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

06-03-2008 01:17 UTC-7

Corkins Chews on Devilfish

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.

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06-03-2008 01:11 UTC-7

Corkins Crippled

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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.

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06-03-2008 01:07 UTC-7

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.

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06-03-2008 01:04 UTC-7

Gobboboy in Second

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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.

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06-03-2008 01:02 UTC-7

Song Sung Blue for Griffin

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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.

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06-03-2008 00:59 UTC-7

Nick Mao

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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.

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06-03-2008 00:56 UTC-7

Laak Doubles Up

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

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06-03-2008 00:55 UTC-7

Grinded Out

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A player on the button raises to 1,200 and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi goes all in for 7,325. The button calls with {3-Clubs}

to Mizrachi's {A-Diamonds}

. The board is {Q-Hearts}

and Mizrachi is out.

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06-03-2008 00:51 UTC-7

Crazy Eights

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Three players, including Rolf Slotboom in the small blind, saw the flop come {9-Clubs}

. Slotboom checked, the big blind went all in with his last 875, and the UTG called. Slotboom then reraised to 1,875, and the UTG called again.

The turn was the {K-Clubs}

. Check-check.

The river was the {6-Spades}

. Slotboom bet 2,000, and his opponent called.

Slotboom showed {A-Spades}