Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

05-30-2008 22:21 UTC-7

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

[user25067]

05-30-2008 22:19 UTC-7

Gavin Griffin Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

If it ever was, A-Q is no longer on Gavin Griffin's list of favorite hands. He was crippled when he lost a race holding A-Q against pocket tens, and on the very next hand he was eliminated when he pushed in his remaining chips holding A-5 and ran into A-Q. He didn't catch a five, and his tournament day came to an abrupt end.

Tags: Gavin Griffin

05-30-2008 22:16 UTC-7

Phil Ivey Takes a Big Hit

[user37786]

After a player raised to 4,000 Phil Ivey called on the button. The flop came {K-Hearts}

and when the original raiser bet 7,000, Ivey raised to 31,000. His opponent moved all in, and with that raise only an additional 7,000, Ivey made the call. He found that his {K-Spades}

badly trailed his opponent' s {A-Diamonds}

, and when the board ran out {A-Clubs}

, Ivey found his stack reduced to 16,000.

Tags: Phil Ivey

05-30-2008 22:15 UTC-7

You Can't Bluff Humberto

donpeters

Humberto Brenes raised to 3,600 from early position and got two callers, one in middle position and one in late position, Alexander Kostritsyn. The three players take a flop of {9-Diamonds}

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Brenes bet 5,000 and the middle position player folded. Kostritsyn raised to 10,000, and Humberto called.

The turn brought the {6-Hearts}

and both players checked.

The river was the {4-Hearts}

and Brenes checked to his opponent. Kostritsyn bet out 13,000 and Humberto made the call.

Kostritsyn nodded and said, "Nice call." before mucking his hand.

Brenes responded by saying, "Nice try my friend."

Brenes now has 84,000 in chiips.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Humberto Brenes

05-30-2008 22:02 UTC-7

Eric "Rizen" Lynch Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

In a battle of the blinds Eric Lynch raised and was reraised by the player in the big blind. Lynch committed the last of his chips and found that his pocket threes badly trailed his opponent's pocket sixes. The 4-8-Q-8-K board spelled the end of Rizen's night.

Tags: Eric Lynch Rizen

05-30-2008 21:56 UTC-7

Harman Takes Negreanu's Advice

donpeters

After a player raised to 2,100 and Phil Laak called, Jennifer Harman reraised to 9,000.

The original raiser folded to Laak who began to rant once again. "I play so bad. I should take half my money and burn it and take the other half and bury it."

After he folded, Harman chimed in by saying, "Daniel [Negreanu] told me to grow some balls."

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jennifer Harman Phil Laak

05-30-2008 21:52 UTC-7

Thor Hansen Eliminated

[user25067]

Thor Hansen got his last 3,800 into the pot with K-Q on a J-10-5 rainbow flop and was called by Eli Elezra, holding A-10. The turn was a jack and the river was a four. Hansen could not improve and he hit the rail.

Tags: Eli Elezra Thor Hansen

05-30-2008 21:48 UTC-7

Lucky Jacks for Edler

donpeters

Bill Edler, on the button, raised to 3,200 and then Ted Lawson reraised to 8,200 from the small blind to put Edler all in. Edler made the call and showed {J-Spades}

. Lawson showed {A-Clubs}

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After seeing the hole cards Edler said, "Oh, that's not good... nevermind, jacks are my luck card."

The dealer ran the flop out, and what do you know, a jack fell as the door card: {J-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {6-Clubs}

and the river the {3-Clubs}

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Edler doubled up and now has 19,000.

Tags: Eli Elezra Ted Lawson

05-30-2008 21:43 UTC-7

Alan Sass Doubles Up

[user25067]

Alan Sass took his A-A up against the Q-Q of Richard Fohrenbach and survived, doubling his stack to 25,000.

Tags: Alan Sass Richard Fohrenbach

05-30-2008 21:32 UTC-7

Elezra Takes the River to Get There

donpeters

Eli Elezra limped in from middle position. Vivek Rajkumar raised to 6,000 next to act. Action folded back around to Elezra who made the call. Both players took the flop.

Flop was {K-Hearts}