2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦4♦
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Total Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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Gowen's Rockets Hold

On a board of {Q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Clubs}, Clonie Gowen went all in for her last 4,900 chips. Her opponent, who had her covered, called. Gowen showed pocket aces, which were a considerable favorite over her opponent's pocket tens. The river was a harmless {5-Spades}.

Gowen now has approximately 16,000 chips.

Tags: Clonie Gowen

Lawson Makes Nice Laydown

Facing an early-position all-in raise, Ted Lawson went into the tank, clearly in distress at the thought of folding his holding. He eventually said, "It hurts!" before tossing his cards into the muck.

"Don't show me ace-king," quipped Lawson, but it turned out to be the right fold as his opponent flashed {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}!

Lawson in still in good shape with about 19,000 in chips.

Tags: Ted Lawson

Phan Claims Another

John Phan is tearing it up at the moment and has just eliminated another player, this time winning a race with pocket fours against a short-stacked opponent with K-7, much to the disgust of the rest of the table who simply have no answers for Phan at the moment.

Phan now sits with over 50,000 chips to be our clear chip leader.

Tags: John Phan

"The Razor" Buying Drinks

John Phan has recently eliminated two opponents and now sits with over 38,000 in chips to be among our tournament chip leaders.

In the first hand Phan raised it up with pocket jacks, which held against an opponent who pushed with {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. The board ran out {3-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} to send his opponent to the rail.

Soon after, Phan was at it again, this time with pocket nines against his opponent's pocket sevens. Again the board was good to Phan, as it came {A-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

"Ship it! Ship it!" came the cry from Phan in delight. "Who wants drinks?"

Tags: John Phan

Zolotow Racing to the Top

Steve Zolotow has been collecting chips at an alarming rate. Most recently, he got all of his opponent's chips in the middle in a classic race situation -- Zolotow's pocket jacks against his opponent's Big Slick. The board ran out ten-high and Zolotow busted the player. He moved to approximately 24,000.

Tags: Steve Zolotow

"Seat Open!"

The Day 1b field continues to shrink at a rapid rate. Out of the 1,881 players who started the day, less than a third remain as we start Level 6. The average stack is approaching 10,000. With limits up to 200/400/50, the bust-outs should continue at a rapid-fire rate.

We will be playing tonight until about 16 minutes into level 9, the point at which the tournament stopped last night.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Moshe Elezra Hanging In There

Moshe Elezra is working hard to accumulate some chips, and recently collected a handy pot against four other opponents on a board of {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Spades}. A player in the small blind led out for 700 and Elezra raised it to 2,100 to force all of his opponents out of the pot.

Elezra now sits with 5,500 chips.

Tags: Moshe Elezra

Liu Continues To Rebuild

Liz Liu was in a raised pot on a flop of {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} with a single opponent. After the flop, Liu put her opponent all-in for 2,075 and after thinking about it for awhile, he folded. Liu's move put her back up to 5,500 after the hand.

Tags: Liz Liu

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