only to find himself up against 
. Though John flopped an 8, the opponent's pocket jacks held up, shortstacking John who eventually busted out shortly thereafter.
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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only to find himself up against . Though John flopped an 8, the opponent's pocket jacks held up, shortstacking John who eventually busted out shortly thereafter.
Flop:
Schleger bet 7,500. Griffin made the call.
Turn:
Schleger checked to Griffin, who bet 18,000. Schleger check-raised all in for 34,325. Griffin snap-called. Griffin had Schleger covered.
Schleger:
Griffin:
Button Player:
River:
Griffin made his straight, but Schleger made his full house. The button player was eliminated and Schleger doubled up through Griffin. After the hand, Schleger is sitting with 105,000 in chips and Griffin is down to 14,000.
After the hand, Griffin looked over to Schleger and asked, "Would you like to buy the rest of my green?"
as all of the chips were pushed quickly into the middle.Somerville held A-J but was in trouble as Hicks held A-9 for the flopped top two pair. The turn was the
and river 
to send Sommerville to the rail as Eric Hicks jumps to about 55,000 in chips.
Griffin:
Schleger:
Board:
Griffin doubled up to 20,000 and Schleger is now down to about 98,000.
and his opponent showed . A jack came on both the flop and turn leaving Schleger's opponent drawing dead. After the hand Schleger moved up to around 110,000 chips.
when the first player moved all in and was called by a single opponent. The first player turned over K-Q for top two pair while his opponent showed . His opponent began chanting, "Spade, spade, spade," and sure enough, the third spade peeled off on the turn. Immediately after, the player jumped out of his seat and yelled, "Yeah!" at the top of his lungs. However, the river brought a third queen, giving the first player a full house, queens full of kings. After the realization set in that he had lost the hand, another player at the table laughed and chuckled, "Karma."
to double Paterson to about 13,000 in chips.
against the 
of Witteles.The flop arrived
and Witteles let out a cry of, "Oh boy!" in the knowledge that the flop had helped his opponent with a straight draw. The turn was the and river the 
as Witteles jumps to around 33,000 in chips.
. Both players checked the flop, as well as the 
on the turn, but when the 
fell on the river D'Angelo led out for 9,400. His opponent folded, and D'Angelo was nice enough to flash the .
