Last year's champion in this event was Francois Safieddine, who outlasted a field of 1,013 players to walk away with $521,785 in prize money.
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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Last year's champion in this event was Francois Safieddine, who outlasted a field of 1,013 players to walk away with $521,785 in prize money.
. All three players checked and action lit up as the 
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.
against a player holding 
and the board reading 
. The other player didn't catch an eight on the river and Gold doubled up.
