Raymer Recovers
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after his opponent called him down showing 
.His opponent mucked his down cards, as Raymer recovers some chips to move back to close to his starting stack of 20,000 chips.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,485,200
Entries
158
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
) after his opponent called him down showing .His opponent mucked his down cards, as Raymer recovers some chips to move back to close to his starting stack of 20,000 chips.
Tony G Gets Busy
Tony showed
and fired a bet on the river which was raised by David Chiu with 
. When Tony made the call, Chiu said, "Kings up," as Tony showed 
for trips to collect a nice pot and move to over 23,000 in chips.
A Hellmuthian Arrival
He has just wandered into the tournament area and greeted a few buddies before trying to figure out his seat. After they found a stack of chips for Hellmuth, he eventually sat down at the table featuring Minh Ly, David Grey, Archie "The Greek" Karas, and Daniel Negreanu.
What a table!
Negreanu vs. "The Greek"
Negreanu: (X-X)
(X)"The Greek": (X-X)
(X)Daniel bet out on the river and Karas called. Daniel stated, "I got my usual," and showed the (
) (X) for three queens. Karas mucked.
All Roses For Violette
Cyndy Violette check-called the double bet on fourth street with 
.On fifth street she paired her ace with the
and fired a bet with her opponent making the call with the .Sixth street brought the
for Violette and she fired again but her opponent stuck around after catching the .On the river Violette bet out again and her opponent made the call tabling (
) for two pair, queens and jacks, but Violette held (
) for aces and sixes to collect a healthy pot and move to over 25,000 in chips.
Welcome to Stud
"It's hard to win when you don't end up with the best hand. It's not like no-limit."
A lot of players will find it hard to push other players around. When it only costs one bet to try and catch your hand, a lot of players will make that extra call, even if they know for a fact they are behind. When the betting limits go up and the bet sizes represent a bigger portion of their stack, typically this type of thinking will change. Until then, hang on for a bumpy ride.
Players Upset with Dealers
Of course, this likely will not change. This is part of the dealer's job.
Interestingly enough, in stud-8, dealers are not allowed to call out possible hands.
Official Numbers Are In
First place will capture a coveted WSOP bracelet and $415,856 in prize money.
Raymer Takes A Hit
and was raised by a player holding 
. Raymer and a third player both made the call as they went to the river.Raymer checked, the player fired another bet which was called by both players. Raymer's opponent showed (
) () for rolled-up sevens and a rivered full house, which was too good as Raymer falls to about 17,800.
David Bach Eliminated
While we are not sure whether he is indeed the first player out, he is indeed one of the first players out of today's event. At least now he can rest up for tomorrow's events.