Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,687,410
Entries
1,236
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,236
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; Marquez showed 
. Marquez flopped an open-ended straight draw against MacPhee's middle pair on a board of 
. The turn 
gave him a flush draw to go along with it. The flush draw filled when the river came 
, doubling Marquez up to about 48,000.
The flop came A-9-x and both players checked.
The turn was another rag and both players checked.
After the river brought another 9, Cardoza bet 13,000, Matros raised to 35,000, and Cardoza went all in.
Matros quickly called, showing 10-9, but Cardoza turned over pocket aces for the full house and Matros was out.
Cardoza is up to 255,000.
"I'm not messing around," said Young, as von Halle pondered the call. "I'll show you."
Von Halle went into the tank, squeezing an empty water bottle, before throwing his cards away.
A man of his word, Young showed the
.
and Okun tabling 
. The board made a Broadway straight for Okun. He is now up to almost 200,000 in chips.
flop. Matros held 
for the open-ended straight draw; Cardoza held pocket kings. Matros missed his draw and slipped to 79,000 chips. Cardoza was up to 165,000.On the very next hand, Matros got all in on the river after the board came
. He hold pocket tens for the rivered set; the player who called him, Peter Marr, held 
for top two pair. After that hand, Matros' stack rebounded to 159,000 while Marr dipped to 75,000.Just a few hands later, Matros and Marr tangled again. Matros held
; Marr held 
. When the dust settled, the board of 
made aces full of kings for Marr and kings full of aces for Matros. That restored Marr to 152,000 while dropping Matros a second time, to 83,000.
