39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1c | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-05-2008 13:39 UTC-7

Might Be a Long Day

[user37786]

For the players at Esther Rossi's table, that is. A few days ago Rossi finished fourth in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. In a hand today she raised to 450 and the player on the button reraised to 1,350. Rossi called and then checked in the dark. The flop came {6-Hearts}

and the button bet 1,900. Rossi then popped it to 5,000 and the button gave up his hand.

07-05-2008 13:39 UTC-7

Kings Reign for Tran

Shamus

J.C. Tran raised from early position before the flop and got a caller. The flop came {3-Hearts}

. Tran bet 600 and was called. The turn brought the {5-Diamonds}

. This time Tran bet 1,000, and his opponent called again.

The river was the {3-Hearts}

. Tran paused a moment, then bet 2,500. Again the call. Tran showed {K-Spades}

and his opponent mucked.

After losing some chips early, Tran is back up to 21,000, just a bit over his starting stack. Tran is hoping to repeat his triumph of a few days ago when he successfully negotiated a field of over 2,700 to take down Event No. 49, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event.

Tags: J.C. Tran

07-05-2008 13:39 UTC-7

Ng Makes Big Slick Work

[user40108]

Evelyn Ng was heads up with a single opponent on a board of {8-Hearts}

. Her opponent bet 1,000 and she made a quick call.

The {K-Hearts}

hit the river, and Ng called a bet of 2,000 from her opponent. She was shown {K-Diamonds}

, but she had that beat, rolling over {A-Hearts}

. She took down the pot and now sits with just over 25,000 chips.

Tags: Evelyn Ng

07-05-2008 13:37 UTC-7

Sabyl Hits Flop

[user38368]

Sabyl Landrum raises to 250 in middle position and the big blind calls.

The flop is {7-Diamonds}

and the big blind checks. Sabyl bets 300 and the big blind calls.

The turn is {Q-Clubs}

and both check.

The river is {9-Diamonds}

and the big blind bets 325. Sabyl calls.

The big blind shows {J-Spades}

, but Sabyl has {10-Hearts}

and takes it. She's up to 32,000.

07-05-2008 13:36 UTC-7

Sheikan Flushed Out

[user38971]

Shawn Sheikhan is down to 13,000 after running a king-high flush into an ace-high flush. There were four spades on the board by fourth street, with Sheikhan's opponent betting relatively small the whole way.

Tags: Shawn Sheikhan

07-05-2008 13:34 UTC-7

Money Goes to Money

MarcC

Joe Hachem raised from early position and found a caller in late position before the flop came {9-Spades}

.

Hachem bet 1,500 before being raised to 3,000. He reraised it to 5,000 before being raised once more, up to 8,000. Hachem made the call, so the turn was dealt {4-Hearts}

.

Hachem check-called his opponent's all-in bet holding {10-Hearts}

for an overpair to the board, but he was behind a flopped set with {8-Clubs}

.

The river came {10-Diamonds}

. Hachem made his miracle higher set and moves up to 46,000 as a result.

Tags: Joe Hachem

07-05-2008 13:32 UTC-7

Sneaky Set Strikes Again

Shamus

A player in middle position raised to 600, and David Pontier called behind him. The flop came {10-Clubs}

. The preflop raiser bet 1,500, Pontier raised to 3,500, and the initial raiser pushed all in for 7,500 more.

Pontier thought a bit, then finally made the call. "I have a set," he said showing {7-Clubs}

. His opponent was in bad shape with {K-Hearts}

.

The turn {10-Hearts}

and river

didn't change things, and Pontier had eliminated his opponent.

Pontier took another small one off of Kevin O'Donnell shortly afterwards. He's now up to 37,000. O'Donnell is at 18,500.

Tags: David Pontier Kevin O'Donnell

07-05-2008 13:31 UTC-7

Jordan Rich Flops It

[user40108]

We caught up to this hand on the flop. With the board reading {10-Diamonds}

, Jordan Rich was heads up with a single opponent.

Rich called a bet of 1,500 from his big blind opponent and the {4-Diamonds}

hit the turn. Rich was facing a bet again, this time for 2,000, and he called it as well.

The river fell the {9-Clubs}

and Rich's opponent checked to him. Jordan bet 3,000 and his opponent looked him up. Rich showed {9-Spades}

for the flopped straight and his opponent mucked. Rich chipped up to just over 32,000 on the hand.

Tags: Jordan Rich

07-05-2008 13:28 UTC-7

Chen Moving Along

donpeters

Bill Chen has been fairly active on his table in the early goings. He was fortunate to pick up aces on the second hand in and commented, "I had some good cards."

He's been chipping up nicely and is sitting at 26,000.

Tags: Bill Chen