2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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Marco Cariboni Eliminated

With the board reading {6-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} Cariboni moved in for the last of his chips with {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} and Steven Molloy made the call with {A-?} {J-?}. Cariboni had a flush draw and a gutshot and a live card to hope for, but the river brought a blank and Cariboni was eliminated.

Seidel Chipping Up

Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel raised to 900. The button reraised to 2,300 and then Harold Macdonald made it 7,000 to go. When it got back to Seidel, he made it 13,000. The button folded and then MacDonald went into the tank.

After some time passed and after counting his chip stack, MacDonald made the fold. He said, "My gut told me to call, but I couldn't do it."

Seidel has been able to win pots without showdowns for most of the day and is now up to 40,500.

Tags: Erik SeidelHarold Macdonald

Toy Story

Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes's toy sharks have multiple uses. Recently when faced with a decision whether to call a player's all-in bet, he picked up one of the sharks and asked it what to do. He then chomped it next to his ear, and shook his head in agreement. "Shark says no," Brenes explained as he mucked.

When we asked Brenes about his current chip stack, he held up the shark.

"23,000," it said.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

The Value of Things

The Neverending Therapy
The Neverending Therapy
During a five-hour massage, Greg Mueller just bought a bunch of candy. "Twelve bucks? People tip you?" he joked to the candy woman. Keep in mind that the five-hour massage is still ongoing, and they charge by the minute.

Sugarek Flops Nuts

Jim Sugarek
Jim Sugarek
After the action was limped preflop, Jim Sugarek was thrilled to see a flop of {K-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{10-Hearts}, as he held {J-?}{Q-?} for the flopped straight.

However, after he check-called the 2,000 bet on the flop, the board started to get a little scary, forcing another check-call to a 4,000 bet on the {10-Clubs} turn and checking it down on the {9-Clubs} river.

Sugarek's straight held up and he moves up to 56,000.

Tags: Jim Sugarek

David Bach Eliminated

David Bach
David Bach
Bach was down to just 3,000 chips and after calling a raise on the button moved in when his opponent checked the {8-Spades} {K-Spades} {8-Diamonds} flop. The other player called and showed {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} to Bach's pocket tens and when he didn't catch a ten on the turn and river Bach was eliminated.

His Online Handle is "BluffzQ9"

Jamie Gold is still working on the title of World's Best Bluffer. Sitting in the big blind, he called a preflop raise to 800 from Pat Pezzin, then check-called a flop of {K-Spades} {10-Hearts} {2-Clubs} when Pezzin bet 900.

Both players checked the {10-Spades} on the turn. The river double-paired the board, {2-Hearts}, and Gold decided to take a stab at the pot with a bet of 2,000. Pezzin quickly called.

Gold: {Q-Spades} {9-Clubs}
Pezzin: {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}

Gold got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and grinned it off. "I'll bluff with anything," he said.

Pezzin looked sideways at Gold and responded, "*That's* the hand you won $12 million with?" Gold's winning hand in the 2006 Main Event was queen-nine.

Formica Used to Shootouts

Would you want to rob this man?
Would you want to rob this man?
As reported earlier, Silvio Formica is playing in today's event. He mentioned before that he was a mob member in Chicago and Cleveland. He mentioned that one time he got into a shootout with five police officers.

He says that he was walking around one time with about $160,000 in cash and was approached by five men in plain clothes and they were trying to rob him. One thing lead to another and a shootout ensued. Obviously, Formica survived to tell the tale. He never mentioned what happened to the money, however.

Tags: Silvio Formica

Young Rising

Jason Young
Jason Young
Jason Young's chip stack has been on the up and up all day. He bet out 775 into George Dost. The board read {Q-Spades} {10-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {2-Spades}. Dost made the call.

The river was the {6-Diamonds} and Young fired out 4,650. Dost made the call. Young showed Dost the nuts with {K-Spades} {J-Diamonds} and Dost mucked his hand.

Young is now at 50,000.

Tags: George DostJason Young

Sixes Are Good for Vanessa

Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso
On a flop of {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}, Vanessa Rousso bet out 1,000, a middle-position player raised to 2,000 and Rousso called. The turn was the {2-Clubs}, and Rousso check-called a 2,000 bet from her opponent. The river was the {5-Diamonds} and both players checked.

Rousso's pocket sixes were good against her opponent's {A-Clubs} {3-Spades} and she raked in the pot, increasing her stack to 37,000.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso