Appleman Drops Some Chips
Mickey Appleman made a bet of 5,000 on the river on a board of
. His opponent called and Appleman said, "You got it."His opponent tabled
and won the pot. Appleman is now down to 20,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 8 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
192
Level
23
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Mickey Appleman made a bet of 5,000 on the river on a board of
. His opponent called and Appleman said, "You got it."His opponent tabled
and won the pot. Appleman is now down to 20,000.
Wattel Doubles Up With Kisses
Mike Wattel got all in with K-K against an opponent holding pocket fives. Wattel's kings held and he was able to double up to 23,500.
Before he could stack his chips, his girlfriend ran over and began kissing him profusely. Greg "FBT" Mueller chimed in from across the table, "No, no, no! I'll call the floor!"
Players Return from Break
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Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Players Take a 20-Minute Break
Tran Needles Schulman
"FBT" Eliminates Ferguson, Seizes the Lead
Ted Forrest Cripples Patrik Antonius
On a flop of
Ted Forrest led out from the small blind, Patrik Antonius raised from the cutoff, Tony G. called from the button, Forrest three-bet, and both Antonius and Tony G called. The turn was the 
. Forrest bet, Antonius called and Tony G called. The river was the 
. Forrest bet, Antonius called and Tony G folded. Antonius turned up
for tens full of sixes but Forrest rolled over 
for quad sixes and took down the pot, increasing his stack to 40,000. Antonius was left on life support with only 5,000.
Lester's Two Pair is Good
Jason Lester had bet out on a flop of
into Allen Cunningham and Tony Cousineau. Both players called. The turn checked around when the fell off.On the river of the
, Lester bet again and only Cunningham called.Lester said, "Two pair, tens and threes."
Cunningham was about to muck his hand, but then pulled it back and said, "Just tens and threes?" But then he mucked his hand after all and Lester scooped the pot. He is now at 40,000.
Three Out of 192
Two women notably missing from this event are Kristy Gazes, who elected to take the day off from the WSOP, and Annie Duke, who is skipping the first week of the series to spend time with her children.