2008 World Series of Poker

Event 13 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠a♣
Prize
$666,777
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
1,390
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Noon Start Time for $2,500 NLHE Freezeout

[user33020]
[user33020]
The second Saturday of the 2008 WSOP gets underway at noon with the start of Event #13, $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. PokerNews will be on hand with the latest action from the Amazon Room floor, where a field in excess of 1,000 is likely to be on hand.

Last year's champion in this event was Francois Safieddine, who outlasted a field of 1,013 players to walk away with $521,785 in prize money.

Tags: Francois Safieddine

Almost Time

[user37786]
[user37786]
The players are taking their seats and it's gonna be a big field. Last year there were 1,013 players; this year we're looking at close to 1,300. We'll be starting in just a few minutes.

Big Field

[user38971]
[user38971]
At last tally there are 1,357 players in the field today, 200 more players in attendance than last year. Many familiar faces are here, including T.J. Cloutier, Beth Shak, Humberto Brenes, Bill Gazes, Freddy Deeb, Montel Williams, Vanessa Selbst, Dmitri Nobles, Hevad "Rain" Khan, and Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke.

Back to Back

[user37786]
[user37786]
Andy Black and Layne "Back-to-Back" Flack are sitting back-to-back at Table 7. Well, actually they're sitting side-by-side but that didn't keep the rhythm going.

Two and More for T.J.

[user38971]
[user38971]
T.J. Cloutier was under the gun when he limped in preflop. The player in the cutoff as well as the big blind joined him to see a flop of {A-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {4-Spades}. All three players checked and action lit up as the {7-Diamonds} fell on the turn. The big blind led out originally for 600 and T.J. raised to 3,500. The player in the cutoff moved all in and both the big blind and T.J. instantly called.

The cut-off player showed A-K for top pair/top kicker, while the big blind turned over A-4 for a flopped full house. T.J. smiled and showed pocket sevens, for a better full house. The river brought the case seven, giving T.J. quads and eliminating two other players in the process.

Tags: TJ Cloutier

An Early Double

[user37786]
[user37786]
Jamie Gold padded his stack early in today's event when he got it all in with {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} against a player holding {A-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} and the board reading {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {9-Spades} {A-Diamonds}. The other player didn't catch an eight on the river and Gold doubled up.

Tags: Jamie Gold

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