2008 World Series of Poker

Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦q♥
Prize
$528,418
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,327,600
Entries
1,012
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
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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} {2-Clubs} {K-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} {J-Diamonds} for quads, and his opponent mucks. Nguyen looking comfortable on 60,000.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

"Whatever, Are You Kidding Me?"

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Robert Williamson III
Robert Williamson III
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}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, the chips flew in on table 6 with Kyle Hoffman's {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} for the flopped set in commanding position against Robert Williamson III's {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

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

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} {A-Spades}
Button: {J-Diamonds} {J-Spades}

Board: {Q-Diamonds} ("YES!" cried Scott) {7-Hearts} {J-Hearts} ("Oh") {2-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}

And he's OUT.

Tags: Andrew Scott

Current Top Five

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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

Devilfish Heading South

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Devilfish has taken a considerable hit somewhere along the line. Most recently, he doubled up short-stacked Gabe Costner, somehow getting it in preflop with {7-Hearts} {4-Hearts} against Costner's {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts}. As the board came down bricks for the Fish, he muttered, "I thought you had A-K."

Costner on 13,000 and still pretty desperate (shoved from the button the next hand as well, but didn't get any callers), Devilfish down to 23,000.

Tags: Dave UlliottDevilfishGabe Costner

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Italian Pirate Fires the Bullets Amid Controversy

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On the very last hand of the break, there was genuine controversy on the far table as Max Pescatori stumbled upon those dastardly American Airlines, {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}.

With the board reading {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}, Pescatori bet 10,000 only for his opponent to slide in the matching bet. Pescatori immediately flipped over his aces, only for his baffled opponent to ask, "Well, are you going to call?"

Equally confused, Pescatori inquired as to what his opponent was talking about.

"I said all in," he replied.

The tournament director was duly called in, but because nobody else had heard the declaration, the player was made to flat call only. However, if he wanted to win the pot, he had to reveal his hand.

He mucked.

Tags: Max Pescatori

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