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
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$374,505
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,560,400
Entries
332
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Devilfish Attack

A player in early position raised preflop to 1,000, and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott called behind him. The flop came {2-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. The EP player bet 1,000 and Ulliott called. The turn brought the {2-Spades}, and the EP player pushed all in with his last 5,000. Ulliott called.

They turned over their cards, and Ulliott's A-A was well ahead of his opponent's Q-Q. The river brought no queen, and the Devilfish had claimed another victim. Ulliott is up to 30,000.

Tags: Dave Ulliott

E-Dog Always Lurking

Erick Lindgren limps in from middle position. Vivek Rajkumar raises in the cutoff to 550 and Erick Lindgren calls. The flop is {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Lindgren checks. Rajkumar bets 900 and Lindgren calls. The turn is the {10-Spades} and Lindgren checks. Rajkumar bets 1,500 and Lindgren is all in for 5,050. Rajkumar calls, having him covered, and shows {8-Spades}{6-Spades} to Lindgren's {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. The river is the {J-Hearts} and Lindgren wins the pot. "I'm always lurking," Lindgren says.

Lindgren turns to the PokerNews reporter. "Don't write that up! That's a boring hand."

Lindgren is up to 10,300 and Rajkumar is down to 7,350.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

Bloch Ahead

On a turn of {J-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, Andy Bloch bets 800 from the big blind and Michael Binger calls in the cutoff. The river is {6-Clubs}. Bloch bets 800 again and Binger calls. Bloch shows {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Binger mucks. He's down to 13,875 while Bloch climbs to 21,000.

Tags: Andy BlochMichael Binger

Scary Sixes

John Juanda and an opponent capped the betting preflop. The flop came a devilish {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, and Juanda check-called. Both players checked the {10-Diamonds} on the turn. The river brought the {5-Spades}, Juanda bet, and his opponent called. Both turned over A-K and chopped the pot.

Tags: John Juanda

He Wins With the Ace-High

On a flop of 2-3-5, Justin Bonomo called his opponent's bet from late position. The turn brought a six, and Bonomo again called a bet. The river brought an eight, the early-position player fired again, and once again Bonomo called.

The EP player showed 9-10, and Bonomo took the pot with his A-J. Bonomo is up to 20,000.

Tags: Justin Bonomo

Greenstein Down, then Out

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein
After the button limped and the SB completed, a short-stacked Barry Greenstein raised from the BB. Both opponents called.

The flop came {K-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. The SB checked, Greenstein bet, the button folded, and the SB called. The turn was the {5-Diamonds}, completing a possible flush. Again the SB check-called Greenstein. The river brought the {5-Hearts}, and once more the SB check-called.

The SB showed {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for two pair, while Greenstein showed {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for jack-high. Greenstein was down to just 75 chips.

Greenstein busted two hands later with the same hand that had crippled him before -- pocket nines. Having been called all-in by 4-5 offsuit, the board brought a four and five, and Greenstein was eliminated.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

A Taste of Sowers

Mike Sowers raises in the hijack and the small blind reraises. Sowers three-bets it and the small blind is nearly all in, with 25 behind. The flop is {K-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and the small blind puts the last chip in. Sowers calls with A-8 and the opponent has a queen. The turn is the {7-Spades} and the river is no help, and Sowers busts his opponent, going up to 10,900 in chips.

Tags: MIke Sowers

Seidel Out

Down to 1,200 or so when the hand began, eight-time WSOP bracelet-winner Erik Seidel got all of his chips in preflop with {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} vs. his opponent's {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{10-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, and Seidel hit the rail.

Tags: Erik Seidel