Event 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-03-2008 00:56 UTC-7

Laak Doubles Up

Shamus

Phil Laak just doubled up through Mark Hause. Laak is up to 25,400, and Hause down to 21,300.

06-03-2008 00:59 UTC-7

Nick Mao flops a straight versus his opponent's straight-flush draw, which doesn't make it, and Mao up to 46,500. Mao's busted a few players, including Jennifer Harman and Dario Minieri, and has generally played well in a tough event.

Tags: Nick Mao

06-03-2008 01:02 UTC-7

Song Sung Blue for Griffin

Shamus

Steve Sung limped from EP, and Gavin Griffin bumped it up to 1,600 from the button. Sung made the call. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

. Both checked. Turn {5-Clubs}

. Sung bet 1,500 and Griffin called. River {K-Spades}

. Both checked.

Sung showed {A-Hearts}

, and Griffin folded. Sung now has 24,500.

Tags: Gavin Griffin Steve Sung

06-03-2008 01:04 UTC-7

Gobboboy in Second

[user38368]

Rolf Slotboom raises in late position and Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke reraises on the button to 24,000. Slotboom calls all in and has {K-Clubs}

to Fricke's {A-Clubs}

. The board is {Q-Diamonds}

and Slotboom is out. Gobboboy is up to 88,000 in chips, good for second place or so.

Tags: Jimmy Fricke

06-03-2008 01:07 UTC-7

Hellmuth Survives All-In

Shamus

Dave Ulliott raised to 1,500 preflop, and it was folded around to Phil Hellmuth who pushed his last 6,000 all in from the small blind. The player in the big blind then reraised all in with his stack of 10,000. Ulliott folded, and both players showed A-K.

The board came 9-5-2-4-3, and Hellmuth survived.

Tags: Dave Ulliott Phil Hellmuth

06-03-2008 01:11 UTC-7

Corkins Crippled

Shamus

Hoyt Corkins called an all-in from a short-stack with pocket nines. The short stack showed A-K, and an ace on the turn knocked Corkins down to 5,000.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins

06-03-2008 01:17 UTC-7

Corkins Chews on Devilfish

[user38368]

Back in the no-limit half, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott raises preflop and Hoyt goes all in for 4,000 total. Devilfish calls. Corkins has {A-Hearts}

and Devilfish has {K-Clubs}

. The board runs out {A-Spades}

and Corkins doubles up to about 8,000. Devilfish is down to 6,000.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins

06-03-2008 01:21 UTC-7

Wroblewski Drags Pot

Shamus

A late position player raised to 1,125, Berry Johnston called from the small blind, and Anna Wroblewski called as well from the big blind. The flop came {K-Diamonds}

. Johnston and Wroblewski checked, the LP player bet 2,200, Johnston check-raised to 5,000, Wroblewski called, and the LP player folded.

The turn came {J-Clubs}

and both checked. The river was the {J-Spades}

. Johnston checked, Wroblewski bet 10,000, and Johnston folded.

After the hand, Wroblewski had 30,000 and Johnston 29,000.

Tags: Anna Wroblewski Berry Johnston

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

06-03-2008 01:23 UTC-7

Another Gabe K Out

[user38368]

Gabe Kapler raises to 1,200 and Adam Westell reraises to 3,500. Kapler calls. The flop is {2-Diamonds}

. Kapler checks. Westell bets 12,000 and Kapler goes into the tank for about five minutes, finally going all in for 15,575. Westell calls with {A-Spades}

to Kapler's {K-Clubs}

. The turn and river are {9-Hearts}

and Kapler is out. Westell is up to 86,000.

Tags: Adam Westell Gabe Kapler