2008 World Series of Poker
Event 46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed
Day: 1
De Wolfe Cruising
In the first hand, an under-the-gun raiser made it 300. De Wolfe reraised to 1,100 and the under-the-gun player shoved all in. De Wolfe called with and was up against his opponent's , having him dominated.
The board ran out and de Wolfe eliminated his opponent.
On the second hand, de Wolfe held in the big blind versus the of the small blind. All the money went in on the flop or . The turn came the and the river the . Roland got another elimination that put him at 35,000.
Soulier and Lieu Eliminated Before Break
Liz Lieu and an opponent went to the turn on a board that read . The turn was the and Lieu checked. Her opponent bet 2,500 and Lieu moved all in for 9,000. Her opponent made the call and showed . Lieu held . The river was the and Lieu has been sent home.
Game On
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
20-minute Break
James Losing Ground
The turn was the and James led for 1,500. The player made the call.
The river came the and James checked. His opponent bet 5,000 and James thought before he mucked.
This is the latest hand from James' table as he's lost a few hands now and is back to his original starting-stack size of 10,000.
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Jordan Morgan = Busto
The UTG+1 player raised to 300 before the flop and both the cutoff and Morgan (big blind) called.
The flop came and Morgan passed the first option to the original raiser, who led out with a 300 bet. The cutoff called, and when the action returned to Morgan, he check-raised to 1,050, leaving himself just 425 behind. The UTG+1 player folded and the cutoff called Morgan's check-raise.
The turn brought the and Morgan open-shoved all in for his last 425. The cutoff player made the call:
Morgan:
Cutoff:
Ahead through the turn, Morgan needed to dodge an ace or an eight on the river to double up and stay alive, but dodge he couldn't, as the popped off on the river, putting an early end to Morgan's day.
The Phil Laak Comedy Show
A few hands later, Laak struck up this conversation.
"In his book, Gus [Hansen] says how he folded deuce-seven. Nine hands later [Gus] says 'I folded deuce-seven nine hands ago and was getting 4.6-1,' and that he was unhappy." The whole table laughed.