Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-16-2008 23:00 UTC-7

Chrysanthopoulous Finds Aces

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Michael Chrysanthopoulous raised to 3,500 UTG only for the button to reraise all in for 11,000. Chrysanthopoulous was holding {K-Clubs}

, his opponent on the button was holding {A-Spades}

, and absolutely nothing changed on the {4-Hearts}

board.

Chrysanthopoulous now up to 29,000.

Tags: Michael Chrysanthopoulous

06-16-2008 23:01 UTC-7

Alon Shahar -- 159,000
Eric Lucas -- 143,500
Cory Albertson -- 120,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 118,000
Justin Filtz -- 103,000

One man who was on the edge of that pack was John Chou. At one point he had 101,000, but just moments later, his stack had been decimated to just 35,000.

Tags: John Chou

06-16-2008 23:04 UTC-7

Happy As Larry

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Larry Jaffee has just doubled up to 78,000 after finding pocket aces and finding someone else finding pocket kings. That's a hell of a find.

Tags: Larry Jaffee

06-16-2008 23:11 UTC-7

Andrew Scott Eliminated

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A few places short of the bubble, Andrew Scott first reraised a 2,400 button raise to 6,000 from the small blind, and then called all in for 18,000.

As he stuck his chips in, he commented that he wasn't there to cash, he was there to win it, and so was happy to gamble.

Scott: {Q-Clubs}

Button:

Board:

("YES!" cried Scott) {7-Hearts}

("Oh")

And he's OUT.

Tags: Andrew Scott

06-16-2008 23:14 UTC-7

"Whatever, Are You Kidding Me?"

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The bubble can often be a long, drawn out process, the torture of hand-for-hand with numerous tables causing pain and suffering for both the press and players alike, especially those clawing at the felt and hanging on like grim death.

Then again, the bubble can burst in one hand...

On a flop of {9-Diamonds}

, the chips flew in on table 6 with Kyle Hoffman's {9-Spades}

for the flopped set in commanding position against Robert Williamson III's {K-Clubs}

.

After the dealer lay a {Q-Hearts}

turn onto the felt, Williamson exclaimed, "Jack, jack", but to no avail, the river bringing a harmless {4-Diamonds}

.

"Whatever, are you kidding me?" said Williamson's other half as he departed. Williamson looked equally dismayed.

Tags: Robert Williamson III

06-16-2008 23:16 UTC-7

Nguyen Makes Quads

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Scotty Nguyen on the button and an opponent in mid position see a flop, which they both check.

{A-Spades}

The turn comes another {K-Hearts}

and this time Nguyen bets 4,000. His opponent calls.

The river is another {K-Clubs}

and now Nguyen bets a huge 22,000, almost all in. His opponent calls.

Nguyen turns over {K-Diamonds}

for quads, and his opponent mucks. Nguyen looking comfortable on 60,000.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

06-16-2008 23:19 UTC-7

Shahar Eliminates Cantu

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One of the first in-the-money exits is that of Brandon Cantu, who was eliminated by Alon Shahar, thus further extending his chip lead. Cantu takes 106th place, and Shahar is up to a monstrous 197,000.

Tags: Alon Shahar Brandon Cantu

06-16-2008 23:19 UTC-7

Another Three Gone

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As well as Brandon Cantu, the last few minutes have seen the departures of Nicolas Donnelly, Andrew Ferguson and Arnold Toler who finished in 108th, 107th and 105th place respectively.

06-16-2008 23:28 UTC-7

Also Recently Eliminated

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David Peters
Brian Bingham

06-16-2008 23:30 UTC-7

No Chip & No Chair

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Bill Chen is now on around 80,000 after "stacking his opponent to the dollar," as our field reporter so beautifully put it.

With both players sitting on stacks of 37,000, all the chips sped in on a 10-5-8-10 board with Chen's A-10 having got the better of his opponent's pocket ladies.

A four on the river changed nothing and Chen's foe was gone.

Tags: Bill Chen'