Event 44 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-25-2008 12:02 UTC-8

Four-Way All In Boosts Levi

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Under the gun, Stuart Paterson open shoves all in with {K-Spades}

, and that's the start of another big pot. A player in middle position reraises all in himself with {A-Spades}

, and a couple seats over someone else calls his full stack with {8-Clubs}

. Nicolas Levi is in late position, and he calls as well, showing down {8-Diamonds}

.

With four players all in, there is more than 20,000 in the pot.

And the blinds are still 25/50.

The board runs off {6-Clubs}

, and Levi's triple tens earn him a dandy of an early pot.

06-25-2008 11:56 UTC-8

Theo Tran's table set up the good old quadruple straddle. There are no straddles in tournament play so technically this is four blind raises. After six rebuys Tran finally won a monster pot with two pair that has put him up to 26,000 in chips.

Tags: Theo Tran

06-25-2008 11:46 UTC-8

Overpair = Rebuy

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A player in the cutoff seat opens for a raise to 200, and the small blind calls. Hevad "Rain" Khan is in seated in the big blind, and he re-raises to 725. Both opponents call.

The flop comes {5-Diamonds}

. Both binds check to the late-position player, and he moves all in. The small blind folds, but Khan calls with his {10-Hearts}

. His opponent holds {A-Diamonds}

, giving him a flush draw and two overcards.

The turn blanks the {5-Spades}

, but the

on the river is the flush card, dropping Khan back down to 800 chips. When the card hits the board, Khan taps the table and says, "Rebuy."

Tags: Rain Khan

06-25-2008 11:45 UTC-8

Liebert Wants to Gamble

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Kathy Liebert is trying to get her table to gamble a bit more. She is constantly reminding them that "this is a rebuy event," but no all ins have taken place. It might be the only table in the Brasilia room without an all in yet.

06-25-2008 11:42 UTC-8

Aces Hold

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If there was ever a situation in which aces would get cracked it would be 5-handed right? Not this time.

Five players went all in preflop, including Roland de Wolfe with {K-Hearts}

.

The board came {2-Hearts}

and de Wolfe made the nut flush, but the cutoff turned over {A-Spades}

for a full house to take down the monster pot.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

06-25-2008 11:38 UTC-8

Shove Fest

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Alex Jacob limped in from middle position, and action came around to the big blind. The player seated there shoved all in for 4,000, and Jacob made the call, turning over {K-Clubs}

. His cards were live, but he was trailing the {A-Spades}

of his opponent. The board ran out {8-Spades}

, failing to provide any help for Jacob and knocking him back to 1,000 chips.

06-25-2008 11:34 UTC-8

The Other Leader Board

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Ray Henson has re-bought five times already, and he is keeping track of the rebuys of the players around him.

"I'm in the lead with five right now," he says, looking at his hand-written list.

Fabrice Soulier tells Henson that he is playing this event as a freeze-out, and Henson jests, "If you don't rebuy, I'm never talking to you again!"

06-25-2008 11:20 UTC-8

The Word of the Day

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With chips still available for purchase for nearly two hours, the most common phrases in the room are, "All in," and "Rebuy."

Daniel Alaei just moved all in blind from under the gun, and Scott Seiver called from middle position. Seiver says, "I got the goods," flipping over {8-Spades}