2008 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
Day: 1
David Levi Moving Up
After David Levi raised to 1,200 from the small blind and a player that limped called, the flop came . Levi then put the other player all in and he called.
Levi showed to his opponent's . The turn came a and the river a to give Levi the pot and move him up to 15,000.
Boeree Sitting Pretty
Liv Boeree is up to 17,000 after flopping a diamond flush draw and going with it. The flush came on the turn and she managed to get paid off on the river, as happens so often in limit hold'em.
The Croc Shows His Teeth
Billy "The Croc" Argyros just survived an all-in to stay alive. He raised from under the gun, and the cutoff seat reraised, enough to put the Aussie at risk. Argyros called, and turned over . His opponent held . The dealer ran the board , and Argyros doubled up to right around 4,000.
As he was dragging in the pot, The Croc said, "Now I got some teeth. I was a toothless croc!"
Double Up for Espo
Lou "The Big Easy" Esposito has just more than doubled up when he got involved in a three-way pot for his tournament life. He held and was all in preflop against and . The board came down , and Esposito's full house is enough to get him chipped back up to 3,600.
Racing Redmond
A short while later Redmond was at it again, eliminating another player. He made two pair on the river, holding A-9. His opponent could only muster one pair with Q-9 and headed for the exit.
Pest-atori
The board ran to make a full house for Pescatori's opponent.
Pescatori is down to 5,400.
Nam Le Resucks On the River
All in before the flop, Nam Le had an opponent on the ropes with his dominating over his opponent's .
The flop came . The turn came the and put Le behind, but he did pick up a straight draw. Then, the river came the and gave Le the winning straight.
Le is now up to 9,000.
Guzzardi Eliminates Jurgens
Michael Guzzardi and Tad Jurgens got involved in a raising war back and forth preflop. before Jurgens had all his chips in the middle. Jurgens held and Guzzardi .
The flop paired both players, . The turn was the and then the river delivered the final blow to Jurgens when the hit.
Guzzardi is now up to 20,000 and looking strong.