2008 World Series of Poker

Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦10♥
Prize
$610,304
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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The Slotboom-Soulier Wars

Rolf Slotboom and Fabrice Soulier have been involved in several big pots together. In one Soulier doubled through Slotboom with pocket Queens, and just a bit ago Slotboom returned the favor and doubled when he flopped an ace and Soulier tried to make a move with bottom pair. That hand boosted Rolf to 15,000 and left Soulier with just 600, though he has managed to steal the blinds two hands in a row to chip up a bit.

Tags: Fabrice SoulierRolf Slotboom

Everybody's in a Hurry

We just learned that there are 940 players left. Out of 2,447. Almost two-thirds of the field has been eliminated before the end of the fourth level. I said it before, I'll say it again--like, wow.

Anna Wroblewski Has Been Eliminated

After there was a raise and a call ahead, Anna Wroblewski moved all in from the small blind. The player in the big blind called, and that's when Anna found that her {A-Hearts} {6-Spades} had run into her opponent's pocket kings. And though she flopped an ace, her opponent flopped a set of kings, and that brought a quick end to her day.

Entrant Totals and Payouts

Today's event had 2,447 entrants with the top 198 places being paid. 198th place will receive $3,006 with first place taking home a total of $610,304.

Though the field may have started with 2,447 players, we are a far cry from that number now, as only 1,310 players remain after the first three levels.

Shankar Pillai Has Been Eliminated

And he was in surprisingly good spirits despite how it played out. He raised to 525 with the {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} and the player to his left called. Pillai had just 2,000 behind and so bet the rest of his stack in the dark. The flop came {8-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades} and his opponent called with {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}. The turn was the {4-Clubs}, giving Pillai a flush draw and his opponent a gutshot straight draw. And on the river, the {6-Spades}, giving his opponent a set and sending Shankar out of today's event.

Tags: Shankar Pillai

Some Early Numbers

We have an unofficial total of 2,447 players in today's event. At the start of Level Four we were down to 1,460. That's close to a thousand bustouts before the antes kick in. So, like, wow.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Nenad Medic Has Been Eliminated

And by the same player, Dave Becker, who knocked out Kathy Liebert just a few hands ago. And Becker knocked out Medic with pocket sixes, the same hand Liebert held when she was eliminated. But in this case Becker turned a set to beat the ace Nenad made on the flop with A-J and sent Medic out of today's event.
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