2008 World Series of Poker

Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
123
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$770,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$4,216,940
Entries
2,317
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,317
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Boeken Busto

Noah Boeken was on the short stack and moved his last chips into the middle with {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} but ran into the {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} of his opponent. The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Boeken is out.

Vanessa Selbst Eliminated

Vanessa Selbst raised from middle position to 250 and Chris Grigorian called from the button. On the flop of {9-Hearts} {8-Spades} {A-Diamonds}, Selbst bet 300 and Grigorian raised to 900. Selbst then reraised all in for 1,400 more and Grigorian made the call.

Grigorian: {A-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}
Selbst: {Q-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}

The turn of the {5-Spades} and river of {3-Diamonds} helped neither player and Selbst is gone.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Mark Newhouse Eliminated

The following information came straight from Dan Dumont:

Dumont raised to 150 from late position and received three callers preflop, including Mark Newhouse. On a board of {7-?} {8-?} {10-?} {A-?}, Newhouse went all in and was called by Dumont. Dumont held {J-?} {9-?} for a straight. Newhouse held {K-?} {Q-?} for a gutshot draw. The river was a blank and Newhouse was eliminated.

Tags: Dan Dumont

Great Call, Gavin

An interesting hand has just developed with Gavin Smith making a great call to take a large early pot.

The player under the gun raised to 250 and a player in middle position made the call. The player in the cutoff then raised it to 700. Gavin Smith called from the small blind. The UTG folded before the middle-position player moved all in for a total of 3,150. The cutoff player folded and the action was back to Smith.

He thought for a long time before making the call with {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. Mike Matusow was watching and remarked, "Great call!" as Smith's opponent tabled {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}.

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Smith's pair held up to eliminate his opponent and jump to about 9,000 chips.

Tags: Gavin Smith

To Tell the Truth

Those that may be new to live tournament poker may not know that it is against the rules to talk about your hand truthfully before showdown. For example, if you are on the turn and getting ready to bet or call a bet, you cannot tell a person what you actually have. If you were to tell a player that you have a king and then show a king either at showdown, or at any point, then you would receive a one-round penalty.

This rule was just explained to a table by our floor staff. After hearing the explanation, a player stated, "In poker, it's OK to lie, but it's not OK to tell the truth."

Welcome to poker.