. All his chips went into the middle with K-Q only to see his opponent turn over A-Q. Alvarado failed to improve and was eliminated.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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. All his chips went into the middle with K-Q only to see his opponent turn over A-Q. Alvarado failed to improve and was eliminated.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
gave him top pair top kicker with A-Q. Raymer had raised preflop to 530 and both Gavin Smith and a player on the button had called. All the money went in on the flop, with Raymer's opponent holding pocket tens for a set. Raymer is left with just 475 in chips, but, we all know the saying. Will it hold true for this previous Main Event champion?
against Steve Billirakis' 
when the flop came 
. The turn was the 
, leaving Ferguson dead to an Ace--and then the 
spiked on the river. With that double-up Ferguson is now at 12,000.
and the 
on the turn netted Bonomo trips. Soon after, Bonomo was facing a 500 raise preflop from an early-position player and raised to 1,600. Bonomo's opponent called and the flop came
and Bonomo moved all in. His opponent called and showed K-Q while Bonomo held pocket tens. The ten on the turn gave Bonomo a set and he doubled up to 14,000.
and Bloch's opponent led out for 3,300. Bloch came over the top for his remaining 8,500 and his opponent called. Andy showed pocket tens only to see his opponent flip over pocket queens. The turn and river were no help to Bloch, who was eliminated.
and he was eliminated.
to Griffin's 
, and the 
flop gave his opponent top pair and Griffin the nut flush draw, a draw Griffin hit when the 
turned. He's now up to 18,000.
