Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-20-2008 00:17 UTC-7

Dirksen Eliminates Another

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Dustin Dirksen just built his stack over 65,000 when his pocket queens ran into another player's pocket fives. The queens held up for Dirksen, who has a nice chip stack as we are about to reach the money.

06-20-2008 00:14 UTC-7

Almost There...

[user38971]

We still have nearly 40 minutes left in the evening and we're already down to just 210 players. We reach the money at 198, which means we have just 11 players left before we go hand for hand.

We very well could reach the money tonight, but it could be close.

06-20-2008 00:10 UTC-7

Tran Folds to Liebig

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Preflop, JC Tran raised and Jennafer Liebig moved all in. Tran went into the tank for what seemed like ages, then ultimately folded, but not before flashing pocket tens to his neighbor. Before scooping the pot and mucking her hand, Jennafer was kind enough to flash the table her pocket jacks.

06-20-2008 00:09 UTC-7

Shannon Shorr Has Been Eliminated

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We don't specific details about the two hands that led to Shorr's elimination, save this one -- he had pocket aces cracked two hands in a row. And he's out.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

06-19-2008 23:35 UTC-7

J.C. Down Then Up

[user38971]

J.C. Tran lost half of his stack after running {A-Spades}

into

. Both players flopped an ace, but his opponent's ten kicker was good enough to take the pot.

A few hands later, J.C. managed to get all his chips in the middle and was called by an opponent holding 10-J to Tran's A-J. Tran flopped two pair, which held up, and bumped J.C. back up to 18,000 after the hand.

06-19-2008 23:32 UTC-7

Alex Jacob Loses a Flip

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Alex Jacob raised from the small blind with {J-Diamonds}

, and the player in the big blind moved all in. Jacob called and found he was up against {A-Diamonds}

, and when the flop came {Q-Spades}

Jacob lost a big chunk of his stack. He now sits with 28,000.

06-19-2008 23:18 UTC-7

Jacob Busts Slotboom

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Alex Jacob eliminated Rolf Slotboom when Jacob had raised preflop to 2,400 and Slotboom pushed all in for another 10,900 more. Jacob showed {A-Spades}

while Slotboom held {Q-Spades}

. Jacob spiked an ace on the river and Slotboom was sent to the rail.

06-19-2008 23:17 UTC-7

Just Not His Day...

[user38971]

After the last story, we felt inclined to give you another:

A player at table 18 was facing a raise preflop and looked down to see pocket aces. He immediately pushed all in and his opponent insta-called. Unfortunately for Player 1, they were both holding pocket aces.

They chopped the pot and on the very next hand the same player, facing another raise preflop, looked down to see pocket kings. Player 1 shoved all in and his opponent insta-called and tabled pocket aces.

The kings lost and the player was eliminated.

06-19-2008 23:13 UTC-7