Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-01-2008 12:38 UTC-7

Welcome to the Grind

[user42991]

Limit hold'em is a much slower-paced game than the no-limit variant. Players must be able to accumulate pots as opposed to accumulating entire stacks. As a result, this game becomes much more of a grind over the no-limit counterpart.

07-01-2008 12:39 UTC-7

Trip Queens for Allen Le

donpeters

A player under the gun raised and then Allen Le made it three bets from the button. The player called.

The flop came {Q-Spades}

. Le's opponent checked-called a bet from Le. The turn then brought another lady, the {Q-Clubs}

. The under-the-gun player checked, Le bet, the player raised, Le three-bet the action, and the player called.

The river was the {2-Spades}

and Le's opponent check-called him again.

Le turned up {A-Diamonds}

for trip queens with an ace kicker. The other player mucked after flashing the {Q-Hearts}

to the table. Le's up to 3,450.

Tags: Allen Le

07-01-2008 12:41 UTC-7

Here to Win

[user42991]

Gavin Smith was overhead telling his table, "I haven't cashed yet this year. I'm here to win this thing."

Currently Smith is still around his starting stack, but it's still very very early.

Tags: Gavin Smith

07-01-2008 12:41 UTC-7

Liebert Jumps to Early Lead

donpeters

Kathy Liebert just won two straight showdowns with {A-?}

. On the first hand, Liebert flopped top pair and bet the entire way. On the second hand, Liebert flopped trip aces and bet the entire way as well. She won both pots and has increased to 4,850, the chip leader at her table.

Tags: Kathy Liebert

07-01-2008 12:58 UTC-7

Seat Open!

[user42991]

Our section has just lost its first player. It is probably a safe bet that he is one of the first players, if not the very first, eliminated from today's event.

07-01-2008 13:00 UTC-7

"Are you stupid?"

donpeters

Tex Barch was just informed that he is in the wrong seat. Someone came to Barch's seat and claimed that it was theirs. The tournament staff came over and cleared things up, telling Barch he sat in the wrong seat. They then gave the other player Barch's old seat assignment. Daniel Negreanu is at Barch's table and asked him, "Tex, are you stupid?"

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Tex Barch

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

07-01-2008 13:13 UTC-7

Welcome to Limit Hold'em, David Gee

[user42991]

On the turn, with the board showing {9-Spades}

, the betting was capped between Greg "FBT" Mueller and David Gee. The river card of the {J-Spades}

was checked between both players.

Gee showed {A-Hearts}

and Mueller showed {K-Hearts}

for kings up.

Tags: David Gee Greg Mueller

07-01-2008 13:18 UTC-7

Which Game is this Again?

[user42991]

Preflop, David Levi bet and a late-position player raised. Levi made the call. On a flop of {7-Clubs}

and the turn of the {3-Clubs}

, David Levi bet and his opponent called. When the river of the {10-Hearts}

hit, Levi checked and his opponent bet out. Levi called.

Levi showed {A-Clubs}

and his opponent showed {A-Diamonds}

for a chop.

Tags: David Levi

07-01-2008 13:19 UTC-7

Evdakov Gets Back Up

donpeters

From late position, Nikolay Evdakov raised. The cutoff reraised. The big blind called, as did Evdakov.

The flop came down {A-Spades}

. The big blind checked, Evdakov bet, the cutoff raised. The big blind called, as did Evdakov.

The turn was the {K-Clubs}

and the big blind checked again. Evdakov led out again and the cutoff raised. The big blind called and then Evdakov reraised. The cutoff and big blind both called.

The river was the {9-Clubs}