2008 World Series of Poker

Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
95
Prize
$204,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$873,600
Total Entries
480
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 480
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This is So Sick

Alex Kravchenko raised in the cutoff and Derek "Derek8" Lerner in the small blind and another player in the big blind called.

The flop was {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}. The blinds checked and Kravchenko bet. Lerner check-raised and the big blind and Kravchenko called.

The turn was {7-Clubs} and Lerner bet. Both opponents called. The river was {8-Clubs}. Lerner bet. The big blind raised. Kravchenko folded.

Lerner: "This is sick. You obviously have a five. Eight-five? This is so sick." Ultimately, Lerner called.

Lerner showed {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the big blind mucked. Lerner went up to 22,000.

Tags: Derek Lerner

E-Fro E-Thrown

Just before that last level up, an under the gun player raised and a middle-position player re-raised. Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich went all in on the small blind and the UTG and MP called.

The flop was {4-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and the UTG checked on the side. The MP bet and the UTG check-raised. The MP called.

The turn was {K-Diamonds}. The UTG bet and the MP folded.

UTG: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Froehlich: {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

The river was {3-Spades} and Froehlich busted out.

Tags: Eric Froehlich

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 0

He's Dead, Jim

A late-position player, the cutoff and Jimmy Shultz in the small blind limped in. The big blind raised and all three of the other players called again. The flop was {4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Shultz bet. The big blind went all in for 700 and the LP and cutoff called. Shultz raised and the LP and cutoff called again.

The turn was {3-Hearts} and all three checked. The river was {2-Spades} and Shultz bet. The LP called and the cutoff folded.

Shultz: {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
BB: {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}
LP: Mucked

Shultz took it down and knocked out the big blind player in the process. He's up to 10,600.

Tags: Jimmy Shultz

Gone Cassidy?

Alex Kravchenko raised in early position and Joe Cassidy called in the big blind. The flop was {2-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Cassidy checked. Kravchenko bet and Cassidy raised. Kravchenko re-raised and Cassidy three-bet. Kravchenko called.

The turn was {J-Clubs} and Cassidy bet. Kravchenko raised and Cassidy called.

The river was {3-Hearts} and Cassidy checked. Kravchenko bet and Cassidy called. Kravchenko showed {J-Hearts}{J-Spades} and Cassidy mucked. He was down to 500.

Soon after that, he was all in preflop with another player, holding {J-Spades}{7-Spades} to the opponent's {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. The board came {2-Spades}{K-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Cassidy was back up to 1,400 -- 1,200 after putting in the small blind and folding it on the next hand.