. Johnston flopped a set of queens but his opponent caught running diamonds to make a flush and send the 1986 World Champion to the rail.
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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. Johnston flopped a set of queens but his opponent caught running diamonds to make a flush and send the 1986 World Champion to the rail.
, the middle-position player held 
, and Pham held 
. The flop of
gave Zolotow the lead. The turn and river of 
gave Zolotow the hand, and sent Pham packing.
. Ferguson checked, and his opponent moved all in. The bet covered a good portion of Ferguson's stack, and he made the call with top pair, 
. The other player had 
, and needed to fill his gutshot straight draw to stay alive. The turn and river came 
, 
, failing to improve his hand, and he shipped all of his chips over to Ferguson's stack. Ferguson now has right around 15,000.
and Pham held 
. A 10 on both the flop and turn left Pham drawing dead and crippled with 1,100 in chips.
In a recent hand, Hart was in the big blind, posting 300 chips. As the cards were dealt, Hart began eyeing up the players across the table.
"Don't be raising my blinds now. That's racist. Why would you wanna be racist and raise my blinds?" The whole table, dealer included, laughed at his display, but he was forced to fold his cards when a disobedient player moved all in from late position.
Kevin Hart is a native of Philadelphia, PA, and has had roles in many popular flicks, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Soul Plane, and a couple of the Scary Movie versions.
, Eskimo Clark checked to his lone opponent who moved all in for 7,425. Clark insta-called but what stunned to see his adversary table . Clark, as though he were trying to illustrate the intensity of the cooler he'd just taken, slowly rolled over the . Clark got no help on 4th or 5th street and was left with a mere 1,125.
On a flop of
, the small blind checked to Pham and he bet 3,000. The late-position player called and the small blind folded.The turn was the
and it was checked around.The river card brought the
. Pham checked and his opponent bet 5,000. Pham tanked for about 2 minutes before calling. Pham's opponent showed for the nut flush. Pham held A-K. After this hand Pham is down to 7,000 in chips.
, both Ted Lawson and his opponent checked. The river brought the and after Lawson checked, his opponent put him all in for his remaining 5,000. Lawson decided to think about his decision before calling, and eventually a floor was called over to put the clock on him. During the clock, Lawson accidentally bumped a package of breath mints at his table, and decided to pop one before making a decision. With just fifteen seconds left on the clock, Lawson decided to call and showed
for a full house, nines full of fours, while his opponent mucked. After that fresh breath enhancement and double up, Lawson is up to 12,000 in chips.
In the first hand West took
up against a short-stacked opponent holding 
, but the board ran out 
to leave him crippled.West then moved in with
from the small blind and Daniel Alaei made the pot-committed call with 
from the big blind. The board landed and Alaei spiked a pair to send West to the rail.
Ferguson checked and his opponent bet enough that it would put Ferguson all in for his remaining 3,780 if he were to call. Ferguson went into the tank, then decided to call and turned over 
. His opponent showed pocket tens and failed to improve, doubling Ferguson up to 10,000.
