2008 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$631,656
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,712,800
Entries
2,720
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

David Singer Takes a Hit

Action folded around to David Singer on the button and he raised to 1,700. The big blind pushed for 6,125 and Singer went into the tank. He thought for quite some time before finally calling. The players showed:

Singer: {K-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {4-Hearts} and Singer's kicker didn't cut it. He slips to roughly 5,000 after the hand.

Tehan's River Boat

With the board reading {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} on the river, Joe Tehan raised his opponent's 2,500 bet to 12,075 and got a call. Tehan showed {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} for aces full of queens and his opponent mucked.

Tehan is up to 20,000.

Tags: Joe Tehan

Stuck in the Middle

Chris Weaver, Bill Gazes and Dan Dianni
Chris Weaver, Bill Gazes and Dan Dianni
Over at table 23, Bill Gazes, who has been the notable chip leader for the last hour or so, is now surrounded by two bigger stacks.

To his left is Dan Dianni with approximately 70,000 chips and to his right is Chris Weaver with about 62,000 chips. Gazes is still a force with roughly 46,000, but has a constant threat on either side of him.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

David Singer Eliminated

David Singer moved all in for 8,050 from under the gun. A middle position player reraised all in and when action got to James Keys on the button, he three bet for his whole stack as well. The blinds passed and the players showed:

Singer: {9-Spades} {9-Clubs}
MP: {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}
Keys: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}

The flop came {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} and Keys took the lead. The turn and river came the {5-Spades} and {6-Hearts} respectively and Keys eliminated two players, including David Singer.

Bill Gazes Climbing the Leaderboard

An early position player moved all in with {A-Clubs} {J-Hearts} and Bill Gazes called with {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}. Gazes' jacks held up and his stack inched up to the 50,000 mark.

A few hands later, Chris Weaver raised to 1,800, Gazes called, Dan Dianni called, Scott Clements called and the big blind called. The flop was {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}. The big blind checked, Weaver checked, Gazes bet 6,000 and everyone folded.

Gazes is now up to 58,000.

Tags: Bill Gazes