Chris Moneymaker Wins A Big Pot
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and 9,000 in the pot Chris Moneymaker bet 5,000 and got the call. The 2003 World Champion tabled pocket queens for the set and that was good enough to win a pot worth 19,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,308,800
Entries
352
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
and 9,000 in the pot Chris Moneymaker bet 5,000 and got the call. The 2003 World Champion tabled pocket queens for the set and that was good enough to win a pot worth 19,000.
Negreanu Sags His Head
. Negreanu was first to act and checked. The next player bet 1,600 and was called by the other middle position player and also by Negreanu.On the turn, the
, Negreanu decided to lead out for 2,600 and only the player that bet the flop called.Play was heads up going to the river and the
fell. Negreanu led out again for 3,500 this time and his opponent instantly moved all in. After some thought, Negreanu mucked his hand as he looked down at his dwindling stack of 8,300 chips.
Boats are Good for Hershiser
on the river, Jonathan Little checked, Orel Hershiser fired out 5,000 and Little called. The legendary MLB pitcher turned up 
for a full house and increased his stack to 32,000. After the hand, Little was down to 19,000.
A Bluff Gone Awry
Galfond "Off"-Line
with Barny Boatman. On the turn of the 
, Galfond bet 2,300 after Boatman checked. Boatman then reraised to 5,300 and Galfond called.The river brought the
and Boatman led out for 3,000. Galfond folded and is now down to 8,200 chips while Boatman increases to 36,000.
Freerollin'
Ram Vaswani checked from the small blind and David "The Dragon" Pham bet 800. Vaswani then check-raised to 2,800, Pham reraised to 7,800, and Vaswani moved all-in. Once all the chips were in the middle Vaswani turned over 
for the flopped straight and Pham turned over the... for the same straight and a straight-flush draw. When the
hit on the turn Pham was freerolling for the entire pot, but the river brought the 
and after the chop they were both back where they started, with both holding around 16,000.
Theo Tran Takes A Hit
and 10,000 in the pot, Theo Tran checked and his opponent bet 10,000. Tran made the call, only to see he was up against the 
and a full house. That hand dropped Tran down to 15,000.
Tilly Bounced
The dealer quickly ran the board
and Habib made a jack-high straight to eliminate Tilly. Habib added a good amount to his stack on this hand.Tilly exited saying, "So much for my first time playing pot-limit. They say to bet when you have something."
Nordberg Off to a Healthy Start
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
. The small blind checked, Gold checked, Feldman bet 1,600, the small blind called and after nearly a three-minute think, Gold folded. The river was the and both players checked. The small blind turned up
for a pair of tens, but Feldman had him outkicked with and dragged the pot. Feldman is now up to 36,400.
Kristy Gazes Survives
, while her opponent tabled 
. The board ran out Q-Q-K-5-9 and Gazes staved off elimination and doubled through to 5,600.