2008 World Series of Poker

Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$507,563
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
1,344
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

A Steicke Situation

David Steicke
David Steicke
During the break, one of my media colleagues inquired about a player called Eric Celeste, so, keen to keep him updated on his friend's performance, I decided to calculate his stack.

Little did I know that on the opening hand of the level, Celeste would be feeding my thirst for action with an all-in and subsequent double-through.

Dustin Dirksen, who displays more moves than a Take That concert, raised it to 13,000 preflop only for Celeste to push for around 50,000 in chips from the small blind.

Although it was assumed the action would fold back round to Dirksen, momentum suddenly paused on the big blind David Steicke just one seat down.

Clearly holding a big hand, Steicke asked for a count of Celeste's stack before ultimately pushing all in himself. Dirksen happily sidestepped out of the way.

As they turned over the hands, Celeste's expression said it all, his {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} in all sorts of bother against Steicke's commanding pair of ladies, {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}.

However, poker is full of surprises, and when {10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades} hit the flop, Celeste suddenly increased his outs by eight.

Although the {10-Spades} on the turn made no difference, one of those outs arrived on the river, the {6-Diamonds} giving Celeste the straight and triggering a stunned silence as Steicke begrudgingly counted out his stack.

As a result, Steicke is down to the felt, whilst the merry Celeste jumps up to 100,000.

Tags: David SteickeEric Celeste

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Dinner Time

Player are currently enjoying a well-deserved dinner break.

There are T-shirts for sale here at the Rio that read, "I survived Friday 13th."

I don't think there are any that read, "I survived Friday 13th... up to the dinner break" though.

Patience Pays for Ellis

After displaying the patience of a chess master, Mike Ellis has finally been rewarded with a double-up and now sits on 120,000.

Admittedly, he needed a little luck to reach that figure, his all-in squeeze play with K-Q to a 10,000 raise and subsequent call, ultimately being called by A-J.

However, he had two live cards, one of which hit on the otherwise raggy board.

Tags: Mike Ellis

Maridu Doubles Up

The reason that Vivek Rajkumar found himself short and going all in with Q-9 was that he had doubled up Maria Mayrinck a few hands earlier.

Rajkumar: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}
Mayrinck: {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs}

Board: {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {K-Spades} {7-Spades} {4-Diamonds}

Mayrinck is up to 137,000, particularly impressive as she was so short that she was all in for just 4,000 at one point today.

Tags: Maria MayrinckVivek Rajkumar