2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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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
Total Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929

"Frank" = Chip Leader

We arrived at a table to see one happy player raking in a huge pot with plenty of animated celebrations - the most we have seen so far today.

Cries of "Yeeaahhh!", "That's how we do it!" and "Ship it! quickly attracted the attention of the tournament directors looking to enforce the new extended celebration rule (aka the "Hevad Khan rule"), which prevents players from going too "over the top" when they win a pot.

On this occasion, the player was given only a warning as one of his opponent's was overheard to comment "That's the worst call I've seen in poker."

The player is now up to around 80,000 in chips - so who is he? Well we asked for his name, and he told us he simply wanted to be known as "Frank."