2008 World Series of Poker

Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kxjx8x7x
Prize
$246,471
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
457
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Good to Be Joe

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Justin Bonomo Eliminated
Justin Bonomo Eliminated
Sitting under the gun, Joe Hachem opens the action with a pot raise. It folds around to Justin Bonomo in the big blind comes back with a pot-sized reraise, putting himself all in. Hachem makes the call.

Hachem: {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {3-Spades} {4-Spades}
Bonomo: {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}

As the dealer runs the board, Hachem pleads with him, "Can I make a straight or flush please?" The dealer obliges him, spreading out {6-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {2-Clubs}, improving Hachem to a straight on the river.

Standing nearby, Hachem's good mate Jim Sachinidis caught the action. "How blessed are you?" he asks. "Good to be Joe."

Not so good to be Justin Bonomo though. He is headed out just minutes before play ends for the day.