2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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in the small blind and decided that it was a good opportunity to triple up his 4,700-chip stack.His opponents held A-K and pocket sevens, but the board ran out
and Bogdanski's jacks held to triple him up to over 15,000 chips.
, she bet 3,000 on a 
flop. Ribble raised her for the rest of his chips to 7,300. She deliberated before calling. Ribble held 
for a small two pair. The turn and river were blanks and Ribble scooped the pot.Ribble currently has about 20,000 chips, while Ju slipped to 7,500.
, Phil Ivey led out for 500 after the small blind and big blind had both checked. The small blind check-raised all in for 5,075 and the big blind called. Ivey went into the tank, then ultimately folded his hand. The small blind turned over J-5 while the big blind showed A-Q. The turn was the , giving the small-blind player a full house, and the river was the . After the hand Ivey was heard saying, "Wow, I folded the best hand, but I would have lost."
and was happy to race against the 
of his opponent.The board ran out
and Vaughn jumped to nearly 17,000 in chips.
, a short-stacked opponent pushed all in. Chan called with 
for a set and his opponent held 
. The turn and river came 
to eliminate his opponent. The very next hand, Chan raised to 800 and received two calls. On a flop of
, Chan bet 1,200 and received one call. The turn of the was checked around. On the river of the 
, Chan made a 2,400 bet and his opponent folded. After these two hands, Chan is around 20,000 in chips.
and his opponent . Seidel's opponent spiked a jack on the flop of 
. Seidel then spiked lucky on the turn catching the 
. The 
on the river sealed the hand for Seidel and allowed him to double up to 3,625 in chips.
The all-in player was eliminated on the hand.
. Ivey tabled 
. The board came 
and Phil Ivey's day is done. Now who's going to tell Norman Chad?
