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

06-30-2008 17:12 UTC-8

Men "The Master" Nguyen Eliminated

Action folded to Men "The Master" Nguyen and he raised from middle position. The big blind, who had Nguyen covered, moved all in and Nguyen called. The players showed:

Nguyen: {10-Clubs}

Opponent:

The board ran out {5-Spades}

and Nguyen's hand was second best.

06-30-2008 17:24 UTC-8

Kristy Gazes Has Been Eliminated

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Kristy Gazes moved all in for her last 1,650 with {Q-Spades}

, and ran into the big blind's pocket aces. She paired her seven on the flop but got no help from there and was eliminated.

06-30-2008 17:27 UTC-8

Danny Wong Eliminated

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Wong had a good-sized stack and it looked like he was going to add to it when he held pocket kings to Lisa Surdyka's A-Q and all the money went in. A {Q-?}

came on the turn, and then Surdyka spiked an ace on the river and that card brought an end to Wong's day.

06-30-2008 17:33 UTC-8

Action folded around to Bryan Devonshire in the cutoff seat and he raised to 1,300. Ben Fineman pushed all in from the button for 4,500 total and Devonshire made the call. The players showed:

Devonshire: {A-Clubs}

Fineman:

Fineman lost when the board ran out {A-Hearts}

. The two had been prop betting all day and apparently Fineman had action on the red flops because he collected one more hundred dollar bill on his way out the door.

06-30-2008 17:35 UTC-8

The Right Move

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After a

flop, and with 8,000 already in the pot, Peter Marr moved all in for 7,325. Lou Esposito said, "It's either {A-Hearts}

or ace-king," as he pondered his decision. "Sorry guys, gimme one second," he said as he deliberated.

Esposito finally threw his cards in the muck and Marr showed {K-Spades}

. "What did you have, ace-king?" Marr asked and Lou nodded that he did. Marr is now up to 18,000 and Esposito slipped to 13,000.

06-30-2008 17:36 UTC-8

Alan Jaffray Takes a Hit

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The stack of Alan Jaffray just shrunk a bit. After a raise to 1,200 from middle position, Jaffray reraised to 3,200 from the button. The small blind pushed all in for 7,875 and Jaffray made the call. The players showed:

Jaffray: {9-Hearts}

Opponent:

The board bricked for Jaffray and he doubled his opponent up. He now sits on a stack of about 24,000.

Tags: Alan Jaffray

06-30-2008 17:39 UTC-8

Chris Ferguson Eliminated

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Chris Ferguson opened the pot for a standard raise from middle position. The big blind called and the two took a flop heads up.

The flop came {K-Diamonds}

and the big blind player checked. Ferguson bet 2,500 and his opponent raised all in. Ferguson made the call for about 2,000 more and quickly found out his {6-Spades}

was no good against the {K-Hearts}

of his opponent. The turn and river blanked for Ferguson and he headed for the rail.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

06-30-2008 17:51 UTC-8

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.

06-30-2008 17:52 UTC-8

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 17:55 UTC-8

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.