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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 17 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Total Entries
1,000
Level
10
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1,000
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, Huber caught a piece of the 
flop and duly pushed all in for 9,300. Unfortunately for him, opponent Jason Young held an even bigger piece of the pie with
for top pair and the nut flush draw, a dominating hand that stood up comfortably come the 
turn and 
river.
He reraised Sergey Rybachenko preflop, and then went all in to Rybachenko's check on the
flop. Darling was holding 
for top pair, but Rybachenko had 
for the devil's own set. No help on the turn or river, and he's OUT, in 100th place money.
against Donald Carlton. Sadly, the latter had 
and gave his desperate opponent not even a glimmer of a chance, the raggy board coming 
to send another player to the rail.
Action has been a little slow, as befits the early stages of the round. Players are very aware that places 100 through 11 will get the same money, and that between 10th and first places, there is a difference of almost $330,000 -- it's worth picking your spots wisely. Hence much of the action so far has comprised a mid- or late-position raise taking down the blinds.
9.38pm
Danny Smith raises to 2,000 preflop, only for Khalid Hameed to make it 6,200. Smith flat-calls, and goes on to check the
flop. Hameed bets 5,000, and Smith calls. They both check the 
turn, and Smith bets 8,000 on the 
river. Hameed calls him, and is horrified to see that his are not only not ahead, but they were behind from the very beginning -- Smith flips over to take the sizeable pot.9.41pm
Jared Okun is OUT, John McKinney the beneficiary of almost all his chips. McKinney raised preflop and bet every street of the
board. Okun was ahead until the river with pocket jacks, but McKinney was holding pocket fours to river the straight. Ouch. Down to just 400 chips after this hand, it wasn't long before he died his tournament death and headed for the rail.
On their backs, and it was pray to the gods time, both players coinflipping with Triner's
boasting the slight edge against Radoja's . A very raggy board hit the baize and Radoja was down to the felt.A few hands later and he was gone, albeit in rather controversial circumstances. Having pushed all in and revealed his hand,
, the dealer accidentally pushed them into the muck. The floor was duly called over and the cards reclaimed, but as his opponent revealed his superior 
, Radoja probably rued not claiming he had the bullets, the 
board proving clinical and swiftly sending Radoja to the rail.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
