on a board that read 
. Both Duane Graff and Josh Jorgensen were also in the hand. James' hand bested both his opponents' hands at the showdown and he tripled back up to 7,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
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on a board that read . Both Duane Graff and Josh Jorgensen were also in the hand. James' hand bested both his opponents' hands at the showdown and he tripled back up to 7,000.
Vos responded, "It's actually my mother, but I'm sitting right behind her to make sure she knows what she's doing."
The two jostled back and forth with some friendly banter for some enjoyment.
. After the hand, James was left with only 3,200 while Zhu jumped to the top of the leaderboard with 57,000.
. Wiegersma checked and Peterson bet. Wiegersma then raised and Peterson called.The turn was the
and Wiegersma bet. Peterson called. The river was the and Wiegersma bet again. Peterson called again.Wiegersma showed
for kings full of eights.
The flop came
and it was checked around to Peterson, who bet out. Both opponents made the call. On the turn of the 
, it was again checked around to Peterson, who bet out again. Only Butler made the call.When the turn of the
fell, Butler check-called a bet from Peterson. Peterson showed
and Butler mucked.After the hand, Peterson is up to 31,000. Butler is down to 22,000.
On a flop of
, it was checked to Leah, who bet out. Arreca and Adamic were the only callers.When the turn of the
fell, Adamic bet out and was called by both opponents.The
fell on the river and Adamic bet out yet again. This time Leah raised and was called by both opponents.Adamic showed
for the nut flush.After the hand, Leah moved back up to 24,000.
On a flop of
, Greebe checked, Crivello bet, Orvis raised, Greebe folded, and Bloch made it two bets to go. Both Crivello and Orvis made the call. On the turn of the
, Crivello bet and both opponents called.When the river card of the
hit, Crivello bet out and only Orvis made the call. Orvis showed for two pair and Crivello showed for a set of fives.After the hand, Crivello is up to 36,000 chips.
Level: 10
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
One table over, Davood Mehrmand and Andy Bloch are telling some stories of previous WSOP events and other poker games. At the same table, JC Tran seems to want to know every second how Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is doing at the pot-limit Omaha final table.
