2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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"Maridu" Cracks Rockets

Maridu
Maridu
Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck has had a rocky day. After being down to 900 at one point, she is now progressing nicely. She recently flopped a nut flush draw with her {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}, to then crack her opponent's pocket aces when she made her flush on the turn.

"Maridu" is now back up to 12,000 in chips.

Tags: Maridu

All Hail, Cesar!!

Cesar Flores just took down a monster three-way pot. Preflop, Flores called two all-in bets with {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. He faced two opponents holding {K-Hearts}{K-Spades} and {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. An ace hit the board, Flores won the hand, and is now around 41,000 in chips.

Tags: Cesar Flores

Walk Tall and Carry a Big Stack

Paul Lee's attempts to bludgeon his table with his stack have run into some resistance. In middle position, he raised to 1,500. The cutoff called before the button came over the top for 8,300. Paul mucked his cards before the cutoff called for his remaining 3,000 and showed {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. The button opened {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and lost the hand when the board came {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{2-Hearts}.

Lee currently has approximately 40,000 chips and remains the chip leader at his table.

Tags: Paul Lee

Erik Seidel Eliminated

Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel has been nursing a short stack for most of the day and finally found a spot to race holding {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} against the {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} of Sam Subilia.

However the board ran out 8-5-6-4-6 and Seidel will have to wait to add another bracelet to his collection as he heads to the rail.

Tags: Eric Seidel

"Allinat420" Finds Black Ace

On a flop of {J-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} Matt "Allinat420" Stout got all of his chips into the middle with {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} but ran into the {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} of his opponent for a set of fives.

Drawing to only two outs, a miracle {A-Spades} landed on the turn to give him the lead. "There's the black ace!" came the call from Stout. The river landed the {7-Clubs} and Stout now sits with around 27,000 in chips.

Tags: Allinat420Matt Stout

Long Distance Poker

Finally, nearly six rounds into Day 1a, the remaining tables on the outskirts of the Rio have been broken down and condensed into the Amazon room. Play began today with 14 tables near the Buzio's Seafood restaurant and another eight inside the Rio's poker room.

With the Amazon room filled to capacity, Harrah's employees made quick work of the breakdowns as more and more players were eliminated from the event. Though room for cash games and satellites were cleared first, eventually the remaining overflow in today's event were ushered down to the Amazon room to join what's left of the field.

Though the players were happy to finally be seated with everyone else, the eight-minute walk from their tables to the Rio may have been an expensive time for those short on chips.

Nice Guys for Nguyen

"You look like a nice guy," Minh Nguyen smiled as he folded to an all-in shove by a player in middle position. Nguyen was on the big blind, with over 25,000 in chips, when the player pushed for 1,625. "I'll let you have it," he quipped.

Tags: Minh Nguyen

Jean-Robert Bellande Eliminated

A short stacked Jean-Robert Bellande got it all in holding two sevens against the A-Q of his opponent. It was the classic coinflip situation for Bellande and had he called "heads" the flop was surely "tails" as it brought an ace and left his underpair in bad shape. The turn and river blanked for "Bobby" and he took a discouraged stroll towards the exit.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande