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

06-20-2008 21:16 UTC-7

Schleger Building His Stack

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Shane Schleger is up to 26,000 after calling an opponent's bets on the turn and river of an {8-Hearts}

board. When the opponent announced that he could only boast the {9-Clubs}

, Schleger turned over {A-Spades}

to beat his opponent's kicker, which he mucked.

Tags: Shane Schleger

06-20-2008 21:15 UTC-7

Roux Takes a Knock

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Anthony Roux raised it up preflop, the small blind pushed all in and Roux called. On a {6-Clubs}

board, Roux's {10-Spades}

lost out to {A-Clubs}

which turned a straight.

Tags: Anthony Roux

06-20-2008 21:08 UTC-7

Desperate Double-Up for Rousso

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A very short-stacked Vanessa Rousso has doubled up to 7,200. She pushed all in from the big blind to a raise from the small blind, and found herself very far behind when he called, holding {5-Clubs}

to the small blind's {Q-Spades}

. However, the {7-Hearts}

board was a good one for her, and she stays in the game, although still dangerously low on chips.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-20-2008 20:59 UTC-7

When I joined the hand, there was several thousand in the pot with Amnon Filipi (early position) and Trevor Lawson (button) heading into their second post-dinner battle.

However, it would be one that Lawson would win, his all in to Filippi's leading bet on a {K-Hearts}

flop being quickly called, Lawson showing {A-Diamonds}

, Filippi

.

Turn = {7-Spades}

River =

Filippi stormed off as an elated Lawson quietly clenched his fist in victory.

Tags: Amnon Filippi Trevor Lawson

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

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 20:41 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 20:34 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