In a blind-versus-blind hand, Dario Minieri got the rest of his chips in the middle against John Monette -- Monnette holding pocket nines to Minieri's K-Q. Minieri could not improve and everyone's favorite scarf-wearing Italian was eliminated.
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
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In a blind-versus-blind hand, Dario Minieri got the rest of his chips in the middle against John Monette -- Monnette holding pocket nines to Minieri's K-Q. Minieri could not improve and everyone's favorite scarf-wearing Italian was eliminated.
George Danzer was faced with a tough decision on the river of a board that read
. The bet was for 8,000 into a pretty sizable pot and caused Danzer to tank for a few minutes as he thought things out. Eventually, he made the call with J-9-x-x and his opponent showed 7-6-4-3 for just a pair of sevens.Danzer is now up to 35,000 after a solid call.
Andy Bloch raised predraw, Gavin Griffin three-bet and Bloch called. Both drew two. Bloch checked and Griffin checked behind.
On the second draw Bloch drew one and Griffin drew two. Bloch bet and Griffin called.
On the third draw both players drew one. Bloch checked, Griffin bet and Bloch called.
Griffin rolled over 8-7-4-3-2, Bloch mucked and Griffin took down the pot.
Victor Ramdin got all in with A-K against an opponent holding J-9 of hearts. On a board containing three hearts, Ramdin was eliminated.
Four players limped in to see a flop of
. The big blind led out for 1,000 and Patrik Antonius called from the cutoff. The turn was the 
. The big blind checked, Antonius bet 3,150 and the big blind called. The river was the 
. This time the big blind led out for 3,500 and Antonius called. The big blind showed
for the flush and Antonius mucked. He's down to 13,500.
The cutoff raised preflop and got three callers including Jeff Madsen in the small blind. The flop was
. Madsen led out for 3,000 and only the big blind called. The turn was the 
. Madsen checked, the big blind bet the pot, Madsen re-potted, and the big blind called all in. Madsen:
Big Blind:
The river was the
and Madsen raked in the sizeable pot with his flush. He's now up to 62,500.
Mueller has been known to get massages for entire tournaments at times, from the same massage therapist every tournament. Superstition it may be, but as he continues to build a stack, why make a change?
Jason Lester and Tom "durrrr" Dwan were on the second draw of a 2-7 triple draw hand. Lester drew one card while Dwan opted for two. After drawing, Lester led and was raised by Dwan. Lester called.
Both players decided to act strong and stand pat for the third draw. At the showdown, Dwan showed first, 3-4-5-7-8. Lester was upset and reached into the middle of the table to the spread deck and grabbed the top card to see what he would have drawn had he taken another card. In disgust, Lester slammed his hand to the table along with the card he would have had.
Dwan increased to 23,000 and Lester dropped to 33,000.
