2008 World Series of Poker

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

The Minimum of Fuss

[user46392]
[user46392]
By the way, all this X-bets-24,000 and Y-raises-to-48,000 sort of stuff sounds very impressive, but the truth is that raising to 48,000 preflop is actually a minimum raise with the blinds as enormous as they are right now. Taking that into account, the level of aggression seems to have dropped down a notch or two -- many of the hands we've seen since the players got back from dinner have involved the big blind folding to a minimum raise from the button, or the button folding to a minimum bet on the flop after the players limp/checked preflop.

Having said that, a little while ago the coveted bracelet, resplendent on a very tiny Corum-branded display plinth, appeared on the table. It can't be easy throwing your chips around when that holy grail of poker is within easy physical reach...