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

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

06-19-2008 19:22 UTC-8

Players Are Back From Break

Play has continued here in the Amazon room, with just 510 players left in the field, we have only 312 more eliminations to go before we reach the money.

06-19-2008 17:52 UTC-8

Players Are On Break

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Players are now on their dinner break. We'll be back in an hour and a half.

06-19-2008 17:44 UTC-8

Craig Gray Wins a Huge Pot

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Craig Gray raised to 1,050 on the button and the player in the small blind reraised to 2,550. Gray made the call and the flop came {6-Hearts}

. The small blind bet, Gray raised to 9,500, and the small blind moved all in for 14,000 more. Oops--Gray had flopped trips with {4-Clubs}

to his opponent's unimproved {A-Diamonds}

, and that monster pot pushed Gray's stack up to 48,000.

06-19-2008 17:40 UTC-8

Apropos to the previous post, a player under the gun limped, Tom McEvoy raised from the big blind, the limper moved all in for 10,000 and McEvoy called. He had pocket aces, his opponent had pocket nines. McEvoy's aces held up and he's up to 27,000.

Tags: Tom McEvoy

06-19-2008 17:37 UTC-8

Act Like You've Had Them Before

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Almost simultaneously at Table 22 and 31 we had an unusual scenario repeat itself. In both cases a player holding pocket aces made a reraise that they thought was big enough to set their opponent all in. In both cases, they were wrong--the other player had more chips than the raise was for. And in both cases the player with pocket aces tabled their hand before their opponent acted.

And so, facing a raise and exposed pocket aces, their opponents both folded. The moral of the story--when you get pocket aces, relax. Survey the situation calmly. And don't expose your cards and let your victim wriggle off the hook.

06-19-2008 17:31 UTC-8

Erick Lindgren Eliminated

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Erick Lindgren was eliminated from the field after running his K-7 into an opponent's A-7. His opponent spiked an ace on the flop and Lindgren failed to improve.

06-19-2008 17:26 UTC-8

Svetlana Gromenkova Eliminated

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A player from under the gun made it 1,125 to go preflop and action folded around to the small blind who moved all in for 3,000. Svetlana called and the under the gun player moved all in, having her covered. Svetlana called, showed pocket tens and was a favorite up against her opponent's pocket eights. The player in the small blind held A-J.

Svetlana was in great shape, until the {8-Hearts}

spiked on the river, eliminating her from the field.

06-19-2008 17:00 UTC-8

Thierry van den Berg Goes Out in a Huge Pot

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With the board reading {10-Diamonds}

, Thierry van den Berg bet 5,000 and his opponent moved all in for 15,000 more. Van den Berg called for the rest of his chips and saw that his {Q-Spades}