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but ran into pocket kings. Thing looked bad for Elderkin when the board landed 
but the miracle 
on the river gave him the pot and sent another opponent to the rail.Elderkin now sits with 35,000 to be one of our chip leaders.
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
Total Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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but ran into pocket kings. Thing looked bad for Elderkin when the board landed but the miracle on the river gave him the pot and sent another opponent to the rail.Elderkin now sits with 35,000 to be one of our chip leaders.
. Friedberg's opponent held 
for an overpair but Friedberg had 
for a set of eights.The turn brought the
and river 
and Friedberg made a full boat to move to around 16,000 in chips.
. Ivey tabled 
. The board came 
and Phil Ivey's day is done. Now who's going to tell Norman Chad?
The all-in player was eliminated on the hand.
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.
, 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 was happy to race against the of his opponent.The board ran out
and Vaughn jumped to nearly 17,000 in chips.
, 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."
, 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.
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.
