and was in great shape against her opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and the Poker Pixie's aces held, doubling her stack to 24,000.
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
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and was in great shape against her opponent's . The board ran out and the Poker Pixie's aces held, doubling her stack to 24,000.
. On the turn of the 
, Pescatori's opponent bet out 3,000. Pescatori made the call.The river brought the
and Pescatori made a call of 5,000 after his opponent bet. Pescatori showed Q-Q and his opponent showed 10-9. Pescatori is now up to over 37,000.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Since the game began earlier, play on the felt has seemingly tightened up. Players can be seen watching the big, flat-screen monitors that are displaying the game at every chance they get. There is a lot of talk about who took what action on the game, and other players are tossing around ideas on various prop bets.
A $10,000 buy-in event, or who knows how much is riding on the basketball game?
, Phil Laak bet 5,000 and Shawn Keller made the call. The turn was the 
and when Laak checked, Keller bet 5,000. Laak check-raised to 11,500, and as Keller thought the situation through Laak said, "I'll show if you show."Keller folded and turned over
, and Laak turned over 
for the turned set.
. A player called all in with 9-9 and held the best hand. The turn and river didn't improve Mizrachi's hand when the and the fell.Mizrachi was left with only 1,600 chips and was then eliminated in the next few hands.
, Antonio Esfandiari led out for 8,000 and Erick Lindgren called all in for 6,500. Esfandiari:
Lindgren:
The turn was the
, but the spiked on the river to make Lindgren chips and he doubled up to 27,000. Unfortunately, Lindgren busted a few hands later when both he and his opponent made trip aces, but Lindgren was out-kicked.
. On the turn, Ferguson bet 3,000 and Lang raised to 7,500. After taking his time as he always does, Ferguson called the raise.The river brought the
and Ferguson checked. Lang bet 11,000 and Ferguson thought again before making the call.Ferguson mucked his hand when Lang showed 2-2 for bottom set of deuces.
Lang commented on the hand as he raked in the pot by saying, "Only thing I was worried about was set over set. Other than that I can't lose money."
