Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-10-2008 18:23 UTC-7

Ayaz is Our Sunshine

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A player in middle position raised and Ayaz Mahmood re-raised from the small blind. Mahmood bet in the dark. The flop was {J-Hearts}

. The MP called. Mahmood bet in the dark again, and the turn was {10-Spades}

. The MP called. For a third time, Mahmood bet in the dark. The river was {3-Hearts}

and the MP called. Mahmood showed {A-Clubs}

to the opponent's {A-?}

and is up to 6,800.

"Oh, you want to play like that, Sunshine?" says his opponent.
"Anytime you want," says Mahmood.

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood

06-10-2008 18:25 UTC-7

Set Over Set

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Yueqi Zhu raised from middle position and the button and big blind called. The flop was {8-Hearts}

and the big blind checked. Zhu bet. The button folded. The BB check-raised and Zhu called. The turn was {10-Diamonds}

. The BB bet and Zhu called. The river was {A-Hearts}

. The BB bet and Zhu called. Zhu showed {8-Clubs}

to the opponent's {6-Clubs}

and is climbing back from an early deficit, to 3,300.

Tags: Yueqi Zhu

06-10-2008 18:28 UTC-7

A Lot of Betting from Negreanu

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Daniel Negreanu, from early position, and the big blind capped it preflop. The flop was {J-Spades}

. The BB led off and they capped the betting again. The turn was {A-Clubs}

and they capped it a third time. The river was {Q-Spades}

and they checked. Negreanu had {10-Diamonds}

to his opponent's {10-Spades}

and they split it. Negreanu's at 3,750.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

06-10-2008 18:33 UTC-7

John "The Razor" Phan raises about five hands in a row. After the fifth time, an opponent finally throws his hands up in frustration. "Hey!" Phan says. "I was late. I have to make up for the hands I missed."

Tags: John Phan

06-10-2008 18:46 UTC-7

Shorr Avoids Negreanu, Picks Up Chips

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In a hand that Daniel Negreanu was in no way involved with, Shannon Shorr raised on the button and the blinds called.

The flop was {7-Spades}

and the small blind and big blind checked. Shorr bet and both called.

The turn was {7-Diamonds}

and all checked. The river was {Q-Spades}

and the blinds checked to Shorr, who bet. The small blind folded and the big blind called. Shorr showed {A-Diamonds}

and the big blind mucked. Shorr is up to 4,800.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

06-10-2008 18:48 UTC-7

Edler on a Draw

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Bill Edler bet and was called all the way to a river of {9-Clubs}

. Edler bet again on the river and said, "You win," when his opponent called. Edler showed {10-Hearts}

for the open-ended straight flush draw. His opponent had but {2-Spades}

and dragged the pot.

Edler is down to his last 800 in chips.

Tags: Bill Edler

06-10-2008 18:52 UTC-7

Holy Cow

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ESPN's football play-by-play sportscaster Mike Patrick is playing in this event, over on table 30.

Tags: Mike Patrick

06-10-2008 19:05 UTC-7

The Three-Chip Rule?

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A player under the gun raised and Bill Edler reraised to 225 from middle position. The player next to him threw out three 100 chips without saying anything. Was that a raise or a call? He had intended to raise, but several players wanted it to be a call. The floor was called over, and it was ruled a raise to 300. The complaining continued, but the ruling stood. The UTG player called and Edler called.

The flop was {10-Diamonds}