2008 World Series of Poker

Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$415,856
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,485,200
Total Entries
158
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 158
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Oppenheim Surging

After Erik Seidel bet on fourth street, David Oppenheim became the aggressor on fifth street and bet the whole way with Seidel calling him down.

Seidel had {J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} showing but mucked when Oppenheim tabled ({2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{K-Clubs}) {5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{K-Spades} for kings and fives.

Seidel falls to 62,000 while Oppenheim is storming up the leaderboard and now holds 145,000 in chips.

Tags: David OppenheimErik Seidel

Update on Ivey's TV Request

Ivey Watches The Big Game
Ivey Watches The Big Game
Apparently the technicians were unable to get the Lakers game for Phil Ivey on the monitor at the tables. Instead, two technicians have brought a new TV, including stand, over to the tournament area so that Ivey can watch the game.

Tags: Phil Ivey

Ivey Ready to Watch the Lakers

Phil Ivey Splashes Around
Phil Ivey Splashes Around
Phil Ivey has requested that the tournament staff take down the tournament information from one of the big screens here in the Green quadrant of the Amazon Room, and put up the Lakers vs. Celtics NBA Championship game.

Technicians are frantically playing around with the screen trying to adhere to Ivey's request!

In the meantime Ivey has been splashing chips around and has slipped to 38,000.

Tags: Phil Ivey

"The Greek" Takes a Hit

David Benyamine made it two bets on fifth street showing a board
of {J-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs}. Archie "The Greek" Karas made the call showing a board of {K-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {K-Hearts}. Karas checked called both sixth and seventh streets to Benyamine. At showdown, Benyamine showed ({Q-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades} ){J-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {2-Hearts} for a queen-high flush. Karras mucked his hand.

After the hand, Benyamine is up to 130,000 in chips while Karas is down to 40,000.

Tags: Archie KarasDavid Benyamine

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