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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Raymer Gets his Chips Back
and the big blind checked, while the late-position player made it 2,000 to go. Raymer made the call, but the big blind folded. The turn brought the 
and Raymer's opponent made it 1,000 to go, which Raymer called. The river was the 
and again the late-position player fired 1,000 into the pot, and Raymer called. Raymer's opponent showed 
and Raymer gracefully tossed his hand into the muck.In a subsequent hand, on a board of
, the same late-position player checked and Raymer fired 6,500 into the pot. His opponent made the call and Raymer showed 
for trips, while his opponent mucked. After the hands, Raymer is up to 22,500 in chips.
Kat is Out
against a single opponent who held pocket sixes. Kathy failed to improve and was eliminated from today's event.
Still One in the Deck
. Banducci rolled over 
for the turned set, only to find that Brummelhuis flopped top set with 
. Banducci was drawing to the 
and that card only...and of course that's the card the dealer laid on the felt. Banducci let out a loud whoop that got the attention of the room, but that was the extent of the celebration as that one-outer gave him the 36,000 pot.
Juanda Taking Names
The first player was eliminated on a board of
when a player made it 1,500 to go and Juanda called. The turn brought the 
and his opponent moved all in for 4,925 and Juanda called showing 
for top pair while his opponent held 
.The hand immediately after, a player moved all in preflop and had Juanda covered. Juanda instantly called and turned over pocket aces, while his opponent showed pocket jacks. The board brought little help for his opponent, giving Juanda a strong chip stack going into the second break of the day.
The Mouth's Loss
The wager? Mike needed to go from 241 pounds to under 181 pounds within a certain amount of time. If he could do it, he would net $100,000. For four days during the bet Mike was on a lemonade and cayenne pepper diet.
Mike is here playing in today's event and is a very sleek 179 pounds, two pounds under the prop bet goal. Mike appears to be playing well, looks to be in great shape, and as always, is talking quite a bit.
Ramdin Doubles Up
Men "The Master" Nguyen and Freddy Deeb Have Been Eliminated
Pat White Eliminates Barry Greenstein
on a 
board. White now has 38,500.
J.C. Tran Has Been Eliminated
J.C. Tran bet 1,100 and his opponent moved all in. Tran made the call for the rest of his chips and his foe turned over K-10 for two pair, and Tran mucked his hand. He's now out of today's tournament.