Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-05-2008 13:45 UTC-7

Presto!

[user75032]

To back my previous point, flopping a set against top pair, top kicker is like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Jennifer Tilly knows. She got her stack all in on a flop of {K-Hearts}

. She held {5-Spades}

; her opponent showed {A-Clubs}

. Neither player improved from there and Tilly's set of fives was best.

She is rolling, with approximately 10,300 chips.

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

06-05-2008 13:47 UTC-7

Dutch Boyd Eliminated

[user40108]

Action folded around to the small blind and he completed. Dutch Boyd exercised his blig blind option, and raised to 300. The small blind came along and they saw a flop of {9-Spades}

. The small blind checked and Boyd bet 300. The small blind raised to 800 and Boyd announced a reraise of his own. After Dutch pushed out a total of 2,000, the small blind moved all in and Boyd called. The small blind said he put Boyd on a draw, and indeed he was correct. The players showed:

Boyd: {K-Clubs}

Opponent:

Despite the flush draw and overcards and even a turned straight draw, Boyd missed it all. He was left with just 100 chips and was eliminated on the following hand.

Tags: Dutch Boyd

06-05-2008 13:51 UTC-7

Hevad "Rain" Khan On a Heater

[user40108]

Just over 100 minutes into play, Hevad "Rain" Khan is already off to a great start. He's managed to run his stack into about four and a half times the average stack. Khan is currently sitting on 17,600 chips.

06-05-2008 13:58 UTC-7

Wasicka Walks

[user75032]

It was a tough day for Paul Wasicka. He got short-stacked early and never recovered. His last 850 chips went into the middle holding {8-Clubs}

. He was called by an opponent holding {A-Clubs}

. The board came {K-Diamonds}

, completely missing Wasicka and ending his day.

Tags: Paul Wasicka

06-05-2008 14:00 UTC-7

Shorthanded...Really Shorthanded

[user40108]

Tournament officials have instructed dealers that should they lose two players they can still continue dealing four-handed without stopping play to balance the tables.

06-05-2008 14:03 UTC-7

Joe Bartholdi Doubles Up

[user40108]

Joe Bartholdi doubled up after moving in two hands in a row. On the first hand, he pushed from the big blind after two players limped in. He got no action and picked up the pot. The next hand he pushed from the small blind and got called by a player holding {A-?}

. Bartholdi was slightly behind with {Q-?}

, but came out ahead when the board came {J-Clubs}

. Bartholdi is now back to where he started with 3,000 chips.

06-05-2008 14:04 UTC-7

J.J. Liu Ducks a Draw

[user75032]

J.J. Liu got in trouble early and has been trying to claw her way back to a playable stack since. She got all of her chips in the middle holding {A-Diamonds}

on a flop of {5-Clubs}

. Her opponent called and showed {4-Spades}

. The board came running deuces, and Liu's pair of deuces, ace kicker was enough to take down the pot.

She has about 2,800 chips as we head into the first break.

06-05-2008 14:05 UTC-7