The board ran out , failing to improve Cunningham and doubling Hegeman's chip count. After the hand, he sits with 300,000 while Cunningham has dropped back to 460,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
The board ran out , failing to improve Cunningham and doubling Hegeman's chip count. After the hand, he sits with 300,000 while Cunningham has dropped back to 460,000.
Jonathan Depa put on a good show here today, and he will cash a check for close to $50,000 for his work over the last 36 hours.
Kyle Kloeckner opened to 72,000, and Greg Hurst came over the top for a total of 200,000, leaving himself 55,000 behind. When Kloeckner reraised, all the chips went into the middle. Kloeckner was holding and Hurst was in good shape with his .The board failed to improve Kloeckner as it ran out .
After that win, Hurst doubles up over 500,000, while Kloeckner is worked down to 371,000.
Kyle Kloeckner limped under the gun, and action passed around to Kyle Hegeman, who checked his option from the big. The flop came . Hegeman check-folded to a 35,000-chip bet, and Kloeckner and the all-in Depa turn their hands over:
Depa:
Kloeckner:
This time, Depa got a little help, as the board ran out , , making both players a king-high straight, and staving off elimination for Depa, at least for the time being.
Cunningham:
Depa:
Cunningham is at risk and in deep trouble. The flop comes . The turn is the , opening up another couple outs for the pro. Wouldn't you know it, the river is the off-suit , making Cunningham his straight, and doubling him up to a healthy 580,000. Depa, meanwhile, watches as his chips are counted down, and is almost insulted when he gets his rebate: just 11,000 chips with which to keep playing.
Level: 24
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Pescatori:
Cunningham:
Cunningham was out-kicked and at risk of elimination. He got what he needed though, as the river made his straight, and doubled him up at the expense of the Italian Pirate.
From early position, Max Pescatori limped in, and he and both blinds saw a cheap flop. It came . Greg Hurst checked, and Lennart Holtkamp bet out 21,000. Pescatori made the call, and the two men went heads up the rest of the way.
The turn brought the . Holtkamp checked it over this time, and Pescatori lead out with a bet of 75,000. The young Dutchman check-raised all in for another 165,000, and Pescatori slammed in the call. The hands were turned up:
Pescatori:
Holtkamp:
Holtkamp was looking for a non-repeating spade, but the on the river spelled the end for him. He is eliminated in seventh place, and has claimed his first WSOP cash, a very nice $38,365.