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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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The corridors are packed full of people on cell phones updating their family and friends on their status, as well as all manner of players catching up with each other, trading chip counts, mulling over recent plays, and relaying stories of river heroics and big-pot suck-outs. As you walk down through the tangle of players, it goes something like this:
"... tanks for like a year before he finally folds. Dude, I was sweating so hard you can't even..."
"... I know my range is ahead of his all day, and twice on Sunday..."
"... just open shoves, and I look down at Ace-Queen. Just shoot me now..."
"... horrible play, but I only had 1,200 left so I thought that..."
"... friggin' check-raises me for the fifth time..."
"... pepperoni pizza and a Coke. Make it a lucky Coke, please..."
"... under-the-gun makes it 1,500. No, wait, 1,000. He makes it 1,000 and the guy behind him..."
"... up to 25,000 and now I'm back to 7,500. Unbelievable..."
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The flop came
and Rousso added a straight draw to her lead in the hand. However, the 
changed things around, as her opponent landed a bigger pair. Needing help on the river to survive, Rousso watched as the 
landed, much to her dismay, to send her to an early exit from today's event.
, it was checked to Paterson and he bet 950. He was called by the player on the button. On the turn of the , Paterson checked and the button player bet 1700. Paterson called. The river was the 
and both players checked. Paterson flipped over 
and his opponent tabled 
. After the pot, Paterson is now up to 17,300 in chips.
, Jin Ju bet 1800. Her opponent, on the button, told her "I have a pretty big hand here" before calling. When the turn came 
, Ju confidently pushed in the rest of her chips. The button, who a few minutes prior had called a different player's river bet with only ace-high (which was good), deliberated for two minutes before calling. The players opened their hands:Ju:
Button:
The river
was no help to the button and Ju doubled up. She currently has approximately 16,000 chips.
