2008 World Series of Poker

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

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♥10♦
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

Who Says Money Can't Buy Happiness?

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[user40108]
A strange quiet came over this quadrant of the Amazon Room as the players approached the money. Quiet, somber, serious, tense...all these adjectives could have been accurately used to describe the atmosphere here.

Since we've made it to the money however, it seems more like a fraternity party than a poker tournament. Players are laughing, joking, and goofing off. The tom-foolery being displayed illustrates that most of these players seem content to have just made the money and forget that there is a $631,000 first prize up for grabs at the end of this road.