And Another
He got it all in preflop with
and was up against Todd Witteles' 
.The board ran
. The paired ace was good to put Esposito up to 5,900.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
731
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
He got it all in preflop with
and was up against Todd Witteles' .The board ran
. The paired ace was good to put Esposito up to 5,900.
The Dragon Flies Out of Here
David Pham was very short-stacked with 1,925 and moved them all in when it was folded around to him. Ari Engel called from late position so cards are on their backs.
Pham flipped over
.Engel showed
. The board was
.A three-outer for Engel. Never a nice way to bust from a tournament.
Fast and Furious
The big stacks seem to dominate a lot of the no-limit sections by pushing around the smaller-stacked players. We're down to around 125 players from the beginning 731, with a little over an hour left in play. We could break 100 by the end of the night, but play should tighten up some as we approach the money bubble.
Level: 8
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Damn Those Clubs
and Redmond made the call. The fourth club came straightaway on the turn to send the huge pot the way of his opponent. Remond still has 22,000.
Double Knockout
Cutoff player showed
.Bohlman showed
. Big blind player showed
.The board ran
.The paired ace good enough to rail both players.
Noah Boeken Out
Noah Boeken raised from late position. The small blind called. Both players took the flop
and the small blind led out. Boeken raised and then the small blind reraised. Boeken announced that he was going to go all in and made another raise. The small blind called.Boeken turned up pocket nines with his tournament life on the line. His opponent held top pair with
. The turn came the 
and the river the to send Boeken to the rail, shaking his head as he exited the room.
Witteles Crippled on the River
Todd Witteles raised and a player behind him made the call. The flop came
and Witteles led out. His opponent called.The turn was the
and Witteles bet. His opponent raised and Witteles reraised. The other player called.The river was the
and Witteles bet out again. His opponent raised and then Witteles just called.Witteles showed
and his opponent turned over a rivered straight with .Witteles is down to 2,000.
Comeback Kid
A player in early position raised before Lou Esposito three-bet, and he got a call.
The flop came
and Esposito led out for a 1,000 bet that was raised to 2,000 and called.The turn
saw Esposito check-call a 2,000 bet.They both checked the
river and Esposito's opponent mucked when he saw the .Esposito is up to 26,000. A great comeback.
No Bracelet This Time for Benyamine
David Benyamine raised under the gun and then a player reraised from the cutoff. Benyamine put in another raise to put all his chips in the middle and the player called.
Benyamine held
, but was dominated when his opponent showed the 
.The board ran out
to end Benyamine's run at a second bracelet.