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

07-05-2008 23:18 UTC-7

Heyneman Claims Another

[user67765]

Peter Heyneman has eliminated a short stacked opponent with Heyneman's {A-Spades}

dominating his opponent's {A-Clubs}

.

The board bricked out and Heyneman is now up to 88,000 chips.

Tags: Peter Heyneman

07-05-2008 23:24 UTC-7

Berggren Spikes Set

[user67765]

Andreas Berggren called the all-in shove of a short-stacked opponent with {6-Spades}

but found himself up against {Q-Spades}

.

The flop had some potential for Berggren when it came {8-?}

for an open-ended straight draw. But the {6-?}

on the river clinched the deal when it gave him a set. The river was a blank with a {2-?}

and Berggren eliminated his opponent to move up to 88,000 in chips.

Tags: Andreas Berggren

07-05-2008 23:27 UTC-7

Russell vs. Hachem

[user38368]

Russell Rosenblum raises to 1,200 in early position and Joe Hachem calls from middle position. The small blind and big blind also call.

The flop is {Q-Hearts}

and it's checked to Hachem. He bets 3,500 and Rosenblum calls. The turn is {9-Spades}

and Rosenblum leads out for 6,000. Hachem calls.

The river is {3-Spades}

and Rosenblum bets 6,000 again. Hachem goes into the tank.

"This is so brutal," says Hachem.

"I'm shaking my head at you," he says to the dealer in mock annoyance. "You can't blame the dealer," says another player. "Yes, I can," says Hachem.

"Just meant to be tortured all day, eh?" he says. He asks for a pot spread. "Right value bet. Right value bet," Hachem mutters. Finally, he tosses out the call and turns over {K-Spades}

for the flopped set -- but Rosenblum has {10-Diamonds}

for the turned straight.

"Of course. Tens," says Hachem. He's down to 16,000 and Rosenblum has 67,000.

07-05-2008 23:30 UTC-7

Tony G Runs Out of Powah

[user67765]

Preflop, Tony G raised it up to 1,100 from early position and received one call from a player in middle position.

They saw a flop of {K-Diamonds}

and Tony led out for 2,000. His opponent raised it up to 5,000 to go before Tony moved all in for 11,175 in total. His opponent called with {K-Clubs}

for top pair as Tony showed {Q-Diamonds}

for the flush draw.

The turn was the {10-Hearts}

to give Tony additional outs with a straight draw, but the river bricked the {4-Clubs}

to eliminate Tony G from today's event.

Tags: Tony G

07-05-2008 23:31 UTC-7

Gettin' Richey, Gettin' Poory

Shamus

Brett Richey just used pocket rockets to bust a player and zoom up to 110,000. On the very next hand, Richey was dealt A-K and ended up calling a shorter stack's all in. This time his opponent held A-A.

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

, and Richey slipped back to 78,000 -- just about where he was before the previous hand.

Tags: Brett Richey

07-05-2008 23:37 UTC-7

Akenheads for the Exit

[user38368]

All in preflop, James Akenhead on the button has {Q-Hearts}

and David Benefield has {9-Spades}

in the small blind. The board is {5-Diamonds}

.

Akenhead has 16,000 after that hand.

Soon after, though, he's all in again versus the same guy.

This time, Akenhead has {A-Spades}

and Benefield has {A-Hearts}

. The board runs out {3-Hearts}

and Akenhead is eliminated. Benefield gets his chips back and then some, and has 80,000.

07-05-2008 23:37 UTC-7

Steve Diano Eliminated

[user25067]

A short-stacked Steve Diano got the rest of his chips all in before the flop with {2-Diamonds}

and was called by an opponent holding {Q-Clubs}

. The flop was {Q-Diamonds}

, a monster flop for Diano's opponent, giving him top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the {J-Clubs}

making his opponent's flush and the meaningless {J-Hearts}

peeled off on the river, eliminating Diano.

Tags: Steve Diano

07-05-2008 23:38 UTC-7

In Today's Episode, We Learn the Value of Sharing

[user42991]

At table Orange 5, one of the players took out a bag of Swedish Fish candies and passed them around to all the players at the table. Apparently they forgot to offer the dealer one.

Tomorrow's Day 1d will be sponsored by Sesame Street. The theme of the day will be "sharing."

07-05-2008 23:39 UTC-7

Battle of the Blinds

MarcC

It folded around to the small blind player who raised it up to 5,000 before Moshin Charania reraised to 15,000. The small blind player then moved in for 25,000 total and Charania called.

Charania had {A-Spades}

to the small blind's {J-Spades}