Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

05-30-2008 13:54 UTC-7

Score One for the French

[user25067]

On a flop of {A-Hearts}

, the big blind checked, David Benyamine bet 1,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the {J-Hearts}

. The big blind checked again, Benyamine fired out 1,200 and the big blind called. The river was the {J-Diamonds}

. Again the big blind checked, Benyamine bet 4,800 and the big blind called.

Benyamine turned up {J-Spades}

for trips and raked in the pot. He's now up to 30,000.

Tags: David Benyamine

05-30-2008 13:56 UTC-7

Amnon Filippi cut it close with his prop bet. With only a few minutes remaining in the second level, the 351st player signed up for the event and took his seat. Filippi collected $1,000 and claimed that he wasn't worried about making the over.

Tags: Amnon Filippi

05-30-2008 14:00 UTC-7

Break Time

[user37786]

The tournament clocks counted down to zero a bit before 2pm, so the players are going out on break now and when we resume we'll play the last ten minutes of this level before moving to the next.

05-30-2008 14:17 UTC-7

Extra Time

donpeters

A spectator on the rail was timing the event levels with his stopwatch and found that the tournament clock was running fast. Word spread to the players and the players began complaining to the tournament directors about losing playing time.

The cause is said to be some sort of computer glitch according to some of the tournament directors. One of them mentioned, "We've got about 17 people in the back working out the problem and I'm certain they'll get it fixed."

As a result, the directors have decided to give the players 10 more minutes of play for level two starting after the break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

05-30-2008 14:25 UTC-7

We're Back

[user37786]

The players have returned to their seats and we're playing down the last few minutes of the previous level.

05-30-2008 14:28 UTC-7

Shaun Deeb Doubles Through Minh Ly

[user25067]

Minh Ly opened the pot for 950 from early position, the button called and Shaun Deeb called from the big blind. The flop was {9-Clubs}

. Deeb checked, Ly bet 2,600, the button folded, Deeb moved all in for 13,000, and Ly called.

Ly {Q-Clubs}

Deeb

The turn was the {A-Hearts}

, the river was the {8-Clubs}

and Deeb took it down with his set of sixes, doubling his stack to 31,000. Ly was still healthy with 36,000.

Tags: Minh Ly Shaun Deeb

05-30-2008 14:38 UTC-7

Superstars Online or Off

[user37786]

Two of online poker's superstars--Tom "durrr" Dwan and Chad "lilholdem954' Batista--are now both sitting at table #27, along with Antonio Esfandiari.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Chad Batista durrr lilholdem954 Tom Dwan

05-30-2008 14:39 UTC-7

Saul Slays the Dragon

[user25067]

David "The Dragon" Pham raised to 1,200 from UTG, Kevin Saul reraised to 3,500 from early position, and Pham called. The flop was {Q-Diamonds}

. Pham led out for 5,000 and Saul called. The turn was the {7-Clubs}

. Pham checked, and Saul bet the size of the pot (17,000) sending Pham into the tank. Pham had less than the size of the bet behind, so his tournament life would be on the line if he made the call. After much thought, he shoved his chips in.

Saul turned up {A-Diamonds}