2008 World Series of Poker
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Vive le Vivek
Two hands later, Rajkumar was all in himself and managed to double back up to 28,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Pham Gets Help, Doesn't Need It
Xiang It
Friedberg showed , and Xiang . An ace flopped, and Xiang couldn't catch up. Xiang is out, and Friedberg up to 96,000.
Field Thinning Fast
Not FBT Yet
No Tipping
An elated Vu then pulled out a $100 bill to hand to the dealer. "No dealer ever treated me this nice," he said. (The dealer, of course, did not accept the money.) Vu was up to 107,000.
As if to prove the dealer treats all the same, on the very next hand Vu lost a Big Slick-vs.-queens confrontation with the same player, and slipped back to 66,000.
Merkow Not Enjoying the Vu
"That's so sick," said Merkow, echoing an oft-uttered poker player's lament. Vu's kings held up, and he's bounced way back up to 145,000. Merkow is down to 28,000.
Pocket Pairs = Action
Nancy Tyner also won a nice pot when her pocket queens held up against 7-7. She's up to 110,000.