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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit)
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,560,400
Total Entries
332
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 332
Filter
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Phil Laak recently survived after putting his last chips in on the turn on a board of
. His opponent folded, and Laak had 14,000 with which to keep playing.Elsewhere, John Juanda got the last of his chips in preflop in a hand against Josh Arieh. The board came
, and Juanda's J-8 bested Arieh's A-10. Juanda has 6,700.
. Rizen had K-Q to the opponent's 
.
The flop was
. Both checked. The turn was the 
. Billirakis bet and de Wolfe put him all in. Billirakis called with A-K and de Wolfe had 
. The river was the 
and the straight finished Billirakis off. After the hand, de Wolfe gave Billirakis $1,200 to pay off a series of prop bets based on the cards. De Wolfe is up to 42,000.
Marcel Luske raised to 5,000 from late position, and Robert Williamson III called from the small blind. On a flop of
, Williamson checked, Luske bet 1,000, and Williamson called. The came on the turn, and both players checked. A fourth club -- the
-- came on the river. Williamson bet 2,000, and Luske folded, showing Q-Q. "Me, too, but I have the right one," said Williamson, who then turned over the other two queens, including the
. Williamson is now up to 24,000. "My high point of the Series," he told a reporter.
and both players checked. The turn was the . Williams checked, the MP player bet 1,200, Williams reraised to 2,500, and the MP player called. The river was the
. Williams bet 4,500 and the MP player called. Williams turned over 
for quads, and his opponent mucked. After the hand, Williams was up to 52,000.
