Event 13 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-07-2008 22:37 UTC-7

Nothing Personal

[user37786]

Paul Kobel was thinking about calling a 7,400 all-in bet when the player whose chips were already in the middle said, "You're torturing me, man!"

Kobel politely said, "I wouldn't do that, I'm just thinking." Kobel finally made the call, his {A-Spades}

led his opponent's {K-Hearts}

, and he ended up winning the pot. He now sits with 51,000.

Tags: Paul Kobel

06-07-2008 22:22 UTC-7

On Break

[user37786]

We're on break, players will return in 20 minutes.

06-07-2008 22:02 UTC-7

Lightning Strikes Twice

[user38971]

It's rare enough when one table manages to deal out pocket aces, pocket kings, and pocket queens on the same hand. It's even more rare when that happens twice in the same tournament, which is exactly what just happened.

Marco Tribuiani held pocket aces and managed to triple up after two other players, one holding pocket kings and the other holding pocket queens managed to get all their money in preflop. Marco's aces held up and after the hand he's up to 66,000.

06-07-2008 21:51 UTC-7

Payout Confusion?

[user38971]

We've received a lot of questions regarding the payout structure of today's event. There were 1,390 players that registered today, with only the top 99 players being paid. Most of the events thus far this year have paid out the top 10 percent of total entries. Many players have approached us asking if the number 99 is correct, or if Harrah's had made a mistake regarding original entries versus final total entries.

Our reporters in the field decided to find out what was going on, and according to Harrah's tournament staff, the Player Committee had voted prior to the start of the Series that any tournament which had fewer than 1,499 entries would cap the payouts to the top 99 players. According to the floor staff, this was done so that the payouts were higher in smaller fields.

06-07-2008 21:40 UTC-7

Chris Ferguson Takes a Hit

[user37786]

In a battle of the blinds the player in the small blind raised to 1,900 and Chris Ferguson called. The flop came {2-Spades}

, the small blind shoved for 9,100 and Ferguson made the call. His {Q-Diamonds}

was dominated by his opponent's {A-Hearts}

and when Ferguson couldn't conjure a ten his stack was reduced to 43,250.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

06-07-2008 21:35 UTC-7

Jamie Gold Has Been Eliminated

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Jeff Wan raised to 1,500 under the gun and another play popped it to 4,800. Jamie Gold called and Wan then pushed for 12,200. The player who made that 4,800 reraise then folded {K-Hearts}

face-up. Gold called for what few chips he had left and saw that his {A-Hearts}

was dominated by Wan's {A-Clubs}

. Neither player connected on the board and Gold was eliminated. Wan now sits with 32,000.

Tags: Jamie Gold

06-07-2008 21:23 UTC-7

No Need To Stand

[user38971]

Eli Elezra made it 1,500 to go preflop when a player in late position moved all in for 4,900. Action folded around to Eli who, after thinking about it, decided that it wasn't too much to call.

"I can call you with my garbage because I'm priced in at this point," and Eli dropped a few chips into the pot as he called. Eli showed 9-8 and was up against his opponent's pocket kings. His opponent stood up as the dealer started to show the flop and Eli said, "Why are you standing? You've got kings."

Eli lost the hand, but still has over 80,000 in chips.

Tags: Eli Elezra

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-07-2008 21:12 UTC-7

That Was a Big One

[user38971]

Our reporter caught up with the hand on the flop, where the board of {9-Clubs}

had a player in early position raise to 2,150 against Bryan Micon. Micon grabbed a stack of chips and dropped them onto the table, which totaled 16,000. His opponent called for his remaining 4,150 and turned over queens to see Micon's pocket nines had flopped a set.

"That was a big one, it better end up on PokerNews," Micon addressed our reporter. It was, and it did.

After the hand, Micon is up to 33,000.

06-07-2008 20:57 UTC-7

Who's Rubbing Scott Freeman?

[user38971]

There's a gentleman to the left of Scott Freeman named Jonathan McGowan who happens to have found an interesting good-luck charm. He's been all in a couple times now and every time all his chips have been in the middle, he turns to Scott Freeman and rubs his shoulder. Apparently, McGowan believes this will help.

So far, so good, as thus far it has worked every time. Most recently when he was all in with A-K against an opponent who held pocket queens. Sure enough, after rubbing Scott's shoulder, the king fell on the river.

Pure chance, or did someone manage to discover a new four-leaf clover?