Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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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. Tilly held 
and managed to get all the chips in on the river to get her head back above water with about 1,500 chips.
. His opponent instantly called and happily turned over pocket aces, while Gold showed 
. The turn brought the 
and the 
on the river was of no help, eliminating Gold from the tournament.
flop. All folded to Black, who very casually put a stack of 3,000 chips in front of him. UTG tried to stare Black down but Black was having none of it, refusing to look up from the felt in front of him. After about a minute, UTG folded 
face up.Black pointed to the player on the button, who had also called the preflop raise, and said, "If he doesn't come, I don't." His stack is up to approximately 5,000 chips.
and Daniel Alaei led out from the big blind with a pot-sized bet of 200. A player in middle position made the call and the other two players stepped aside.The turn brought the
and Alaei fired out 500, which was min-raised by his opponent to 1,000. Alaei made the call. The river landed the 
and Alaei bet enough to put his opponent all in. He quickly called and showed pocket rockets, but Alaei flipped 
for flopped trips which was good to collect the pot and eliminate his opponent.Alaei is off to a good start with around 6,500 in chips.
David Chiu led out for 125, was raised, and without counting, grabbed a few chips and reraised. His opponent called and the fell on the river. Chiu shoved all in for 2,400 and his opponent folded. Chiu had been playing the entire hand in the dark, and while scooping up the pot laughed, "I knew what he had. I don't know what I had."
"Man, do you have aces?" questioned the player, but Mortensen was motionless. The former eventually laid down his hand and Mortensen makes some early progress to now sit with 4,500 in chips.
An announcement was just made that, in addition to cash prizes, players can also earn Player of the Year points for various different Player of the Year races, not including the WSOP Player of the Year. It will be interesting to see if this drums up any additional interest in the evening tournaments.
and after the player in early position checked, Yang pushed all in for his remaining 400 in chips. The late-position player called while the early-position player folded. Yang turned over 
, while his opponent showed . The turn was the 
and Yang was eliminated after the river brought the 
.
