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

06-30-2008 20:59 UTC-7

Lee Markholt Gets Paid Off

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Action folded to the player in the cutoff seat who raised to 1,800. Lee Markholt moved all in from the button for 6,625 and the raiser made the call. The players showed:

Markholt: {A-Hearts}

Opponent:

Markholt made top pair when the board ran out {A-Clubs}

. He is now working with a stack of about 17,000 chips.

Tags: Lee Markholt

06-30-2008 20:46 UTC-7

Scott Seiver Runs Into Rockets

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An early position player raised to 1,200 and the next player to act moved all in for 8,225. Scott Seiver had the next action and he reraised all in over the top for his whole stack. The initial raiser thought for quite some time before finally calling the roughly 15,000 total. The players showed:

Initial Raiser: {Q-Spades}

Reraiser:

Scott Seiver: {A-Clubs}

The board helped no one and Seiver lost about 15,000 chips on the hand. He now works with a stack of approximately 20,000.

06-30-2008 20:42 UTC-7

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

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Vivek Rajkumar got the last of his chips in the middle holding {K-Diamonds}

and was up against the {A-Diamonds}

of his opponent. Rajkumar was a slight dog in the race, but came out ahead when the board ran out {K-Spades}

. Rajkumar paired his king on the flop and won the hand. He doubled up to about 14,500.

Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

06-30-2008 20:36 UTC-7

Lady Maverick Loses a Race

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An under-the-gun player moved all in for 4,925 and Vanessa Rousso called from middle position. The rest of the table passed and the players showed:

Rousso: {A-Clubs}

Opponent:

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Rousso's hand was second. She slipped to 17,500 on the hand.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-30-2008 20:25 UTC-7

And We're Back

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The players have returned from supper and we're back to play.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

06-30-2008 18:59 UTC-7

Dinner Time

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The players have left on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume around 8:25pm.

06-30-2008 18:55 UTC-7

T.J. Cloutier Eliminated

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Two hands in close succession brought an end to T.J. Cloutier's day. He lost a race with pocket queens against ace-king, then lost the rest of his chips when his pocket tens ran into Calen McNeil's pocket jacks. McNeil is up to 28,000 and T.J. is out.

06-30-2008 18:52 UTC-7

Kenna James Eliminated

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Kenna James can beat the lines at the dinner buffet. He was eliminated just before dinner break when his {K-Clubs}

couldn't get the better of his opponent's {A-Clubs}

. The money went in preflop and not only did James fail to improve, his opponent hit an {A-?}

on the river.

06-30-2008 18:51 UTC-7

Grant Levy Picks Up a Pot

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After an early-position player raised to 1,200, Grant Levy made it 4,200 to go. The original raiser moved in for his last 3,000 and Levy called. His {A-Clubs}

were pitted against pocket tens and when Levy paired up on the {K-Hearts}

flop, he increased his stack to 14,400.