. His rockets held up and he sent two players home and is now a force with just over 29,000 chips.
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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. His rockets held up and he sent two players home and is now a force with just over 29,000 chips.
Tracey "xTraCey" Nguyen is also a recent bust-out victim. Her
was no match for her opponent's 
after the board came out 
.
His opponent eagerly called and showed pocket jacks only to have Bellande turn over pocket aces. The aces held up, leaving Jean-Robert Bellande sitting with 23,000.
. His opponent turned up . The board did not help Paterson, and his opponent raked the pot.Paterson currently has 12,600 chips.
In a classic race, Corkins held
against his opponent's , but the cards fell 
to give his opponent two pair and a handy double-up.Following the hand Corkins gave a "What can you do?" sigh as he was left with 4,900 in chips.
The very next hand, on a flop of
, a player on the button pushed all in for 2,350 against Chan and he made the call. Chan held 
and his opponent held 
. The board filled out with the 
, completing Chan's straight. After the last hand Chan is sitting at 15,775 in chips.
Seidel:
Opponent:
The flop came
. The 
on the turn gave the small blind a big draw, but the river blanked the 
, and Seidel's kings held up.
, the action was checked to Hoyt Corkins, who committed the last of his 1,900 chips into the middle with 
. However, his opponent in the small blind made the call holding 
.Corkins needed some help on the river, but it landed the
to send him to the exit.
"Hey, baby," Nguyen said as he smiled back.
