Event 13 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-07-2008 12:42 UTC-7

Michael Craig Doubles Early

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We understand that Michael Craig is now up over 10,000, though we didn't see the hand. That's one good thing about having a writer in the field--he'll probably post the hand history himself later on.

Tags: Michael Craig

06-07-2008 12:40 UTC-7

Dario Minieri is playing in today's event and has probably said "raise" 15 times already. John "The Razor" Phan is playing today, as are Clonie Gowen, Anna Wroblewski, and Craig Gray. We already mentioned that Beth Shak is playing in today's event, and sitting at Table #2 is her husband Dan.

Tags: Anna Wroblewski Beth Shak Clonie Gowen Craig Gray Dario Minieri John Phan

06-07-2008 12:38 UTC-7

Runners Against Ramdin

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Victor Ramdin called a 175 raise preflop from a player in the cutoff. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and the cutoff fired 350 into the pot. Ramdin raised to 700 and the cutoff player moved all in for his remaining 3,075. Ramdin called, and showed {Q-Diamonds}

while his opponent showed {10-Diamonds}

. Ramdin looked to be in good shape, but the {9-Hearts}

on the turn and the {Q-Spades}

on the river gave his opponent a running straight. After the hand, Ramdin is down to 2,100 in chips.

Tags: Victor Ramdin

06-07-2008 12:36 UTC-7

An Early Double

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Jamie Gold padded his stack early in today's event when he got it all in with {A-Spades}

against a player holding {A-Hearts}

and the board reading {A-Clubs}

. The other player didn't catch an eight on the river and Gold doubled up.

Tags: Jamie Gold

06-07-2008 12:28 UTC-7

Tough Table

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There's a big field but, as always, well-known players often congregate at one table. Table #21, for example, which features Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson, and author/blogger/multiple-WSOP-final-tabler Michael Craig.

Tags: Dustin Woolf Marco Johnson Michael Craig Neverwin Steve Paul-Ambrose

06-07-2008 12:27 UTC-7

Two and More for T.J.

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T.J. Cloutier was under the gun when he limped in preflop. The player in the cutoff as well as the big blind joined him to see a flop of {A-Spades}

. All three players checked and action lit up as the {7-Diamonds}

fell on the turn. The big blind led out originally for 600 and T.J. raised to 3,500. The player in the cutoff moved all in and both the big blind and T.J. instantly called.

The cut-off player showed A-K for top pair/top kicker, while the big blind turned over A-4 for a flopped full house. T.J. smiled and showed pocket sevens, for a better full house. The river brought the case seven, giving T.J. quads and eliminating two other players in the process.

Tags: TJ Cloutier

06-07-2008 12:21 UTC-7

Dangerous Table

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Making a seventeen-minute-late arrival, Dutch Boyd just pulled up a seat at table Orange 12. With T.J. Cloutier and Jeff Madsen both also at the table, we feel sorry for the remaining seven players, as they're in for a rough day of poker.

Tags: Dutch Boyd Jeff Madsen TJ Cloutier

06-07-2008 12:21 UTC-7

Through The Field

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2006 World Champion Jamie Gold is playing in today's event, as are Alexander Kostritsyn, Roland de Wolfe, Kevin Saul, Ryan Daut, and Steve Paul-Ambrose

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Jamie Gold Kevin Saul Roland de Wolfe Ryan Daut Steve Paul-Ambrose

06-07-2008 12:15 UTC-7

Back to Back

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Andy Black and Layne "Back-to-Back" Flack are sitting back-to-back at Table 7. Well, actually they're sitting side-by-side but that didn't keep the rhythm going.

06-07-2008 12:08 UTC-7

Big Field

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At last tally there are 1,357 players in the field today, 200 more players in attendance than last year. Many familiar faces are here, including T.J. Cloutier, Beth Shak, Humberto Brenes, Bill Gazes, Freddy Deeb, Montel Williams, Vanessa Selbst, Dmitri Nobles, Hevad "Rain" Khan, and Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke.