2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Tempers Flare

Isabelle Mercier has been the source of quite a commotion on Blue #6 over the last half-hour. She has been acting erratically and has been involved in several disagreements with her tablemates.

Most recently, Mark Vos raised to 1,200 in a hand. Before the action reached Mercier, she said, "I think I have to raise." However, when the action got to her she just called. A player yet to act in the hand wanted her to be required to put in a raise. A floorperson was called, who ruled that Mercier had declared a raise and must raise to at least 2,000 (which she did). When the action got back to Vos, who had Mercier covered, he reraised all in. Mercier knocked several stacks of chips over, said, "That must be a bad sign," and folded.

She unsteadily departed the Amazon Room for dinner about five minutes before the dinner break was called.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier

Mercier Having No Mercy

Isabelle Mercier
Isabelle Mercier
An early-position player raised all in to 5,325, followed by a reraise all in to 6,500 from the player on the button. Isabelle Mercier was in the small blind and called. She had both players covered.

Mercier held {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}. The button player held {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}, and the early-position player held {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. The board helped neither player and Isabelle Mercier is now up to approximately 25,000.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier

John Monnette Eliminated

A player in the hijack seat led out for 1,075 preflop and John Monnette, on the button, raised to 3,225. The hijack reraised and put Monnette all in and Monnette made the call. Monnette turned over {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, while his opponent turned over a pair of bullets. Although Monnette was able to flop a nine, he wasn't able to catch up by the river and was sent to the rail.

Tags: John Monnette

Jennifer Harman Eliminated

Jennifer Harman Eliminated
Jennifer Harman Eliminated
Jennifer Harman was just eliminated when -- despite getting in her money in good with {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} against the {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} of her opponent -- four clubs hit the board giving her opponent the winning flush and sending Harman to the rail just a few minutes shy of the dinner break.

Tags: Jennifer Harman

Phan vs Mortensen

On a flop of {7-Spades}{K-Spades}{4-Spades}, John Phan led out with a 2,000 bet which Carlos Mortensen called. The turn brought the {3-Clubs} and Phan fired a second barrel worth 2,500, and once again Mortensen made a stand against the chip leader and made the call.

The river brought the {3-Spades} and Phan fired for a third time with a bet of another 2,500. Mortensen made the call, but quickly mucked his hand as Phan showed {J-Spades}{J-Hearts} for a rivered flush.

Following the hand Phan holds over 60,000 in chips, while Mortensen is now struggling with about 7,000.

Tags: Carlos MortensenJohn Phan

Tran Rivered

Kenny Tran
Kenny Tran
At Kenny Tran's table, the under-the-gun player put in an opening raise to 1,100. Everyone folded, except for Tran, who called from the cutoff position.

The flop revealed {5-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, and the original raiser continued out for 2,200 more chips. Kenny Tran reached for his own chips and jammed it up to 7,000. His opponent re-shoved for just a small amount more, and Tran made the call, showing {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. It was a good read by Tran, as the other player was still waiting to hit the board with his {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

The turn card, {8-Hearts}, gave him plenty of outs, and salvation came on the river when the {K-Spades} took a fairly large pot out of Tran's grasp. After the loss, Kenny Tran has taken a step back to approximately 20,000 chips remaining.

Tags: Kenny Tran

Eskimo Clark Back in Action

After being crippled on the wrong end of a set-over-set cooler not too long ago, Paul "Eskimo" Clark has managed to rebound quite successfully. Down to just 1,100 a short time ago, Clark is now working with a stack of 14,500.

Tags: Eskimo Clark

Phan's Rush Ends With Quads

"The Razor" John Phan has been attempting to knock out his entire table and had been doing a pretty good job of it so far -- however, sure enough, he was going to lose a race sometime.

Phan called the all-in bet of his opponent preflop with K-J, but needed help against pocket eights. The door card delivered that help, but the rest of the flop wasn't good to Phan as it came {J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} to remarkably give his opponent flopped quads! The turn {9-Hearts} and river {A-Spades} sent Phan back down to earth to about 38,000 in chips.

Tags: John Phan