2008 World Series of Poker

Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed
Day: 1
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣q♠
Prize
$372,929
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,687,410
Entries
1,236
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Ramp it Up

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[user75032]
Six-handed play is a format that encourages aggression. It requires players to push slim edges harder and farther than they would in regular nine-handed play, simply because it is less likely that anyone has caught a premium hand or a piece of the board. Thus it should come as no surprise that 180 players (about 15% of the field) have been eliminated in the first 90 minutes of play.

Unlike Event #2, when players seemed to relax after about an hour and to become more chatty and friendly with each other, there is still quite a bit of tension, and not much chatter, at the tables.