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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 8 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
192
Level
23
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 192
Filter
(1)
Erick Lindgren will be the guest on tomorrow's PokerRoad Radio , which you can hear live from 11am-Noon Las Vegas time. Email your questions to [email protected] OR call in your questions Live at 877-888-WSOP.
"Chau-Chau (Chau Giang), Robert, Steve (Zolotow)..." Cloutier said. "The're are not too many faces you don't know."
"I walked to the first person I didn't know, I just didn't know his first name," Williamson said. "I shook his hand. Now him and I are old friends."
Matusow was just heard regaling his table with the story of the last four days of the bet, which unfortunately led to some health problems. Matusow saw a doctor, who told him he couldn't run for 12 days while his body recovered.
"If I knew I couldn't run for 12 days, I never would have done it" the newly minted workout addict said.
Gus Hansen raised preflop, Allen Cunningham called, George Danzer three-bet, Hansen called and Cunningham called. The flop was
. Danzer bet, Hansen raised, Cunningham folded and Danzer called. The turn was the 
. Danzer bet, Hansen raised and Danzer called. The river was the 
. Danzer bet, Hansen raised, and Danzer folded. Hansen raked in a huge pot without a showdown and is now up to 26,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Robert Williamson III and Chau Giang were facing off in an Omaha-8 hand when Williamson called for the
on the turn. BAM! The hit! One street later, Giang started calling for the 
on the river. BAM! The hit! Several minutes later, the whole table was still buzzing about the apparent clairvoyant abilities of their opponents.
, Lee Watkinson bets out and is called by two players. The turn is the 
and all players check. The river is the . A player in the small blind bets and Watkinson calls.The small blind shows
and Watkinson mucks. Watkinson is down to 12,000.
For instance the whole 20 minutes for flop games/20 for stud games/20 for NLHE and PLO structural oddity seems to be just that. The games are simply rotating every eight hands no matter where the clock happens to be.
I spoke with Tournament Director Jack Effel and he confirmed that the 20-minute sub-levels were never part of the plan for today, despite rumors to the contrary.
"How can I win? I have no chair" she remarked, pointing to an empty spot in her assigned seat at Table 24. "No chips AND no chair!"
