Event 3 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-02-2008 15:08 UTC-7

Boutin Boot-Out

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Burt Boutin is long gone, raising and then calling all in for his short stack on an {A-Clubs}

flop. He was holding {6-Hearts}

but Ira Marcus who'd limped in on the small blind was holding {K-Hearts}

.

Tags: Bert Boutin Ira Marcus

06-02-2008 15:03 UTC-7

After a seemingly unstoppable last hour, Jennifer Tilly has taken a few hits, first running Big Slick into a flopped set of tens before folding to an all-in raise on a queen high all spade flop. Tilly still has around the 10k mark though.

Keep in the Tilly I say, I'm sure she winked at me earlier, although my imagination does to tend to run wild now and then.

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

06-02-2008 14:59 UTC-7

Sklansky Sudden Surge

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Further to his earlier short-stacked double-up, David Sklansky has doubled up again to 4300. Minimum-raising from the cutoff with the old-fashioned aces, he reduced four preflop callers to one by his all-in on the turn of the 7-9-7-K board, and that one holding J-T for an inside straight draw which failed to miraculously appear.

Tags: David Sklansky

06-02-2008 14:58 UTC-7

Dutch Courage

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Dutch Boyd, who I have to compliment is looking much slimmer and thus in finer fettle this year, is now sitting on 5,600. He locked horns with Alan Sass, a raising war on a {3-Clubs}

flop catching Sass with his fingers (and tootsies if you will) firmly trapped in the cookie jar, his {K-Hearts}

in terrible shape against Dutch's pocket rockets, and thus searching for a miracle that failed to emerge.

Tags: Allan Sass Dutch Boyd

06-02-2008 14:52 UTC-7

He Can Also Spell 'Short-Stacked'

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For those of you who watch the ESPN WSOP shows as fanatically as I, you may recall a chap called Jim Pittman who, according to Phil Hellmuth, "can't even spell poker". Well, I checked with Jim earlier (who, incidentally, is a thoroughly nice fellow), and can confirm that his spelling is top notch, even belting out spellings for other words of the poker glossary including 'all in', 'raise' and 'short-stacked'.

Unfortunately for Jim, it was the latter of those that befell him in his most recent encounter, Kevin O'Donnell raising Pittman's 6,400 bet all in on the turn of a {9-Hearts}

board and forcing his opponent to fold. Whilst this left Jim with 4,000, Kevin leapt up to a sky-high 20,000.

On a sidenote, Jim is now a highly successful business man after inventing a cushioning system for pick-up trucks so people can camp in their vehicle overnight (bizarre, I know), so who needs to spell poker when you can spell 'god damn filthy rich?'

Tags: Jim Pitman Kevin O'Donnell

06-02-2008 14:44 UTC-7

Sklansky Still Surviving

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A short-stacked Sklansky has doubled up with A-K in the big blind against the 7-10 of his small blind neighbour. He's back up to a still fairly short but still-in 2100.

Tags: David Sklansky

06-02-2008 14:40 UTC-7

Ramdin the Pocket Rockets

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Many thanks to all in the shout box for the above sort-of pun.

Victor Ramdin is OUT, A-Q into the Mighty American Airlines of an unknown player preflop, and no astounding miracle of the board could save him.

Tags: Victor Ramdin

06-02-2008 14:37 UTC-7

Tilly Sees Off Another

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With K-Q versus Q-T on a queen high board, cowgirl Jennifer Tilly eliminates yet another victim to continue her hot, sizzling form. Tilly now up to 13,500 and proving to be one of the early pace setters. One could say she is 'bound' to win, if one was indeed looking to finish his post with a terrible joke.

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

06-02-2008 14:37 UTC-7

No Clemency for Clements

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Scott Clements is OUT, in most unfortunate circumstances - all in preflop against an unknown's A-J, Clements' A-Q was looking dominatingly good, until the board came down an inclement J-T-5-7-3.

Tags: Scott Clements