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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Aces Are Bueno

On the turn, with a board of {8-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}, Eddy Bueno and another middle-position player move all in against a player in the cutoff position. The cutoff-position player called. Bueno showed {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} and his opponents showed {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} and {Q-Clubs} {8-Clubs}.

The {3-Spades} on the river eliminated the middle-position player and crippled the cutoff player. Bueno is up to 44,000 after the hand.

Tags: Eddy Bueno

Tread Carefully

With the board reading {6-Spades} {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {3-Clubs} the player who'd raised from under the gun checked and Haralabos Voulgaris bet 9,400. The other player called and Voulgaris showed {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} for the nuts. "At least I lose the minimum," the other player said as he tabled {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} for the flopped set that lost out on the turn. Voulgaris is now up to 35,100.

Borge's Stack Dyps

On a flop of {J-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} Howard Smith checked from the small blind, a middle position player bet 1,200, Borge Dypvik called from the cutoff, and Smith folded. The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and both players checked. The river was the {7-Clubs}. The MP player checked, Dypvik bet 1,200 and the MP player called.

Dypvik showed {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} for a full house, but his opponent had the best hand with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} for the bigger boat. Dypvik was down to 11,050 after the hand.

Going for Gold

The tide is turning for Jamie Gold. First, he got an opponent to pay off his rivered flush by asking the player not to call down Gold's bet of 1,500 on the river. The player did, only to see that Gold had the second nuts.

Then a few hands later, with 7,000 chips in the pot, Gold bet 3,500 on a board of {9-Clubs} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}. As he made the bet, Gold said, "I got you." His opponent called anyway, prompting Gold to say again, "I got you. I got you." Curiously, despite the fact that Gold had yet to open his hand, the other player mucked.

Gold dragged the pot without opening his hand and is now up to about 25,000 in chips.

Lehr Jets Home on AA

Keith Lehr, who had his aces cracked earlier by a player who'd made a lower set, just ran into trouble with aces again. With the board showing {7-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, Lehr got the last of his chips in the middle with {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} only to run up against a player holding {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. The river was a {J-Hearts}, and Lehr is out.

Tags: Keith Lehr

A Little About Our Chip Leader, Helge Stjernvang

Helge Stjernvang
Helge Stjernvang
Our chip leader at the moment is Helge Stjernvang from Norway. Helge qualified through the PokerStars steps tournaments and plays exclusively multi-table tournaments and sit & gos online.

Helge has played in EPT events in Copenhagen and London, but this is his first time to the United States. He's making the most of his opportunity so far, to currently lead the field with 52,300 chips

Tags: Helge Stjernvang

Gambling Rousso

A player in late position raised to 500 before Vanessa Rousso called in the cutoff. Then a player in the small blind reraised to 1,700, which was not enough to scare off the other two, and they called.

The flop was {4-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {8-Clubs}, prompting the small-blind player to lead out for 5,000. There was a fold before Rousso raised all in for 25,000. The small-blind player called all in for less.

Rousso flipped over {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} to her opponent's {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}.

Rousso would need to hit a heart or an ace. The turn {J-Spades} and river {A-Diamonds} came, doubling Rousso up to 42,300, and her opponent is out.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

Captain of the Table

"Captain" Tom Franklin - Event #42
"Captain" Tom Franklin - Event #42
We caught up to this hand on showdown when "Captain" Tom Franklin was being pushed a good sized pot.

Franklin held {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts} on a board of {K-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {9-Hearts}. His opponent had the {K-Hearts} {3-Hearts} but couldn't beat Franklin's straight and headed for the rail.

After the pot, Franklin has his bearing straight with about 31,000 chips.

Tags: Tom Franklin

Tuan Le Busts

Tuan Le: Busted
Tuan Le: Busted
Under the gun, a player raises to 400 and Tuan Le calls from early position. Another player raises to 900 from middle position and both call.

The flop is {8-?}{6-?}{5-?}. It's checked to Tuan who bets 2,000. The MP calls and the UTG folds.

The turn is {5-?} and Tuan bets all in for 2,000. The MP calls and shows {J-?}{J-?} to Tuan's {A-?}{8-?}. The river is {Q-?} and Tuan is out.

van Leest Out

Michael van Leest
Michael van Leest
After having built his stack back up a short while ago, Michael van Leest found himself back down to 9,000 and pushing all in with {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. His opponent held pocket eights. The board ran out {7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{J-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, and van Leest is gone.

Tags: Michael van Leest