2008 World Series of Poker

Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$573,734
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,144,960
Entries
2,304
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Melissa Hayden Triples Up

Melissa Hayden
Melissa Hayden
After four players limped into the pot, Melissa Hayden raised all in from the big blind for 1,300. She got two callers and the flop came {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts}. With action on the side, one player bet and the other quickly folded. The players showed:

Hayden: {4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}
Opponent: {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}

Hayden had her opponent drawing all but dead, and sure enough, he failed to improve. Hayden took down the pot and is now working with about 4,300 chips.

Tags: Melissa Hayden

Value Bets, Baby

On a board reading {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} {A-Spades} on the turn, Men "The Master" Nguyen bet out 1,100 from the small blind and his opponent called. The river was the {5-Diamonds}. Nguyen bet another 1,700 and was called again.

Nguyen showed {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for a full house and his opponent mucked. He's now up to 6,700.

Tags: Men Nguyen

Alex Jacob Eliminated

The button raised to 550 and Alex Jacob called from the big blind. The flop was {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {J-Clubs}. Jacob checked, the button bet 725 and Jacob called. The turn was the {3-Clubs}. Jacob bet 1,225, the button raised to 3,250, Jacob moved all in for 6,000 and the button called.

Jacob showed {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} for top two pair, but the button had a flush with {4-Clubs} {5-Clubs}. The river was the {4-Spades} and Jacob's tournament came to an early end.

Tags: Alex Jacob

Mark Seif Eliminated

After an early-position player limped in, Mark Seif moved all in from the button. The blinds passed but the limper insta-called. Seif was in trouble as his {A-Spades} {4-Hearts} was dominated by his opponent's {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}.

Despite flopping an inside straight draw, Seif came up short in the hand and headed for the rail.

Tags: Mark Seif

Alvarado Building a Stack

Three players including J.C. Alvarado limped in and saw a {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {2-Spades} flop. The action was checked around. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}. The small blind led for 400, the big blind folded, J.C. Alvarado raised to 950 and the small blind called. The river was the {4-Clubs}. The small blind checked, Alvarado bet 1,600 and the small blind called.

Alvarado turned up {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} and the small blind mucked. He's now up to 12,000 in chips.

Tags: JC Alvarado

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Talk About Dead Money

According to the numbers on the tournament information screens, (which aren't yet official) this event drew a total of 2,158 entrants. Just three hours into play, only 1,142 of those players remain.

In just 180 minutes of play, we lost 1,016 players, or roughly one every 11 seconds.