Event 46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-26-2008 22:22 UTC-7

Break

donpeters

20-minute break as we color up.

06-26-2008 22:12 UTC-7

Leave It to Beevers

donpeters

Joe Beevers moved all in preflop holding {A-Diamonds}

. Alex Jacob called with pocket queens. Things looked like Beevers was going to get eliminated as the board stayed low until the river, when a big, fat ace spiked to give Beevers the hand. The final board read {4-Clubs}

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Tags: Alex jacob Joe Beevers

06-26-2008 22:07 UTC-7

Shak is Rolling Big Time

donpeters

Dan Shak just won a big pot when he got all in when he got all in preflop with a player {K-?}

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. Shak held the kings.

The kings would hold up, despite the player flopping a pair and turning a straight draw.

A few hands later Shak flopped the nut straight on a {10-?}

board holding {Q-Diamonds}

. His opponent, Victor Ramdin, held {7-Diamonds}

and another player held {10-Spades}

... what a flop! All three players got all in and Shak needed to dodge a board pair to win the hand.

The turn came a {2-?}

and the river a {Q-?}

to give Shak the win. Ramdin and the other player were both eliminated on the hand.

Shak now has over 100,000.

Tags: Dan Shak Victor Ramdin

06-26-2008 21:57 UTC-7

Steve Billirakis Eliminated

donpeters

Steve Billirakis moved all in from the small blind after a player raised from middle position. The player called Steve's all in for a total of 8,000.

Billirakis held {A-?}

and the other player held {K-?}

. The flop held a king and that would be all she wrote for Billirakis, as he couldn't catch back up in the hand.

Tags: Steve Billirakis

06-26-2008 21:49 UTC-7

Play Paused on Table 1

donpeters

After a couple of all-ins on Table 1, three players have been eliminated and the play at the table has ceased for the time being until they can move some new players there. Jason Lester, Tony Hachem, and another player are sitting and just chatting for now.

06-26-2008 21:45 UTC-7

Old School Versus New School

donpeters

Lee Watkinson raised to 1,500 from the button. Vivek Rajkumar reraised out of the small blind to 7,000. Watkinson moved all in for 14,550 and Vivek called.

It was {9-Spades}

for Watkinson and {Q-Spades}

for Vivek.

Tthe flop was {10-Diamonds}

. The turn brought the {7-Diamonds}

and the river the {6-Diamonds}

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Watkinson was able to double through Vivek and get back up to 31,000. Vivek is down to 58,000.

Tags: Lee Watkinson Vivek Rajkumar

06-26-2008 21:41 UTC-7

Erik Cajelais Very Unlucky

donpeters

Erik Cajelais just got all in with an opponent holding the same hand. Both players held A-Q.

The board ran out {J-Diamonds}

and Cajelais' opponent held the {A-Diamonds}

to eliminate him from play.

Tags: Erik Cajelais

06-26-2008 21:39 UTC-7

Griffin Wins a Big Pot

donpeters

Gavin Griffin raised from the button to 1,650. The small blind called and then the big blind reraised to 5,900. Griffin then raised enough to cover the big blind's stack. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in.

Griffin: {A-Spades}