2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1a
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The flop is
. It's checked to the cutoff who bets 750. The button calls and Perry calls.The turn is
and everyone checks to the button, who bets 1,300. Perry check-raises to 6,000 and everyone folds. Perry's got 25,000.
while Juha Helppi and the small blind continued betting on the side. The small blind checked, Helppi fired out 2,000 and the small blind folded. And the cards are turned up...Helppi
Big Blind
The turn was the
pairing up Helppi and the river was the 
filling his open-ended straight draw. Helppi dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 20,500 and the big blind was eliminated.
In this latest hand he called an opponent's raise from late position whilst in the big blind. He then led out on every street finally getting his opponent to fold on the river.
The board ended up reading as
.He could have made a straight, a flush so no wonder his opponent folded as most random hands would match up bad against that board. Asked to show his hand, Dwan allowed one to be turned over. The dealer randomly turned up the
!! Where does that card fit in?
, Adam Katz called a bet of 1,600 from one opponent. His opponent was on a stone bluff with 
. Katz turned over the winner, 
for a flush, to take down the pot.
The flop came
. The small blind bet 900, and Ware called. The turn was the . This time the SB checked, Ware bet 900, and his opponent called.The river was the
. The SB checked, and Ware overbet 6,200. His opponent called, at which point Ware sheepishly said "Ace-high." His opponent showed 
for queens. Then Ware showed his cards --
-- and realized he'd backed into the straight on the end. Ware is now up to 33,000.
Noah Boeken called a 3,000 bet on the river from the player in the small blind. It was time for the showdown and the small blind said, "Ace high," and showed 
. Boeken turned over 
and said, "Full house. You scared me for a second". Before pushing the pot to Boeken the dealer pointed out to the other player, "Sir, you had two pair," as the player seemed to overlook that he'd paired his deuce and the board paired fives. Would he have bluffed at the pot had he realized he held a stronger hand? That will remain another of the world's unsolved mysteries.
and his opponent held 
. The board came 
and Prock was headed out the door.
Four players took a flop of
and from the small blind Spets check-called the 600 chip bet from the preflop aggressor. The turn brought the and Spets check-called a bet of 1,600 from his opponent. Spets then checked in the dark as the river landed the . His opponent fired 3,000 and Spets moved all in. His opponent made the call with 
for trip aces, but Spets showed 
for a full house to double up to over 37,000 chips.
