2008 World Series of Poker

Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$636,736
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Shuffle Up And Deal

The players have returned from their early lunch and cards are again in the air. It's said that a rebuy tournament truly begins when the rebuy period is over, so now we're gonna get down to some serious poker.

Oops

Before the break we posted a hand where Erik Seidel won a hand where he called a bet by Jamie Gold holding Jack-high. That was wrong--Seidel had two tens, not Jack -Ten. It's a testament to Seidel's paranormal skills that when someone tells you that he called down a hand with Jack-high and took down the pot, you say, "That sounds odd...but it's Erik Seidel...so anything is possible." Still, my bad.

Tags: Erik SeidelJamie Gold

Reinforce the Legs on Table #12

That's the table Sorel Mizzi, Mark Vos, Steve Sung, and Adam Glassman are playing at. The players at that table have made 58 rebuys. Sung personally made 23. Which means that there are A LOT of chips on that table--a table that isn't scheduled to break for rather a long time. Whoever manages to win most of the chips at that table is going to have a monster stack.

Tags: Adam GlassmanMark VosSorel MizziSteve Sung

One-Hour Break

We've reached the end of the rebuy period and the players are going out on a one-hour lunch break so that all the rebuys and add-ons can be made and double-checked by the floor staff. So we're on break and we'll resume around 3:15 PST.

Phan Doubles Through Deeb

Freddy Deeb called an all-in by John Phan preflop. Phan held {K-Spades} {J-Spades} while Deeb appeared to have him dominated with {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} . The flop came {8-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {7-Clubs} and Freddy failed to improve, while Phan doubled up.

Can't Run Good Forever

Nenad Medic, who won the first bracelet of the year and nearly $800,000 in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship, was recently overheard saying "I'm 0-for-6 in coin flips." Medic has been playing quite a few hands today without looking at his cards, something I don't think he did at the final table two days ago.

Tags: Nenad Medic

T.J. Eliminated

With all the action preflop, T.J. Cloutier was all in heads up against a single opponent. Cloutier turned over A-8, while his opponent held K-7. Things looked good for Cloutier as the flop came 5-5-8, but the K on the turn sent Cloutier to the rail as he failed to improve.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier