2008 World Series of Poker

Event 1 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
57
Prize
$794,112
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,308,800
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Lyle Berman Eliminates Bill Chen...And the Shark Misses a Meal

Humberto Brenes raised to 9,500 and in the small blind Bill Chen raised to 31,000. In the big blind Lyle Berman bumped it up to 80,000 and that got Brenes to thinking. He called the clock on himself and put his little toy shark to his ear, listening to whatever advice it had to give. Humberto finally clocked out and his hand was dead.

Now it was Chen's turn to think things over. He said something and in response Berman said, "If you have total crap, well, how can you call?" But in the end Chen did make the call, and found that his {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} trailed Berman's {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. Humberto said he folded pocket Queens...which meant that he had to be sick when the flop came {Q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}. The {5-Diamonds} on the turn and the {7-Hearts} on the river brought Chen no help and Berman boosted his stack to 160,000. Brenes sits with 85,000 and, no doubt, some small regret.

Tags: Bill ChenHumberto BrenesLyle Berman