Kobel politely said, "I wouldn't do that, I'm just thinking." Kobel finally made the call, his
led his opponent's 
, and he ended up winning the pot. He now sits with 51,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 13 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
1,390
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,390
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Kobel politely said, "I wouldn't do that, I'm just thinking." Kobel finally made the call, his
led his opponent's , and he ended up winning the pot. He now sits with 51,000.
Marco Tribuiani held pocket aces and managed to triple up after two other players, one holding pocket kings and the other holding pocket queens managed to get all their money in preflop. Marco's aces held up and after the hand he's up to 66,000.
Our reporters in the field decided to find out what was going on, and according to Harrah's tournament staff, the Player Committee had voted prior to the start of the Series that any tournament which had fewer than 1,499 entries would cap the payouts to the top 99 players. According to the floor staff, this was done so that the payouts were higher in smaller fields.
, the small blind shoved for 9,100 and Ferguson made the call. His 
was dominated by his opponent's 
and when Ferguson couldn't conjure a ten his stack was reduced to 43,250.
face-up. Gold called for what few chips he had left and saw that his was dominated by Wan's 
. Neither player connected on the board and Gold was eliminated. Wan now sits with 32,000.
"I can call you with my garbage because I'm priced in at this point," and Eli dropped a few chips into the pot as he called. Eli showed 9-8 and was up against his opponent's pocket kings. His opponent stood up as the dealer started to show the flop and Eli said, "Why are you standing? You've got kings."
Eli lost the hand, but still has over 80,000 in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
had a player in early position raise to 2,150 against Bryan Micon. Micon grabbed a stack of chips and dropped them onto the table, which totaled 16,000. His opponent called for his remaining 4,150 and turned over queens to see Micon's pocket nines had flopped a set."That was a big one, it better end up on PokerNews," Micon addressed our reporter. It was, and it did.
After the hand, Micon is up to 33,000.
So far, so good, as thus far it has worked every time. Most recently when he was all in with A-K against an opponent who held pocket queens. Sure enough, after rubbing Scott's shoulder, the king fell on the river.
Pure chance, or did someone manage to discover a new four-leaf clover?
