raises all in for his last 29,000, and Ium makes the call.

Anthony Perry shows {K-Hearts} {J-Spades} , and Michael Ium tables the hand in the lead, {A-Hearts} {8-Spades} . The {6-Spades} on the turn makes Ium a straight, and the river {2-Diamonds} fails to hit Perry and sends him out to the lobby. Ium has upped his stack over the first big milestone, sitting with 104,000.

Silky Smooth

[user75032]
[user75032]
Today's restart is the largest restart outside of the Main Event in WSOP history. From getting the players in their seats with the correct chip stack, to the introduction of the new chip counting ID system, to the procedure used for hand-for-hand play, all of the staff -- dealers, runners, floor people and tournament directors -- have been absolutely top-notch. For a restart that could have been filled with extremely painful bumps in the road, things have gone as smoothly as possible.

There hasn't been much to complain about at the start of this year's WSOP.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

We're in the Money!

[user75032]
[user75032]
Robert McLaughlin is our bubble boy. His pocket nines were no match for an opponent's pocket queens.

"You're in the money -- unless I miscounted," joked tournament director Jack Effel.

Players are now on a ten-minute break.
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