2008 World Series of Poker

Event 7 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$550,601
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
1,592
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,592

Tran's Connectors Connect

Theo Tran, sitting in late position, opens the pot to 1,800. The player in the cutoff pushes back with the rest of his chips, all 6,150 of them.

Theo Tran takes a little time to mull the situation over. "You can't have that big a hand," he says, and makes the call, turning over {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. His opponent shows down {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

Tran catches up on the flop, and knocks out the player when the board comes {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}. Tran has chipped up to 35,000.