Poker Forum - WSOP Recap: Event #39-Day 2

August 2, 2006—Day 2B, Event #39

Kid Poker, aka Daniel Negreanu, cleared the $100,000 chip mark when he went toe-to-toe with John Sacha. With 9c-6c in the pocket and Sacha holding pocket Aces, Negreanu saw a flop that consisted of 7-5-4. Sacha went All-in and Negranu called. The turn produced a 9h and the river revealed an 8d, giving "Kid Poker" the straight. Negreanu won and Sacha busted.

Kathy Liebert doubled up when she went All-in on the pre-flop with pocket Js. The board ended up Kc-Td-9h-Qd-4d giving her a straight. About an hour later, she doubled up again, against the same opponent. Her opponent went All-in holding pocket Ks and Liebert called holding pocket Qs. The board comes 10h-7c-6s-Qd-Jd giving Liebert a cool $49,000.

Greg Raymer forced a player to fold when he bet $2000 on a board that consisted of 8d-8h-2d-As, but was eliminated shortly before the dinner break.

Dmitri Nobles, who was chip leader for most of the day, gambled and lost when he called an All-in. The board came up as 9d-8s-4h-Ac-Jc and Nobles had Kh-Qh, while his opponent showed As-Qs. Nobles still ended the day as chip leader with $562,000.

Play resumes again on Friday August 4, 2006.

August 1, 2006—Day 2A, Event #39

As Day 2 of the tourney commenced Andrew faded to black as he busted out of the 2006 event. Andrew Black finished last year's tourney in fifth place.

Mark "pokerbok" Vos came to his table late after he "overslept."

Barry Greenstein won't get any more opportunities to make green as he was eliminated.

Scotty Nguyen avoided near disaster. After calling and opponent that went All-in, Nguyen revealed Jd-Jh, while his opponent had Qs-Qh. Fortunately for Scotty there were four more diamond cards on the board giving Nguyen a flush and giving his opponent a migraine.

Prior to this year's main event Jeff Madsen was riding a hot streak. He won two bracelets at the preliminary events and made it to four final tables. He was even one of the favorites to make the final table at the main event. Unfortunately, he was eliminated from this year's event but has a bright future ahead of him.

After going All-in Danny Masterson from That 70's Show was eliminated.

In a small time frame the frontman for metal band Godsmack, Sully Erna, doubled up and to increase his chip count to about $16,000.