2008 World Series of Poker
Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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We very well could reach the money tonight, but it could be close.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
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.
, and the player in the big blind moved all in. Jacob called and found he was up against 
, and when the flop came 
Jacob lost a big chunk of his stack. He now sits with 28,000.
while Slotboom held 
. Jacob spiked an ace on the river and Slotboom was sent to the rail.
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.
. Player Two's tournament life was on the line, holding 
. Things couldn't have been better. Until...Flop:
Sitting with the highest pocket pair, and the highest diamond in his hand, Player One was looking great...until the
came on the turn. Player Two would need another queen to win the hand, and only the 
, as the 
would give Player One the flush.What card do you think came on the river? You guessed it:
.
