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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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He turned over
while Lindgren held 
. Lindgren caught a King on the 
flop, but Le filled his inside straight draw when the 
hit on the turn and Lindgren's day came to an end when the 
fell on the river. Le now has 26,000.
Moore turned over
and was up against Matusow's 
. Moore connected on the flop when he spiked an eight and Matusow was unable to improve, eliminating him from today's event.
The top 72 players will be paid, with 72nd place taking home a nice $8,103 and 1st place raking in $636,736! Not too shabby for a tournament with an entry fee of $1,000 - for those who only bought in once, that is.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
. When the turned, the other player bet and Watkinson raised. His opponent thought Watkinson had moved all in and tabled his hand--pocket Queens. But Watkinson hadn't gone all in--he still had chips behind and the opposing player took his hand back. The river was the
, and although everyone at the table--including Watkinson--knew what he had, the other player moved all in. Of course, there was no way he was going to win another chip--if Watkinson couldn't beat QQ he'd just fold. But if Watkinson COULD beat QQ his opponent stood to lose his stack, and that's exactly what happened. Watkinson tabled his sixes, took down a massive pot, and his dejected opponent headed out of the Amazon Room. Watkinson now has 65,000.
flop Tim West and his opponent got all the chips in the middle after the hit on the turn. His opponent had but West flopped a set with 
and he doubled up to 35,000.
