The Dragon Master?
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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,675,945
Entries
2,693
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
The Kat's Meow
, facing a raise of 1,100 from Kathy Liebert, a player on the button went into the tank."You left me with few options," the player said.
"Fold, call or move in," said Liebert wryly.
The player chose the latter, showing
, behind Liebert's 
.The
on the turn and the 
on the river were no help to Liebert's opponent and the "Poker Kat" moved up to 6,100.
Chris Moneymaker Involved Early
against his opponent's . Moneymaker didn't stay behind long as the flop came
, with the set showing in the door. The turn and river improved Moneymaker to a full house as they came 
, respectively.A few hands later Moneymaker was able to gain more chips as his busted flush draw was still good enough to scoop another pot.
He is now up to around the starting stack of 3,000 after being very short-stacked.
Tilly Bounds Up the Board
A player in middle position went all in for his last 900 and was called by the cutoff and Tilly in the small blind.
After the flop came
, Tilly went all in and the cutoff folded.Tilly turned over
and the middle-position player showed 
. The board bricked out with the 
and 
and the player was eliminated.
Micon Rising
, the turn the 
, and after the 
river, his opponent bet 1,300. Micon said, "Might be a short day for me," before making the call, which was a good one, as his 
was best."Could be a long day for me," he said, raking in a healthy pot.
More Non-Cash Gamers
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Esfandiari Survives All-in
After a
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
turn, and was called again. Both players improved on the river, but Esfandiari still had the better two pair, showing 
to his opponent's 
.
Humberto Straightens His Opponent Out
, Humberto Brenes got his last remaing 1700 into the middle. Another player holding 
looked Humberto Brenes up--he had 
. The turn came 
, giving Humberto a full house and the lead. The river came , but the straight was not enough as Humberto scooped the pot and is now around 4800.
Short-lived Magic Trick