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
Entries
2,693
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,693
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Opportunity Lost

After Farzad Rouhani limped, John Esposito did the same and the player in the cutoff moved all in for 4,700. Rouhani and Esposito called, and the two checked it down as the board ran out {5-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {J-Clubs}. Rouhani turned over {J-Diamonds} {10-Spades} for the pair of jacks on the river and the all-in player mucked his hand. Esposito showed {9-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}, meaning he'd had top pair on the flop and been run down on the river. "I play so bad," he moaned as he saw that a bet after the flop probably would've won him the pot. He's down to 27,000 while Farzad is up to 53,000.

The Money Draws Near

With just 281 players remaining, we are currently just 11 spots off of the money. As is the norm in tournament poker, those looking to coast into a payday have tightened up whereas those playing to win are being aggressive and taking advantage of the passive and/or short-stacked players.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Scott Seiver Eliminated

Scott Seiver - Eliminated
Scott Seiver - Eliminated
Action folded around to Scott Seiver in late position and he opened the pot for 2,600. The player in the cutoff seat reraised to 6,500 and Seiver pushed all in for just over 21,000. He was called and the players showed:

Seiver: {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs}
Opponent: {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {J-Spades} {10-Spades} {3-Spades} {5-Spades} {7-Spades} and Seiver was eliminated.

Update

With 31 tables still in play, each hand of play takes quite awhile. Nevertheless, we are still at 271 players in the field, just one away from the money.

Anytime Now

Tournament Supervisor Steve Frezar
Tournament Supervisor Steve Frezar
After completing the 4th hand of play without an elimination, tournament supervisor Steve Frezar reminded everyone "players..this is no limit hold'em, you can go all in at any time." The comment drew a roar of laughter from the remaining players.

"You're All in the Money"

At least one player was eliminated in the last round of hand for hand play prompting tournament officials to make the official announcment of "congratulations players, you're all in the money!" The declaration was met with the standard round of applause from the remaining players who will see at least some sort of profit from their efforts today.

The Bubble Bursts

We had one player who was down to just 300 and folded through two rounds of hand-for-hand, surrendering one of her precious black 100 chips with each ante. She was all in blind on the third hand and after two players limped into the pot they saw a {J-Spades} {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} flop. One of the limpers checked, the other player pushed all his chips into the middle and the other limper folded.

That's when we saw that he'd flopped a full house with the {10-Hearts} {10-Spades} Everyone at the table was rooting for the all-in player to at least have a jack (even the player with the pocket tens was pulling for her) and she turned over the {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

A hand that offered a glimmer of hope when the {J-Diamonds} turned, giving her a straight-flush draw. With dozens of players crowding around the dealer finally turned over the {7-Clubs}, and she was given an honest ovation as she went out in 271st place. She didn't want to give her name and considering the circumstances, who can blame her?
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