2008 World Series of Poker

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♥10♣
Prize
$625,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Total Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,693
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Seidel Sticking it to the Short Stacks

In the span of five hands, Erik Seidel — a little short himself a while ago — knocked out two short-stacked players.

In the latest elimination, the cutoff and Seidel from the big blind called a raise of 250 from a player in middle position and the three checked a flop of {8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and Seidel bet 400 and was called by both players, including the player in middle position who had only 25 remaining.

The {j-Diamonds} landed on the river, Seidel bet 850 and the cutoff folded and Seidel revealed {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

"That's it?" said the middle-position player, who turned over {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and headed for the rail. "Nice hand. Good game. See ya."

Seidel, who was down to 2,300 a short time ago, improved his stack to 5,400.

Tags: Erik Seidel

Schneider Surges Early

A hooded and very serious Tom Schneider has wasted little time building an early stack, winning two of three hands, allowing him to climb all the way to 11,500 barely a quarter of the way through Level 2.

In the first hand, four players saw a flop of {J-Clubs}{K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, the small blind bet 600, Schneider called from under the gun and the other two players folded. The small blind checked the {2-Clubs} turn, but called Schneider's 1,100 bet. The small blind check-called again after the river {K-Hearts}, this time to a bet of 1,500 from Schneider. Schneider showed A-10 for the nut straight -- the small blind showed A-Q -- and Schneider raked a big pot, moving all the way to 9,000.

Schneider then took a hit and dropped to 6,000 when his {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} failed to hold against an opponent's {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. In this hand the board ran out {6-Spades}{J-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}, completing the opponent's flush.

Hand three that we have details on involving Schneider saw him open the action to 350, then be reraised all in to 1,100 by a short-stacked big blind. The big blind had {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} to Schneider''s {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}, but after no help for either player through the turn, Schneider caught a river jack for the knockout.

Tags: Tom Schneider

Esposito Moving Up

Lou Esposito snuck into a pot from the cutoff with {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}, and reaped big rewards. The flop came {5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and it was checked around between Esposito, the small blind and an early-position player, and when the {2-Spades} fell on the turn he had a made straight and was reraised by the small blind (who held {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}) to boot.

The {10-Diamonds} river made things worse for Esposito's foe. Story conclusion: Esposito is on the move, early.

Tags: Lou Esposito

Beth Shak Exits

Our reporter ran into Beth Shak in the hallway, leaving the scene of a short day. Already short-stacked, Shak reported that she pushed her remaining 1,200 chips while holding K-Q on a K-high flop. Her opponent, though, held pocket aces, which stayed ahead through the river.

Tags: Beth Shak

An Early Argument

Table 19 in the orange section of the Amazon Room sits just beneath the media bullpen, and was the site of a heated argument and accusations of chip-dumping involving two English-speaking players from overseas. The argument involved the folding of a sizeable pot to a small reraise and drew the attention of a nearby tournament director, who sorted out the argument and passed warnings all around, but took no other action as he walked away, shaking his head.

The table's dealer was among those suspicious of the play, asking the TD, "So are you doing anything about that?"

The answer in this case was no, but the table is being carefully watched.

It's Good to Be King

Jonathan Little shoved all in preflop after another player reraised his original raise of 300. The opponent made the call and, with less chips, was the one at risk. They showdown had Little tabling {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} v. the unknown player's {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} . The kings proved to be the better part of the royal match-up as the board ran out {10-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {7-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {A-Hearts} .

Little is up to 5,700 after the hand.

Tags: Jonathan Little

Humberto Straightens His Opponent Out

On a flop of {8-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} , Humberto Brenes got his last remaing 1700 into the middle. Another player holding {8-?} {4-?} looked Humberto Brenes up--he had {5-?} {5-?} . The turn came {5-Clubs}, giving Humberto a full house and the lead. The river came {7-Spades}, but the straight was not enough as Humberto scooped the pot and is now around 4800.

Esfandiari Survives All-in

Antonio Esfandiari survived an early all-in to jump up to 4,500, leaving another player at his table crippled. With Esfandiari in the small blind, a late-position player made it 200, and the button and Esfandiari both called.

After a {K-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop, the original raiser checked, the button bet 400, and Esfandiari committed himself by raising to 1,600. The initial raiser called, though the button folded to Esfandiari's raise.

Esfandiari pushed in his last 525 after the {10-Hearts} turn, and was called again. Both players improved on the {8-Spades} river, but Esfandiari still had the better two pair, showing {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} to his opponent's {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

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