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
(1)
Players such as Amnon Filippi are paying special attention to this number. Filippi had a prop bet going for $1,000 that there will be a total of over 350 contestants in the field. The field is sitting right at 350 players with still time left in late registration. As of right now, the bet is a push.
Late registration will be open for the first two levels of the tournament.
When asked about his injury, Pescatori told us that he'd broken his humerus, the bone in the upper arm, in some sort of a brawl.
"There were five of them... but you should see what they look like!" laughed the Italian Pirate.
, while her opponent tabled 
. The board ran out Q-Q-K-5-9 and Gazes staved off elimination and doubled through to 5,600.
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.
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."
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.
