2008 World Series of Poker
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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and the player in middle position made it 1,700 to go. Men got out of the way while Phan raised it to 4,700. His opponent moved all in and Phan insta-called, showing pocket threes for a flopped full house. His opponent showed pocket aces and was eliminated after failing to improve on either the turn nor the river. After the hand, Phan is up to 35,000 and is atop our chip charts.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
and Pham's opponent made it 3,500 to go. Pham raised to 8,800 and his opponent moved all in. Pham ultimately folded the hand, dropping him down to just 9,000 in chips.
against his opponent's pocket queens and spiked an ace on the flop to secure the double-up.
We're down to just 890 players remaining, eliminating nearly 2,000 players after only five hours of play. To keep with our average, that's roughly 362 eliminations per hour. That figure has dipped a bit since earlier, but at this pace, we will have only a slight few remaining going into tomorrow's Day 2.
. Liu checked the flop and Awada quickly fired 3,500 in. Liu raised to 8,500 and Awada got out of the way, saying, "You've got a huge hand. I know it."The secret stayed with Liu, as she mucked without showing.
, J.C. Tran made it 1,500 to go and a player in middle position had called when the player on the button moved all-in for 2,125. Tran called, as did the player in middle position. The turn brought the
and both players checked. The river was the
and Tran led out for 2,500. His opponent folded and Tran showed pocket eights for a full house on the river while his opponent, who was all in, showed A-10 and was eliminated. After the hand, Tran is up to 23,000.
and both players checked. The turn brought the
and Slim's opponent led out for 1,200. Slim bumped the bet to 2,700, which put his opponent all in. His opponent called, showed A-K while Slim showed K-J. The river was of no help and Slim fell down to just 1,300 after the hand.