Tony Ma Takes a Hit
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and his opponent held 
. Board:
After the hand, Ma is down to 9,500.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 42 - $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,018,380
Entries
2,218
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
and his opponent held . Board:
After the hand, Ma is down to 9,500.
"Minneapolis" Jim Meehan Eliminated
, the female opponent held 
, and the third player held 
.Board:
Jim Meehan will have a early dinner today.
Araiza'n It Up!
The flop came
and the action checked to the UTG who lead out for 1,500. Araiza bumped it up to 4,500 and only the UTG called, leaving himself about 800 behind.The turn was the
and Araiza moved all in. The UTG thought for a few moments before saving his last 800 in chips for a better spot.After the hand Araiza was up to 22,000.
Tony Ma Makes a Huge Call
, Ma checked and his opponent went all in. Ma tanked for a while before finally making the call. Ma tabled 
and his opponent showed . The turn of the gave Ma's opponent a straight draw, but all of that was irrelevant when the 
hit the river to give Ma the full house. Ma is now up to 14,000 in chips.
Senior Moment?
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Car! Game On!
Break Time
McEvoy Doubles
of his opponent. All the chips were in the middle preflop with the board running out 
.McEvoy now sits with about 13,000 chips.
Marsha Waggoner Showing Great Sportsmanship
and another . The board came 
to give the players a chop. The player holding thought that he had lost and left immediately. Realizing that the player was in error, Marsha Waggoner got up out of her seat and grabbed a floorman to try and get the player back. The floorman got on the mic and said, "The player at Blue 4, you need to come back. You still have chips." The player who thought he had been eliminated came back very surprised and everyone at the table applauded as he arrived.