. The small blind held 
. Shak's opponent spiked a pair of nines on a flop of
. The turn and river came 
, providing no help to Shak and sending him home for the day.
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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. The small blind held . Shak's opponent spiked a pair of nines on a flop of
. The turn and river came , providing no help to Shak and sending him home for the day.
and his other opponent's 
. Ivey showed 
and only managed to win the sidepot after two clubs flopped and the river brought a third. After the hand, Ivey is at 6,500 in chips.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
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, Billy Baxter pushed all in. James Cornell made the call. Baxter showed 
for a set of tens and Cornell showed 
for a pair of queens and a flush draw. The river fell the 
, filling out Cornell's flush and ending Baxter's day.
. Chan had put his opponent to a decision for all of his chips."Do you have aces?" the unknown player questioned. Chan responded with nothing but rock-like body language. The player eventually made a tough laydown and Chan raked in a huge pot to jump to around 18,000 in chips.
The first two players to act come in limping for 200, and a short-stacked player behind them decides to push in his remaining 1,300 chips. Action is folded around to Lisandro in the small blind, and he doesn't think long before he comes back over the top with an all-in move of his own.
The original limper, James McClendon, already has some calling chips cut out of his stack as the dealer counts down Lisandro's remaining 3,500. As soon as the math is done, McClendon puts in the call and the three men turn up their cards.
The short-stacked player shows
, Lisandro has , and McClendon is paired with 
.The board runs out
, as Lisandro nails his card on the river. After the hand, one player is eliminated, and Lisandro almost triples up to around 9,000.
