Level: 6
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 8 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
192
Level
23
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
DeMichele Draws Against Jamshidi
On the first draw, Rob Hollink took two, Michael DeMichele took three, Sam Farha took 2, and Sirous Jamshidi took two. After the draw, it was checked around to Jamshidi who bet. DeMichele and Farha called.
On the second draw, DeMichele drew two, Farha two, and Jamshidi stood pat. Again it checked to Jamshidi and he again bet. This time, only DeMichele called.
With Jamshidi standing pat once again, DeMichele drew another single card. And then, DeMichele called Jamshidi's bet.
DeMichele: 2-4-6-8-9
Jamshidi: 2-3-5-7-10
DeMichele is up to 39,000.
Chris Reslock Eliminated
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Chris Reslock was extremely short-stacked and found himself all in in the big blind with
against Mel Judah's 
. The board ran out 
, Judah scooping the pot with queens and jacks, and Reslock was eliminated. He's now paying off his various last-longer bets around the room.
Recent Eliminations
Jan von Halle..."I'm Out? How?"
After the second draw in 2-7 triple draw, Jan von Halle flipped his hand over and showed the 3-4-5-6-7. Johnny Chan saw this and bet to put von Halle all in. Von Halle was confused as he didn't realize there was another betting round. He called anyway and couldn't quite understand why the pot was shipped to the two-time Main Event champion Chan.
Von Halle must not have realized that straights count against you in 2-7 triple draw and was eliminated because of his mistake. Chan took the pot with a eight low.
Benyamine Plays Razz Blind
A king brings it in, David Benyamine declines to look at his hole cards and puts in a raise with a five up, another player holding a king calls Benyamine's raise and the bring-in folds.
On fourth street, Benyamine catches a ten and his opponent a five. Benyamine checks, his opponent bets, Benyamine raises, and he is called.
On fifth it's a seven for Benyamine and a deuce for his opponent. He bets, and is raised.
"I guess I have to look now," he says, before peering down at pocket queens in the hole. Benyamine shows them and mucks with a laugh.
Three Out of 192
Two women notably missing from this event are Kristy Gazes, who elected to take the day off from the WSOP, and Annie Duke, who is skipping the first week of the series to spend time with her children.
Lester's Two Pair is Good
Jason Lester had bet out on a flop of
into Allen Cunningham and Tony Cousineau. Both players called. The turn checked around when the 
fell off.On the river of the
, Lester bet again and only Cunningham called.Lester said, "Two pair, tens and threes."
Cunningham was about to muck his hand, but then pulled it back and said, "Just tens and threes?" But then he mucked his hand after all and Lester scooped the pot. He is now at 40,000.
Ted Forrest Cripples Patrik Antonius
On a flop of
Ted Forrest led out from the small blind, Patrik Antonius raised from the cutoff, Tony G. called from the button, Forrest three-bet, and both Antonius and Tony G called. The turn was the . Forrest bet, Antonius called and Tony G called. The river was the . Forrest bet, Antonius called and Tony G folded. Antonius turned up
for tens full of sixes but Forrest rolled over 
for quad sixes and took down the pot, increasing his stack to 40,000. Antonius was left on life support with only 5,000.
"FBT" Eliminates Ferguson, Seizes the Lead