2008 World Series of Poker

Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
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Not the WSOP Academy

[user38971]
[user38971]
Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu
Greg Raymer, Liz Lieu, and Andy Black are all seated at the same table and have all been quite social from the get-go today. After a board of {8-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} fell and Lieu took down the hand, Raymer made a comment about the way it played out.

Black: "Are you going to comment on every hand?"

Raymer: "No."

Black: "This isn't the WSOP Academy. This is a 5,000 buy-in no-limit event."

Tags: Andy BlackGreg Raymer

More Names in the Field

[user37786]
[user37786]
Nick Schulman and David Williams just sat down at Table #1, and also playing today are Greg Raymer, David "The Dragon" Pham, Daniel Alaei, Nikolay Evdakov, Bill Edler, Josh Arieh, and Eugene Todd.

Name Verification

[user38971]
[user38971]
Theo Tran arrived a little late to find that he was seated at the same table as Gavin Smith and Jeff Madsen. After arriving, the dealer asked, as per the rules, that Tran produce his identification before he could play. Tran pulled it out and handed it to the dealer, who read it carefully to verify.

"Come on," Gavin Smith joked. "No player is ballsy enough to hand you their ID if they're not actually that person."

Tags: Gavin SmithTheo Tran

David "The Dragon" Pham Eliminated

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"The Dragon" was eliminated early today when his two pair got counterfeited on the turn. On a flop of {7-Spades} {J-Clubs} {9-Hearts} Pham led out for 1,100 and was called. The turn brought the {7-Diamonds} and Pham moved all in for his remaining 3,300. His opponent made the call and showed pocket kings, for two pair, kings and sevens, while Pham had two pair as well, jacks and nines. The {5-Spades} was no help on the river and Pham was eliminated.

Tags: David "The Dragon" Pham

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Vance Makes Big Fold

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[user38971]
Tim Vance led out preflop and was called by a single opponent. On a flop of {4-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}, Vance made it 500 to go and was called. The turn brought the {K-Clubs} and both players checked. The river was the {6-Diamonds} and Vance's opponent moved all in for his remaining 5,375. Vance went into the tank, then ultimately folded pocket aces face up.

Tags: Tim Vance

Thierry van den Berg Eliminated

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[user38971]
Thierry van der Berg
Thierry van der Berg
Thierry van den Berg made it 300 to go preflop and was called by a single opponent. The flop came {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {2-Spades} and he led out for 1,100. His opponent raised to 2,200 and van den Berg moved all-in for another 3,100. His opponent called and showed {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} while van den Berg showed {K-Diamonds} {8-Spades} and was outkicked. Van den Berg failed to improve and was eliminated.

Tags: Thierry van den Berg

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