2008 World Series of Poker
Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,308,800
Entries
352
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 352
Filter
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
The cause is said to be some sort of computer glitch according to some of the tournament directors. One of them mentioned, "We've got about 17 people in the back working out the problem and I'm certain they'll get it fixed."
As a result, the directors have decided to give the players 10 more minutes of play for level two starting after the break.
, the big blind checked, David Benyamine bet 1,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the 
. The big blind checked again, Benyamine fired out 1,200 and the big blind called. The river was the 
. Again the big blind checked, Benyamine bet 4,800 and the big blind called. Benyamine turned up
for trips and raked in the pot. He's now up to 30,000.
As soon as the hands were turned over, Andy Black, Joe Sebok, and Amnon Filippi all jumped from their seats and yelled for the floor to come over. Von Halle was given a warning for collusion as he checked the absolute nuts last to act on the river.
The other players at the table chuckled, but all understand the seriousness that can ensue. The tournament directors that came to the table didn't find this a laughing matter at all.
on the river, Theo Tran bet 5,000 and Phil Laak moved all in for 19,000. Tran agonized for several minutes over his decision, asking the dealer if he could turn up his cards without folding. As that is against the TDA rules (and he would incur a time penalty for doing so) the dealer would not budge and Tran finally folded, leaving himself with only 4,000 in chips. After the hand, Laak was up to 38,000.
Seidel K-K
Khan Q-Q
The board blanked out and Seidel's kings held up. He increased his stack to 37,000 while Khan was left with about 8,000.
Kristy Gazes moved all in with 
and had the misfortune to run into her opponent's 
. No miracle for Gazes on the turn or river and she headed for the rail.
