2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$625,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Little Big Stack

Jonathan Little moved up to 6,000 after bouncing a player from the event, winning a race for a pot just over 2,000 with {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} against {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. It was all but over on the {2-Spades}{J-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop, and the uneventful turn and river came {A-Hearts} and {K-Diamonds}.

Tags: Little Big Stack

Main Event Practice in the Brasilia Room

Tournament supervisors in the Brasilia room were simultaneously trying to set up a mega satellite, restart the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, break the tables in the $1,500 event and check in about 30 dealers for the mega.

With just eight tables in this event left in Brasilia room, there was about a 2:1 player-to-dealer ratio.

One floor supervisor, slightly frustrated, put index finger and thumb to his head saying, under his breath, "What a disaster."

Fifteen minutes later — after asking the H.O.R.S.E. players to hold up — "disaster" was apparently averted.

Anna Wroblewski Chips Up

After seeing a {2-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} flop, the player under the gun bet 1,300 and Anna Wroblewski raised to 1,825, setting her opponent all in. He called and found that his {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} was dominated by Wroblewski's {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}. He needed to catch an ace, but when the board ran out {Q-Diamonds} {4-Spades} he was out and Anna was up to 7,300.

Chris Ferguson Doubles Up

After one player limped from the cutoff, Chris Ferguson raised to 900 from the small blind. The big blind passed and the limper made the call.

The flop came {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} and Ferguson bet 1,000. His opponent raised, making it 2,5000 straight and Ferguson moved all in for 3,900 total. His opponent called and the players showed:

Ferguson: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}
Opponent: {9-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

Up against a flush draw and an inside straight draw, Ferguson had to dodge a lot of cards. Luckily for him, the turn came the {3-Clubs} and the river the {6-Hearts}. Ferguson's top pair was best and he doubled up to approximately 9,400.

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Bryan Micon is Out

After a {A-Clubs} {3-Spades} {4-Diamonds} flop a player led out and Micon raised an additional 825. The player in the small blind called and the original bettor folded. The {10-Spades} fell on the turn, the small blind checked then called when Micon moved in for his last 3,600. Micon's {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} made for a smaller two pair than his opponent's {A-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}, and when the {2-Hearts} came on the river Micon was eliminated.

Start Resizing the Bracelet

There are still over 2,000 players left in today's event and the player who wins will end up with around 8 million chips in front of him (or, indeed, her). Anna Wroblewski currently has around 9,000 of those chips and after her table broke she moved to her new table and was asked how things were going today.

"Pretty good," she said, and then after thinking a second she said, "I think I'm going to win."

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Young Phan Quadruples Up

Young Phan
Young Phan
A very short-stacked Young Phan got the last of his chips in against three other players. The players showed:

Phan: {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Opponent 1: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Opponent 2: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Opponent 3: {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds}

Phan was in very bad shape but managed to come away unscatched on the {5-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds} board. The player with the aces took down a big side pot but Phan quadrupled up to 2,600 chips.

Max Pescatori Doubles Up

We caught up to this hand on the turn. There was roughly 4,000 in the pot and the board read {8-Spades} {8-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {2-Spades}. Max Pescatori pushed all in for 2,800 and got called by his lone opponent. The players showed:

Pescatori: {8-Clubs} {7-Clubs}
Opponent: {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades}

Max had his opponent drawing dead and the meaningless {K-Spades} hit the river. Pescatori now works with a stack of about 7,000.

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Andy Black Eliminated

Action folded around to the small blind, who limped in. Andy Black checked his big blind option.

The flop came {5-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {2-Hearts} and the small blind check-called Black's bet of 200. The turn fell the {6-Spades} and again the small blind checked. Black bet 350. His opponent raised to 1,100 and Black moved all in for 1,200. The small blind quickly called and the players showed:

Black: {Q-Hearts} {3-Clubs}
Opponent: {7-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

Black's six-high straight was no good against his opponent's eight-high straight. The river fell the {9-Spades} and Black headed for the rail.

Tags: Andy Black