$5,150 Championship Main Event Day 1 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Hammond

10-31-2008 23:02 UTC-3

Hand of the Day

[user38368]

On a turn of {6-Spades}

, an opponent in the big blind bets 6,700 and Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis, in the cutoff, goes into the tank for several minutes. He eventually raises to 15,000 and now it's his opponent's turn to go into the tank. The opponent calls.

The river is {6-Diamonds}

and the opponent checks. Billirakis bets 23,500 and the opponent tanks again. Eventually, a player not in the hand, but short-stacked, calls the clock. The clock is counted down and the opponent cannot bring himself to make an action. (Calling would have left him with only a few chips.) The hand is ruled dead, and Billirakis rakes in a huge pot. He's at 100,500 and is our new chip leader.

Tags: Steve Billirakis

10-31-2008 22:51 UTC-3

Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf Doubles

[user22113]

Dustin's stack took some hits after the dinner break, but he has doubled up to nearly 45,000.

With several thousand in the pot already, and a board reading {Q-Diamonds}

, Woolf was faced with an all-in decision for his tournament life, and decided to call. Ilias Kellikidis flipped over {2-Spades}

for bottom set and "Neverwin" showed {J-Diamonds}

. The

turn changed nothing, but the {9-Diamonds}

river won the hand for Woolf with a flush.

Tags: Dustin Woolf

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

10-31-2008 22:37 UTC-3

Hamrick Maneuver

[user38368]

On a flop of {5-Diamonds}

, a player in middle position raises to 3,400. Dean Hamrick next to him reraises to 7,500, and the button shoves all in over the top, having both players covered. The MP player folds and Dean calls, saying, "I'm on a flush draw."

Dean: {A-Hearts}

Button:

"I knew you were on a flush draw," mutters the button player.

The turn and river are {4-Spades}

. Dean doesn't make his flush, but backs into a straight instead, and he doubles up to 47,300.

10-31-2008 22:33 UTC-3

Steve Billirakis Doubles

[user22113]

Steve Billirakis doubled up through an opponent on a board of {2-?}

. Billirakis showed {6-Clubs}

for the nuts while his opponent showed {A-?}

.

Billirakis now sits with 80,000.

Tags: Steve Billirakis

10-31-2008 22:26 UTC-3

Another Broken

[user38368]

It's now down to 106 on 12 tables. At this rate, we'll drop below 100 players in mere minutes.

10-31-2008 22:26 UTC-3

Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul Takes Big Hit

[user22113]

Kevin Saul and an opponent saw a flop of {J-Clubs}

. The action was checked to Saul, who bet 2,000. His opponent raised to 7,000, and Saul stayed along. The {3-Diamonds}

turn saw the unknown player bet 10,000. Saul moved all in and was immediately called all in for 26,400 by his opponent.

Saul had a pained look on his face as he turned up {6-Hearts}