Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-30-2008 21:35 UTC-7

Devilfish Ulliott Has Been Eliminated

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Facing a raise and with a chunk of his chips already in the pot, Devilfish Ulliott decided to make his stand with {Q-Clubs}

. But his opponent had him dominated with {Q-Hearts}

and when the board missed them both Ulliott was eliminated.

06-30-2008 21:34 UTC-7

Queen High Is Good

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We caught up to this hand on the turn. There was about 10,000 in the pot and the board read {6-Hearts}

. Jim Miller checked from early position and Vivek Rajkumar bet 7,500. Miller made the call. The river fell the {6-Spades}

and Miller checked again. Rajkumar thought for quite some time before mumbling "how can I miss everything?" as he checked behind. Miller showed {Q-Hearts}

and Rajkumar mucked.

Jim Miller took down a pot of approximately 25,000 chips with queen high. He is now at about 82,500 while Rajkumar is left with roughly 26,000.

06-30-2008 21:28 UTC-7

Bryan Devonshire Is Out

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Devonshire moved all in from the cutoff for 6,500 with {A-?}

and the player in the small blind woke up with {A-?}

. Devonshire got no help from the board and he was eliminated.

06-30-2008 21:26 UTC-7

Erica Schoenberg Eliminated

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A short-stacked Erica Schoenberg moved all in from early position for her last 2,050. Action folded around to the big blind who made the call. The players showed:

Schoenberg: {A-Hearts}

Opponent:

Despite flopping top pair, Schoenberg came up short when her opponent made a full house on the {9-Diamonds}

board.

06-30-2008 21:24 UTC-7

Vivek Rajkumar Stays Active

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Action folded around to Vivek Rajkumar in the small blind and he raised to 1,800. The big blind moved all in for 6,500 and Rajkumar called instantly. The players showed:

Rajkumar: {10-Spades}

Opponent:

The board blanked and Rajkumar's tens were best. He eliminated a player and increased his chip stack to the tune of 40,500 total.

Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-30-2008 21:14 UTC-7

Erica Schoenberg Crippled

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The stack of Erica Schoenberg just took a substantial hit when Erica's {Q-Hearts}

didn't hold up against the {A-Hearts}

of her opponent.

After a raise to 1,600 from early position, Schoenberg reraised to 4,300 from the small blind. Her opponent moved in for 12,575 and Erica made the call. The flop came {A-Diamonds}

and Schoenberg never retook the lead. She was left with just 2,000 chips.

06-30-2008 21:11 UTC-7

David Pham had raised a number of hands in a row to grab the blinds and antes but on one occasion laid his hand down in the face of a reraise. Pham once again raised, this time to 1,800, and a player to his right called. The flop came {9-Clubs}

and Pham asked his opponent how much he had left. Finding out the answer was 3,050 Pham bet that amount and his opponent called with the {J-Diamonds}

. Pham had {A-Hearts}

, the board ran out {7-Hearts}

to give Pham the hand, and he's now up to 34,000.

06-30-2008 21:04 UTC-7

Grant Levy Eliminated

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Action folded to Grant Levy in the cutoff seat and he raised to 1,650. He got one call from the player on the button and the two took a flop heads up.

The flop came {Q-Spades}

and Levy checked. His opponent bet 2,500 and Levy moved all in for 10,500 total. His opponent called and the players showed:

Levy: {A-Hearts}

Opponent:

Levy got no help from the {10-Spades}

turn or

river and was eliminated

Tags: Grant Levy

06-30-2008 20:59 UTC-7

Paul McKinney Doubles Up

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Paul "Cigar" McKinney was just moved to a new table and he must like his new digs because he doubled up shortly thereafter. After a raise, McKinney moved in from the big blind with {Q-Spades}

and his hand led his opponent's {A-Clubs}

. The board bricked out and McKinney is up to 13,000.