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

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

06-19-2008 15:29 UTC-7

Beth Shak Eliminated

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Beth Shak was all in in a hand with two other players. The board ran {5-Clubs}

. Beth showed {Q-Hearts}

for queen high, while one opponent had {8-Clubs}

and another held pocket sixes.

06-19-2008 15:40 UTC-7

Some Early Numbers

[user37786]

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.

06-19-2008 15:45 UTC-7

Shankar Pillai Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

And he was in surprisingly good spirits despite how it played out. He raised to 525 with the {Q-Clubs}

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}

and his opponent called with {6-Diamonds}

. 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

06-19-2008 15:46 UTC-7

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.

06-19-2008 15:50 UTC-7

Anna Wroblewski Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

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}

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.

06-19-2008 16:13 UTC-7

Everybody's in a Hurry

[user37786]

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.

06-19-2008 16:17 UTC-7

The Slotboom-Soulier Wars

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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 Soulier Rolf Slotboom

06-19-2008 16:21 UTC-7

Chip and Chair For JC

[user38971]

JC Alvarado decided to call after two players were all in preflop. JC held A-Q, another player held A-K, and the remaining player held pocket tens. The tens held up, and JC was stuck with just 50 in chips.

On the next hand, JC was all in with A-10, which made Broadway, and was good enough to net him 200 chips. After the hand, JC yelled as loud as he could with excitement, then immediately apologized, saying, "Sorry about that, I've always wanted to yell like that during an event but was waiting for a pot so small that I wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings."

Immediately after the hand, JC went all in in the dark and was called by one player. His opponent showed A-8 and JC held 10-3. JC spiked a 10 on the flop, which held up.

On the hand immediately after, JC doubled up again and is now up to 1,700.

"Now I've got enough chips to play like a nit again," he cracked.