Nguyen: "Your name is June? Like the month?"
Dealer nods.
Nguyen: "This month your name is June. Next month it's something else, right, baby?"
Dealer nods.
Scotty is nursing a short stack right now. He is down to 425.
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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Nguyen: "Your name is June? Like the month?"
Dealer nods.
Nguyen: "This month your name is June. Next month it's something else, right, baby?"
Dealer nods.
Scotty is nursing a short stack right now. He is down to 425.
With about 9,000 in front of him, Licastro raised from late position, making it 400 to go. The player behind him reraised to 1425, and Licastro shoved over the top. The other player made the call with
, and Licastro tabled two black cowboys, 
.He fell behind quickly, though, when the flop came out
, and he needed to hit his flush or the case king to win the pot, or two runners to chop with a straight. The board ran out 
, 
, however, and Licastro lost more than half of his stack, down now to 3,500.
"Go away, asshole," Black responded. "I mean, thank you, sir."
The floor person grinned. "I'm just pointing out the excessive celebration rule."
"I understand. I'm just making up for the rest," Black countered. He raised his voice and shouted, "They're all dead! What, are we going to sit here and stare at each other for 10 hours? It's poker!"
of his opponent. The money went in preflop, and when the board ran out 7-6-4-7-6, Clark's tens were best. He stacked up to approximately 5,000 and sent another player home in the process.
of an opponent.
as the door card on the flop, but it was followed directly by the as the board ran out 
to send Anna to an early exit.
Nguyen was under the gun and limped in, saying, "There you go. Come get some of that." He then looked at me again and said, "Watch this. 30,000, baby." A late-position player, the button, and the small blind all limped in and saw the flop.
Nguyen checked the flop of
. It was checked to the button, who bet 300. The small blind called and Nguyen called for his last 225. The late-position player folded. Nguyen said, "Pair the board, baby."The turn of the
was checked around. Nguyen commented, "It's going to be a short day today, baby."The river fell the
and the small blind checked. The button then bet 500 and the small blind quickly called. The button showed 
for a flush. The small blind folded and Nguyen got ready to muck his cards as well before showing A-A. After the hand, several players came over to Nguyen, requesting autographs. He gladly obliged them.
, Newhouse led out for 400. Action folded to the preflop raiser, who raised for all of his chips to 1,650. Newhouse called with queen-ten; his opponent showed kings. The turn and the river were blanks and the pot went to Newhouse's opponent.As we approach the first break, Newhouse's stack is about 4900.
