What a Trip
Jean-Robert Bellande has managed to triple up his short stack to 1,800 after getting it all in preflop holding
. He was in bad shape against 
and 
.That was until the board ran
to make him a straight.
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
Jean-Robert Bellande has managed to triple up his short stack to 1,800 after getting it all in preflop holding
. He was in bad shape against and .That was until the board ran
to make him a straight.
A Tad Better for Jergens
Tad Jurgens raised from the button to 250. The small blind called and both players saw the flop come
.The small blind checked and Jergens bet 500. His opponent then raised to 1,500. Jergens called.
The turn was the
and the small blind bet 1,700. Jergens moved all in for 1,725 and his opponent called the extra 25 chips. Jergens held 
and his opponent 
.The river was the
and Jergens was able to move up to 7,150.
A Big Pair and a High Score in Scrabble
A player in early position opened for a raise and Yueqi Zhu reraised. When it came back to the small blind, he three bet it, and both opponents called.
The flop came out
. The small blind checked, the early position player bet, and Zhu raised. The blind folded, but the other player came along.The turn was the
, pairing the board. Again, the player led out, Yueqi Zhu raised it up, and his opponent called.Fifth street brought the
. Check to Zhu, who bet all in for 200 chips. His opponent called, showing down 
. Zhu confidently opened up his hand: the gave him the big boat and doubled him up to about 3,600.That's not all he has going for him though. Yueqi Zhu likely has the highest-scoring Scrabble name in the room, worth 32 points.
Heath Chick Moves Up Big
According to Heath Chick, he found himself all in against an opponent on an all-diamond flop with the
. His opponent held 
and the turn and river blanked for Chick, allowing him to win with a flush.On another hand shortly after, Chick raised to 300 with
. The button called in position with 
. The two players then got all the money in on a flop of 
when Chick bet out 450 and his opponent moved all in.After that, Chick was all in with another opponent. This time he held
against an opponent's . Chick was outflopped when a queen landed on the flop, but the turn sealed the deal for Chick when another ten rolled off.Heath is now up to 15,000.
A Pair of Sextons Out
Toddle Along
but was dominated by his opponent's 
.The board ran
to eliminate little Brunson.
Quads From Down Under
A player sitting under the gun open shoved for his last 1,775 and found a call from Joe Hachem with
. It was a race as the under the gun player had . The board ran
for quad tens! Hachem on 3,700.
Benyamine Dodges a Draw
Fresh off his recent bracelet win, David Benyamine is looking to get things going in this event as well.
Benyamine raised to 250 and the big blind called. The flop came
and the big blind checked. Benyamine bet 250 and his opponent raised to 1,000. Beyamine moved all in and his opponent called.Benyamine held top pair with
and his opponent held an open-ended straight draw with the 
.The turn paired the board with the
and then the river came the , allowing Benyamine to double up to 5,500.
Level: 4
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Eugene Todd Eliminated
Michael Craig raised to 300 to begin the action. Eugene Todd reraised to 1,100 and then another player moved all in. Craig folded and Todd made the call, putting himself all in.
Todd:
Opponent:
The flop came
and gave Todd's opponent the lead in the hand. The turn came the and the river the , to eliminate Todd from today's tournament.