2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Kevin Nathan Eliminated in 11th Place ($36,729)

Kevin Nathan
Kevin Nathan
Kevin Nathan was eliminated after moving all in preflop with pocket nines and was called by Anderson Silva. Silva held A-Q and on a flop of {4-Hearts} {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} managed to pick up a straight draw, which happened to connect on the river when the {10-Spades} fell, eliminating Nathan from the field.

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Tran Truckin'

J.C. Tran
J.C. Tran
Shortly after the previous hand, J.C. Tran took another decent pot off of Christoph Köhnen. On a board showing {7-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, Köhnen bet 85,000, Tran reraised to 245,000, and Köhnen let it go.

Köhnen is at 380,000, and Tran has moved up to 1.4 million.

Tran Doubles Up

JC Tran made it 55,000 to go preflop and Jason Moungey called. The flop ran {A-Clubs} {5-Spades} {9-Clubs} and Tran fired 65,000 into the pot. Jason moved all in for 900,000 and Tran insta-called. Tran showed pocket nines for a flopped set and Mason held {A-Hearts} {7-Hearts}. Jason failed to improve and is down to just 240,000 after the hand while Tran is up over 1,000,000.

Pelton Pounces

Joe Pelton
Joe Pelton
We'd noted Anderson Silva's aggressive play earlier. Joe Pelton had noticed, too. On a recent hand, Pelton had raised to 60,000 from middle position and Silva called from the button. The flop came {4-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, and Pelton checked. Silva pushed all in, and Pelton called immediately, showing {A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Silva had pocket deuces.

Pelton's hand held up, and he doubled to 650,000.

No worries for Silva, though. Shortly afterwards, he pushed all in again with {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and got called by massive chip leader Rasmus Nielsen who held {A-Spades}{9-Hearts}. Silva's hand held up and he's back to 690,000. Nielsen has 1.8 million.

Tags: Joe Pelton

Siu's See-Saw

Chad Siu
Chad Siu
Chad Siu was just involved in all ins on consecutive hands.

On the first, Siu was all in with A-J versus Anderson Silva's pocket fours. An ace on board gave Siu the pot.

On the second, Kevin Nathan pushed all in preflop and Siu, having Nathan covered, made the call. Siu had {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}, far behind Nathan's {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

The flop was {5-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, and Siu suddenly went from way behind to way in front. The {K-Spades} on the turn gave the advantage back to Nathan, however, and the {7-Hearts} on the river meant Nathan had doubled up to 180,000. Siu now has 230,000.