2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1a
Queens Reign for Pearljammer
Jon "Pearljammer" Turner had his opponent covered. His opponent showed . Unfortunately for him, Turner had for quad queens.
The on the turn made things interesting, but the river meant we had another first-level elimination. Turner is now up to 37,000.
No Soup for You!
"I didn't think you'd call me!" exclaimed Alexander as the dealer burned and turned the . The river was the and Alexander got an early double-up to 37,550.
Our First Bit of Controversy
The dealer told him he couldn't win the pot with only one live card, and with his other card in the muck, there was nothing to be done but award the pot to Rahme's opponent. A floor was called, who made the same ruling. A second floor was called, and then an upper-level floor was also summoned to the table. Rahme has been vociferous in his objection that the pot should be his, but we suspect he is going to lose this argument.
He Is the Wahlroos
The flop is and the big blind checks. Wahlroos bets 450 and the big blind calls.
The turn is and the big blind leads olut for 1,650. Wahlroos calls.
The river is and the big blind fires 2,500. Wahlroos calls. The big blind turns over , but Wahlroos has and takes down a nice pot. He's sitting on 43,000.
John Gale Eliminated
It was heads up to the flop of . Gromenkova check-called Gale's bet of 500. The turn came the and Gromenkova checked again. Gale fired 1,500 and Gromenkova raised to 5,500. Gale moved all in and Gromenkova quickly called. The players showed:
Gromenkova:
Gale:
The river was the and Gromenkova's boat was best. John Gale headed for the rail while Svetlana stacked the pot. After the hand she sits on a stack of just shy of 50,000 chips.
Tino Lechich has Kicker Problems
Gray turned up , besting Lechich's and dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 27,500.
Gavin In Action
The flop came down . The small blind checked, the big blind bet 700. Smith called while the cutoff, button, and small blind folded. The players were heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and the big blind bet 700 again. Smith called.
The river was the and the big blind upped his bet to 1,300 on the final card. Smith made the call.
The big blind showed and Smith showed for three kings and the winning hand. He is now up to 26,000.
Sometimes Top Pair is Actually Good
On a flop of , Caby's opponent bet out 500, and Caby called.
On the turn of the , Caby's opponent bet out 1,000 and Caby called.
On the river of the , Caby's opponent checked and Caby checked as well.
Taylor showed for a pair of kings and his opponent showed .
After the hand, Taylor moved up to 22,000 chips.
Everybody Loves Losing the Minimum
The river was the . Gray checked, and Romano checked behind. Gray turned over for trip eights, but Romano had for threes full and took the pot.
"I thought you had an eight," said Romano afterwards, apparently not realizing that the eight had filled him up. An opportunity missed there.
Romano has about 25,000, while Gray sits at 29,000.