$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed - End of Day 2
Jun 06, '08
It was an early evening by World Series of Poker standards, with the final hand dealt minutes before 11:00 p.m. PT. Players will have plenty of time to rest before they have to reconvene in the Amazon Room tomorrow afternoon at 2. When they take their seats tomorrow these will be their approximate starting stacks:
John Conkright - 1,100,000
Michiel Brummelhuis - 740,000
Ralph "Rep" Porter - 660,000
Nathan Templeton - 535,000
Anatoly Shilyuk - 350,000
Devin Porter - 375,000
Blinds will start tomorrow at 6,000/12,000.
Player Tags: Devin Porter, Nathan Templeton, John Conkright, Michiel Brummelhuis, Rep Porter, Anatoly Shilyuk
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed - And Then There Were Six
Jun 06, '08
Players Left: 6 of 1,236
Eliminations:
Andrew Fegan
Dave Zand
Kevin MacPhee
Jared Okun
Big Hands and Storylines:
MacPhee Out 8th
Kevin MacPhee and Nathan Templeton got all-in pre-flop. MacPhee held 8
8
but was a 4-to-1 underdog against Templeton’s Q
Q
. The A74 flop left MacPhee with only a single out, the 8 of hearts. Neither the turn nor river made MacPhee his miracle set, however, and he was crippled, left with only 50,000 chips. He would be eliminated shortly after by, who else, Nathan Templeton.
Zand Blasted: Out on the Final Table Bubble
Nathan Templeton raised to 28,000 from the cutoff, Dave Zand called on the button, Devon Porter also called from the small blind, and John Conkright came along from the big blind. The table saw the first four-handed flop of the evening: JTT. Those sweating from the rail sensed action, and turned out to be quite perceptive. Conkright wasted no time in leading out with a bet of 100,000. Templeton quickly folded, but Zand was not so fast to act. Sliding out three stacks of orange chips, he declared a raise to 300,000. Porter resignedly mucked his hand (later confessing to folding A-J) and Conkright moved all-in. Zand called, and the two showed their hands:
Conkright: KT
Zand: 98
Conkright flopped trip tens but was only a slight favorite against Zand’s open-ended straight flush draw. The turn delivered the J, making the river sweat much more tolerable for Conkright. When the last card came 7. He raked in a massive pot, taking him over 1 million for the night.
Zand was left with one stack of yellow chips totaling 30,000. He was eliminated shortly after when his QT was felled by Devon Porter’s AT on a board of 48442.
Player Tags: Devin Porter, Nathan Templeton, Andrew Fegan, Jared Okun, John Conkright, Dave Zand
NLHE 6-Hand - Final Table - Down to Heads Up
Jun 07, '08
Blinds/Antes: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Left: 2
Chip Counts:
Ralph "Rep" Porter: 2,783,000
Nathan Templeton: 925,000
Eliminations:
John Conkright - 4th Place ($101,228)
Devin Porter - 3rd Place ($151,842)
Big Hands and Storylines:
John Conkright Eliminated in Fourth Place ($101,228)
John Conkright moved all in preflop for 506,000 and Nathan Templeton made the call. The two players then flipped up their hands:
Conkright: K5
Templeton: A10
Board: A109A2
Conkright is eliminated in fourth place, and he took home $101,228 in prize money.
Devin Porter Eliminated in Third Place ($151,842)
Templeton raised to 245,000 preflop and Devin Porter raised all in. Rep Porter moved all in after that and Templeton mucked. Here are the cards:
Rep: 1010
Devin: AJ
Board: 93353
Devin was eliminated in third place, and he took home $151,842 in prize money.
Player Tags: Devin Porter, Nathan Templeton, John Conkright, Rep Porter
NLHE 6-Hand - Final Table - Everybody Stays
Jun 07, '08
Blinds/Antes: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 5
Chip Counts:
Ralph "Rep" Porter: 1,700,000
Nathan Templeton: 685,000
Devin Porter: 630,000
John Conkright: 500,000
Anatoly Shilyuk: 220,000
Eliminations:
none
Big Hands and Storylines:
Devin Porter Doubles Up
Devin Porrter moved all in preflop for 371,000 and John Conkright made the call after tanking for a minute. They then turned up their hands:
Porter: JJ
Conkright: AQ
6542J
Porter doubled up on the hand and survived.
Anatoly Shilyuk Doubles Up
Anatoly Shilyuk made it 45,000 to go preflop and Conkright reraised to 120,000. Shilyuk reraised all in for 230,000, and Conkright made the call. They then turned up their hands:
Shilyuk: AK
Conkright: 44
Board: K72710
Shilyuk doubled up on the hand and survived.
John Conkright Doubles Up
Conkright moved all in preflop for 223,000 and Devin Porter made the call. They then revealeds their cards:
Conkright: 55
Porter: 33
Board: QJ9KK
Conkright doubled up on the hand and survived. The last three players to put their tournament life at risk have been given a new life by lady luck.
Player Tags: Devin Porter, John Conkright, Anatoly Shilyuk
Vivek Rajkumar Eliminates John Conkright