2008 World Series of Poker

Event 3 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠4♠
Prize
$214,131
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
713
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
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Boo Hoo for Lou

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They're falling like lemmings on a tightrope here, Lou Esposito being our latest victim. With Robert Lipkin raising the pot from the button with {K-Spades}{5-Spades} (pinchy pinchy), Esposito pushed from the big blind with {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Lipkin made the obligatory call.

Board = {Q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Yet another player drops as the bedlam continues.

Tags: Lou EspositoRobert Lipkin

From Chip Daddy to Busto

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Levi-tation
Levi-tation
Incredibly, start-of-day chip leader Robert Workman has taken an early shower and is pushing up daisies with the other 11 eliminees. The likelihood is that Workman fell by the wayside following a series of pots, but the finishing touches were made by David Levi, his A-Qo spiking an ace on a 3-A-6-7-2 board to desaddle Workman's pocket cowboys.

Tags: David LeviRobert Workman

Dropping Be-Lowenhar the Radar

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Either Jeffrey Lowenhar dropped a few chips since kick-off or Joe Tehan picked up a few somewhere, but either way Jeffrey found himself all in with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} preflop against Joe's {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts}. Looking good, but concentrate! Here comes the outdraw bit...

Board: {7-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {A-Clubs} {2-Clubs}

Lowenhar's stack couldn't be lower; in fact he's OUT.

Tags: Jeffrey LowenharJoe Tehan

Dis-Abe-Led

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Abe Stevens raised pot under the gun, leaving himself less than 2,000 behind, and Tom McEvoy called from the small blind.

McEvoy bet 2,000 on the {Q-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {10-Clubs} flop and Abe had to call all in -- he flipped over {A-Clubs} {9-Spades} and failed to hit the {6-Spades} turn or {8-Spades} river. McEvoy's {5-Diamonds} {5-Spades} held up, and Abe was no more.

Tags: Abe StevensTom McEvoy

Jerry Jerry Jerry!

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No, not Springer, but the less mischievous Jerry Yang, strolling around the room and checking out the action here in the Amazon Room before he looks to defend that World Champion crown.

Tags: Jerry Yang

Singer Strikes

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Dave Singer adds to his already meaty stack of chicks by ending the run of William Davis. Singer raises the pot preflop from late position, only for Davis to push all in from the button just a couple of seats down. Virtually pot-committed, Singer makes the call, but finds his fingers, toes and any other suitable body part firmly trapped in the till with {K-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, Davis' {J-Hearts}{J-Spades} in great shape and looking good for a double-through.

However, the poker gods work in mysterious ways, and a {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} later and Davis was gone, ruing the fact that he even found those darn knaves in the first place.

Tags: Dave SingerWilliam Davis

Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am

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There has been an unfortunate exit for Dennis Wamsley. David Steicke bet the pot from middle position, and Wamsley re-popped all in from the small blind.

With the cards on their backs, it was looking good for Wamsley with {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} up against Steicke's {8-Hearts} {8-Spades} -- until the board was dealt, anyway.

Board: {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {8-Spades} {4-Spades} {9-Spades} , sending Wamsley slamming into the rail.

Tags: David SteickeDennis Wamsley

Easy Money

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show me the money!
show me the money!
Former EPT victor and all-around nice guy Brandon Schaefer has not only made the money in this event, but is also profiting on the side bets, his paws recently blessed with an additional 200 bucks for, well... just telling someone his hand.

With Schaefer entwined in a preflop raising war with Michael Katz, his frustrated opponent asked, "Will you show if I give you 1,000 dollars?" Sensibly, Schaefer refused to answer (although I would have cracked and exclaimed "Yes, yes, me, me!"), leading to an eventual fold from Katz.

After the hand, Schaefer asked if he could still have the money if he showed, to which Katz laughed, "Hey, I was only joking."

"How about 200 dollars," haggled Schaefer with the negotiating will of a used-car salesman. "Sure, okay,"

Schaefer showed A-K, and was indeed handed 200 dollars for his efforts.

Nice work.

Tags: Brandon SchaefferMichael Katz

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