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
Entries
3,929
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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With about 8,000 chips remaining, the player open-raised all in and was called by Vos, holding
. The all-in opponent held 
, and the two were off to the races.The community cards came out
, and Vos has padded his stack to approximately 26,000.
Before the dealer could get the flop down on the felt, the big blind declared that he was all in and pushed out his remaining 3,200. Mortensen only had 3,600 left in his own stack and called after seeing
. He showed 
for top pair; his opponent had aces. The 
on the turn gave Mortensen a better draw but the river bricked 
.Mortensen is currently on death watch with just 400 remaining.
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, with about 13,000 in chips, was called all in by Gabe Costner. The two flipped up their hands, with Ferguson showing
, and Costner holding 
.The board ran out
, and Jesus survived his all-in, doubling up to around 27,000.
. Zolotow was in deep trouble with .The board came
, failing to improve Zolotow, and dashing his chip stack all the way down to a mere 300.It wasn't much longer before someone delivered the final blow, and Zolotow has been eliminated.
. His all-in opponent tabled 
, and Ferguson was in good shape to drag in another sizable amount of chips early in tonight's play.The dealer dealt out
, and another player has been eliminated. Ferguson, meanwhile, is up to 40,000.
The first three cards off the deck were
, the big blind checked, and Sebok continued out with another 1,200-chip bet. Sebok got shoved though, as the big blind check-raised him all in, having Sebok covered by just 600. Sebok made the call, and the hands were turned over, Sebok's 
against his opponent's 
. The turn and river failed to save Sebok, and he is crippled down to 600.
Just as Mercier returned, Vos raised from the cutoff to 1,800. Lieu reraised from the small blind for all of her chips - 7,800. Vos asked for a count, scrunched up his face and then reluctantly folded.
"Why couldn't it have been less?" he sighed.
. The all-in player had Q-10 offsuit, and the board failed to help him dig out of the hole. It wasn't an enormous pot, but another player is gone, and Mark Vos has chipped up to 38,000.
