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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Tony the Tiger

Tony Hachem playing in Event #46
Tony Hachem playing in Event #46
An opponent limps in and Tony Hachem raises to 2,000. The opponent reraises to 5,500 and Hachem raises again to 10,500. The opponent calls.

The flop is {J-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and the opponent bets 6,000. Hachem raises to 13,000 all in and the opponent calls.

The opponent mucks immediately when he sees {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, and the turn and river come {7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. Hachem doubles to 47,000.

Tran-quilized

Kenny Tran, playing in the $50K H.O.R.S.E. last week
Kenny Tran, playing in the $50K H.O.R.S.E. last week
In the space of two quick hands, Kenny Tran has been eliminated from the Main Event. First, he raised all in on a flop of {A-Spades} {2-Spades} {Q-Hearts} after his opponent, Pattari Kangas, led out with a bet. Kangas made the call with the best hand -- his {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades} against Tran's {A-Clubs} {J-Spades}. Tran did not improve through the river and slipped to about 6,000.

A few hands later, the dust barely settled from his last hand, Tran bet 2,500 on a flop of {J-Spades} {K-Spades} {3-Clubs}. His lone opponent, Jeremy Renz, check-raised to 8,000 and Tran called all in for his last 6,000. This time he was ahead with {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts}. But Renz held the dreaded flush draw with {6-Spades} {4-Spades} and got there when the turn fell {Q-Spades}. The river {2-Clubs} completed the board and ended Kenny Tran's Main Event.

Tags: Kenny Tran

Hal Lubarsky Eliminates a Player

On a flop of {2-Spades} {7-Spades} {7-Clubs}, Hal Lubarsky checked and a late-position player bet out 1,100. Lubarsky raised to 2,600 and then his opponent reraised to 9,100. Lubarsky then came over the top all in. His opponent only had 2,000 more and made the call.

Lubarsky showed {2-Hearts} {2-Clubs} and his opponent showed {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}. The turn and river missed both players and Lubarsky moved up to 42,000 chips.

Tags: Hal Lubarsky

Young Chips Up Again

Jason Young bet 750 into George Dost on a flop of {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} after Dost had checked. Dost did make the call. The turn was the {6-Spades}. He checked over to Young again and this time Young made it 1,500. Dost again made the call.

The river was the {2-Diamonds} and Dost checked once again to Young. Young bet 2,500 and Dost called. Young turned over {6-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} for a set on the turn. Dost mucked his hand.

Young is up to 44,000 now.

Tags: George DostJason Young

Shane Warne Chipping Up

After seeing his stack reduced over the last hour or so, Shane Warne picked up some chips when he made a king-high flush on the turn and got his opponent to call a 300 bet on the turn and a 1,000 bet on the river. Warne's stack now sits at 12,600.

Theo Tran Turns a Boat

Theo Tran raised to 600 from UTG, an early-position player called, and the big blind called. The flop was {Q-Hearts} {8-Spades} {6-Spades}. The big blind checked, Tran bet 1,200, the EP player called and the big blind folded. The turn was the {6-Hearts}. Tran fired out another 2,500 and the EP player called. The river was the {5-Spades} and both players checked.

Tran showed {8-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} for a full house, besting his opponent's {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} and dragged the pot. He's up to 24,500.

Tags: Theo Tran

Varkonyi Slips Up

With 5,000 in the pot, the board read {2-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {3-Spades}. Robert Varkonyi's opponent put in his last 2,150 chips and Varkonyi decided to make the call with {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades}. His opponent opened {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} for a set of fives. The river bricked out {A-Spades} to double up Varkonyi's opponent. Varkonyi is down to 10,700.

Saved by the River

A player raises from under the gun raises before Brian Jensen re-raises to 2,100 from middle position. The call is made and the flop came {2-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {K-Clubs}.

It's checked to Jensen who bets 3,000 before his opponent re-raises all-in for 6,800 more. Jensen makes the call with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} but is behind to his opponent's {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}.

The turn came {2-Diamonds} and river {Q-Spades}!! A miracle river card for the Dane helps him up to 35,000.

Tags: Brian Jensen

Orel Hershiser Avoids the Big Hit

After a limper, uh, limped into the pot, Orel Hershiser raised to 1,500 and the player in the big blind reraised to 4,500. The limper skulked away and Hershiser made the call. The flop came {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}. Hershiser called the big blind's 3,500 bet. The turn brought the {A-Spades} and both players checked. When the {2-Hearts} came on the river, the big blind fired out 7,500 and Hershiser mucked. "That ace hit you, right?" Orel said, and the other player showed pocket aces. Hershiser's stack took a hit, but he's still at 24,000.

Scott Fischman Eliminated

Scott Fischman - Eliminated
Scott Fischman - Eliminated
Scott Fischman just got his walking papers when he flopped top set but came up short.

On a flop of {9-Spades} {7-Spades}(X), Fischman stacked off holding {9-?} {9-?} against his opponent, who had the {10-Spades} {8-Spades}.

The turn brought a {3-Spades}, completing the flush, and Fischman got no love on the river.