Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-20-2008 18:33 UTC-7

Nathan Makes a Good Call

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Rayan Nathan called a 700 bet from an opponent on the river of a dangerous-looking A-A-K-4-9 board -- holding just pocket sixes. He was vindicated upon his opponent's revealing mere pocket threes.

Tags: Rayan Nathan

06-20-2008 18:46 UTC-7

Greco Doubles Through

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Michael Greco is now on 20,000 after surviving an {A-Spades}

versus

all in preflop encounter. The {7-Diamonds}

board giving both players houses, but Greco the superior with aces full.

Tags: Michael Greco

06-20-2008 18:50 UTC-7

Out for the Stout

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As the title suggests, Matt Stout has been eliminated from today's event. We didn't catch the hand.

Tags: Matt Stout

06-20-2008 18:54 UTC-7

Vanessa Rousso had been steadily losing chips for a little while. In one hand, she doubled up a short stack who was holding A-K and went all in on the river of a king-high board.

Down to just 5,000, she called a small preflop raise in the big blind, and then check-raised all in for 4,300 to a 2,000 bet on the {2-Clubs}

flop; her opponent called.

Rousso: {K-Spades}

Opponent:

Turn:

River:

Rousso stays in the game with 10,000.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-20-2008 18:57 UTC-7

Dinner Time

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Players are now on a 90 minute break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

06-20-2008 20:34 UTC-7

Lawson Receives Minor Blow

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Trevor Lawson has received a minor blow courtesy of Amnon Filippi. With Lawson raising it up from mid-position, Filipi made the call in the small blind leading to a flop of {10-Hearts}

. Another hand was simultaneously going down on a neighbouring table at the time, but it looked as though Lawson had continued to bet 3,500 on the flop, checked the {10-Diamonds}

turn and folded to a 5,000 bet on the {5-Clubs}

river.

Lawson now at 32,000.

Tags: Trevor Lawson

06-20-2008 20:41 UTC-7

Table of Pros

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We have a very interesting table share happening at the moment -- on what was formerly Table Minieri before Dario busted out, Eli Elezra, Noah Boeken and Neil Channing are currently battling it out. Boeken is on 40,500, Channing is on 16,500 and Elezra is verging on the desperate with just 6,000.

06-20-2008 20:46 UTC-7

An Unfortunate Tale

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A rather sad story has come to us of British player Simon Hennessey. We noticed a couple of hours in that he hadn't turned up, his name card sitting by his lonely, dwindling stack of chips. It turns out he thought that the event was tomorrow, and by the time he realized his mistake and sped down to the Amazon Room, he had been blinded down to just 1,200. After grinding like he had never ground before, he built his few remaining chips up into an above-average stack -- and then lost it all on a coinflip. Such is poker.

Tags: Simon Hennessey

06-20-2008 20:47 UTC-7

Lady Scares Von Halle

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Paul Foltyn raised to 1,700 preflop and received two callers, one of whom was Jan Von Halle in the big blind.

Flop = {Q-Diamonds}

Von Halle checked allowing Foltyn to continue bet for 2,200. The button teased, at one point looking as though he was contemplating a raise, before making the fold, but Von Halle was less accommodating, quickly calling the bet.

Turn = {Q-Spades}

Von Halle's check was again followed by a Foltyn bet, this time for 4,500.

Von Halle reluctantly folded, showing the {K-Clubs}

in the process.

Tags: Jan Von Halle Paul Foltyn