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2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2b
against the 
of Matthew Bucaric.Jones got no help from the
board and was eliminated. Bucaric climbed to about 158,000 on the hand.
flop. Benefield picked a bad time to flop top pair with 
--his opponent had 
for an overpair and the royal flush draw and when the board ran out 
, Benefield's stack slipped to 131,000.
for just under 17,000 and flopped a straight which held up when the board ran out 
.Before this, Yildiz flopped a straight with
when the flop came down 
to take a decent pot.To keep up with playing aggressive poker, Yildiz had another player all in preflop. This time, Yildiz held
versus his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Yildiz scooped another pot to end an opponent's tournament.Yildiz is of Turkish descent from Belgium. He's been playing very aggressively throughout the tournament and has built his chip stack up to 246,000 at this point. According to Yildiz, he's an amateur who has been playing for nine to ten months. He won his seat here by playing a satellite tournament back in Belgium.
and his opponent held . Board:
After the hand Narboni moved up to 44,000 chips
, Vincent Gabel moved all in and was called by a player in the five seat. Gabel held and his opponent held 
. Only a six on the river would give Gabel a chop, but a fell, giving his opponent the hand, and sending Gabel out the door.
The flop is
and Choi checks. The MP bets 4,000 and Choi raises to 15,000. The MP raises again all in and Choi calls.MP:
Choi:
The turn and river are
and the MP is out. Choi moves up to 136,000.
The flop came down
. Hellmuth led out with 7,000 chips, and the other player bumped it up to 20,000. Hellmuth called.The turn brought the
and Hellmuth took another stab, pushing out a smallish bet of 11,000. His opponent mucked his hand, and Hellmuth showed before dragging in the pot.
Andrzejewski:
Esfandiari:
The board ran out
and the queen on the turn would be the dagger to end Esfandiari's tournament.Andrzejewski apologized, to which Antonio responded, "Never say sorry, it's poker."
, and another opponent held .Ross started calling out for an ace preflop and then after the flop hit
, he started calling out "Hold!"The turn fell the
and the river the . When the river card hit, Ross exclaimed, "Snickers! Where's the snickers lady?"After the hand Ross moved up to 49,000 chips.