2008 World Series of Poker

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$244,546
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,101,100
Entries
605
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Batista Takes a Hit

With the board reading {6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, Chad Batista check-called his opponent's bets of 1,000, 1,650 and 4,500, the online pro confessing, "This will be the worst call ever made" before making the call on the river.

His opponent's {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} was enough, as Batista quickly mucked.

Tags: Chad Batista

Race at the Top

Randy Lowery has pulled back the gap on current chip leader Lee Watkinson. Watkinson is still leading the pack with 46,200, but Lowery is just inches behind with 44,000.

Meanwhile, the likes of Clonie Gowen, Steve Paul-Ambrose and Mickey Appleman are all still clinging on with less than their starting stacks.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Minieri Calls the Clock... On Himself

Dario Minieri raised it up to 800 from late position and received four callers. On the {Q-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop, one of those callers bet 1,300, before smooth-calling Minieri's reraise to 5,900.

Upon the {7-Diamonds} turn hitting the felt, the aggressor pushed all in immediately, which subsequently led to Minieri calling the clock on himself whilst he decided what to do.

Minieri used up every second of that one remaining minute before his hand was finally scooped into the muck. No cards were shown.

Minieri down to 6,500.

Tags: Dario Minieri

Jeffery Doubles Through

Alan Jeffery raised to 800 from the cutoff, his opponent reraised to 1,600 from the big blind and Jeffery called.

On a {Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop, Jeffery check-raised his opponent's 4,500 continuation bet all in for a few extra more with {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. His opponent made the call with {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

Turn = {9-Hearts}

River = {4-Hearts}

Jeffery jumps to 16,400.

Tags: Alan Jeffery

Watkinson Continues to Dominate

Giganto-stack Lee Watkinson just won't let another player win a hand -- he's now further expanded his stack to 55,000.

He raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and the big blind reraised to 3,000; Watkinson called.

They checked it down to the river of the {9-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {7-Clubs} {9-Clubs} board when the big blind bet out 3,000. Watkinson called with {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} for ace high -- and his opponent could only muster {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} for queen high.

Tags: Lee Watkinson

King Lehr

Keith Lehr was caught semi-bluffing an open-ended straight draw, his {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} on an {8-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} board snap-called by his opponent's {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}. Sadly for his opponent, a {J-Spades} arrived on the river to give Lehr a timely double through. He's now on 14,000 in chips.

Tags: Keith Lehr