2008 World Series of Poker

Event 46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$911,855
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
805
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Phan Hurting

An under-the-gun raiser made it 625 and John Phan reraised to 2,000. The button moved all in for 10,975. The original raiser folded and Phan made the call.

Phan held {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} and his opponent {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}.

The flop was great for Phan, {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}. The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and then the river nailed the {10-Hearts} into the felt, giving the button a straight.

Phan is down to 6,000.

Tags: John Phan

Wahlroos Out

Thomas Wahlroos was all in on the flop of {Q-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} holding {9-Hearts} {8-Hearts}. His opponent held {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. The turn and river blanked and Wahlroos is out.

"I can't win a flip. Nice hand," said Wahlroos, as he exited the room.

Tags: Thomas Wahlroos

Mark Vos Doubles before the Break

In what ultimately ended up a battle of the blinds, Mark Vos was able to double through to 11,500 in chips just before the break.

On a flop of {8-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} Vos led out with a 400 bet and was raised to 1,000 by the big blind. Vos then reraised, kicking it up to 2,900 and his opponent made the call.

The {5-Clubs} fell on the turn and Vos open-shoved all in for just 2,475. His opponent made the call and showed {10-Hearts} {4-Clubs}. Vos revealed {Q-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} for the nut straight. An irrelevant {8-?} came on the river and Vos stacked up ~11,500 in new chips -- a timely double-up just before the break.

Tags: Mark Vos

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

James Out

From the cutoff, Kenna James moved all in for his last 1,500 and was called by JJ Liu. Liu held {A-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} and James had {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}. The board did not improve James' hand and eliminated him from the tournament.

Tags: Kenna James

Top Dawgs

Midway through the fifth level of play, here are your top five chip stacks:

Don Mullis: 78,000
Ayaz Mahmood: 44,000
Blair Hinkle: 40,500
Steven 'Cornell Fiji' Ware: 40,000
Mike Carson: 37,000