2008 World Series of Poker
Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
716
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 716
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but was in trouble against the 
and 
of his opponents.The board ran out
, and the set of tens scoops the pot to send the gentle giant to the rail.
Hua:
Tatalovich:
Board:
After the hand, Hua moved up to 20,000 and Tatalovich moved down to 23,000.
Mercier was racing with
against his opponent's A-K and fell behind on the turn when the board landed 
. But when the river brought the 
Mercier held the only heart to capture the pot and move to 21,000 in chips.
with 
for a monster straight and flush draw combo against the 
of his opponent.The turn and river bricked
, and Tran was busto.
.The action checked to Batista who fired out a healthy bet and his opponents all folded their hands. Batista then showed his hole cards as
! Not the prettiest flop for black aces but Batista gets out of a tricky situation unscathed.
, Ryan Young bet 5,000 into John Phan. Phan then came over the top for around 50,000, which was enough to put Young all in. Young makes the call saying, "all I have is ace king." Young proceeded to turn over 
and Phan turned over . The turn of the helped neither player, but the river card of the gave Young a pair of aces and allowed him to move up to 53,000 in chips. After the hand, Phan is down to 55,000 in chips.
The flop came
and the blinds checked the action with the preflop aggressor firing out 2,500. Singer made the call and the big blind folded.The turn brought the
and both players checked.The river was the
and Singer led out with a 7,000 chip bet which was called. Singer flipped over 
for a rivered two pair to collect the pot as his opponent tossed his cards into the muck.A few moments later Singer had a short-stacked opponent all in. Singer held
against his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and with these two hands Singer has jumped to 46,500 chips and is in great shape to make it through the day's play.
