2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1a
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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He or she didn't leave without a story however. The player in question got their money in good holding
against the 
of Rocco Lazazzaro on a flop of 
. It was looking good through the turn, but Lazazzao spiked a on the river for the win. The busted player quickly vacated the tournament area and while Lazazzaro stacked his chips, which now total approximately 42,000.
*We originally reported that the chips went in before the flop on this hand, but that information was from a player at the table and has since been deemed inaccurate. The table consensus is that the all-in play occurred post-flop.
. Berman checked, the MP player bet 2,350 and Berman called. The turn was the 
. Berman checked, the MP player bet 7,500 and Berman gave it up. After that early hit, Berman is down to 15,000.
It seems that run is continuing. He recently bet 825 on a flop of
against one opponent, who check-raised him to 2,025. He called the raise, called a bet of 2,500 on the 
turn, and called a third bet of 8,000 on the 
river. His opponent showed him the nuts -- 
.Just like that, Arieh is down to 7,500 chips from his starting stack of 20,000.
It seems that we may have a group of serious poker players in here today.
The four players saw a flop of
and action checked to the button. He bet 1,100 and the initial raiser, along with Gale, made the call. The turn fell the 
and the middle position player checked. Gale led out for 1,600 and the button and the middle position player came along.When the river came the
, it was checked to Gale and he fired 2,700. The button called and the middle position player passed. Gale showed 
but the player on the button rolled over 
. Gale slipped to about 15,000 chips on the hand.
