Theo Tran’s wave of success in the 2008 WSOP has continued in the 10k Heads-Up NL WSOP Event #25.
Tran has three finishes in the top 25, finishing as high as fourth place twice. Drawing Andy Bloch in second round, Tran had a difficult draw to advance but overcame it when his A3 best Bloch’s 44 on a 9542J board.
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, perhaps one of the favorites in the field with his online heads-up resume, played an interesting match with Steve Sung.
In the 400-800 level, Galfond raised to 2k on the button and Sung called. On a 3Q5 flop, Sung check called Galfond’s 2600 bet. Both players checked the 3 turn and the river brought the 6. Sung bet 3k and Galfond raised to 9k. After thinking for a few minutes, both players still sitting with deep stacks, Sung called the raise and mucked when Galfond showed QJ.

After the hand Galfond had about a 3-to-2 lead and the match continues.

Here’s a list of interesting 2nd round outcomes

Carlos Mortensen def. David Singer
David Williams def. Andrew Rosskamm
Michael Mizrachi def. Tex Barch
Clonie Gowen def. John Gordon
Alex Jacob def. Markus Lehmann
Brandon Adams def. Dario Minieri
Isaac Haxton def. Nathan Doudney
Blake Cahail Defeats Steve Fiorentini
Daniel “Ansky” Stern Defeats Thomas Bentham

• June 14, 2008 -- He Might Be a Little Sore-l After a Beat Like That
• June 13, 2008 -- Wolpert and Gray Get Coolered in 10k Heads-Up
• June 28, 2008 -- CrazyMarco, Roothlus Chip Up
• June 26, 2008 -- Online Kids Get on Their HORSE