2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1b
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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They saw a flop of
, and one of the middle-position players opened with a bet of 1,000. One folded before Andy Black made it 3,000 to go. The preflop aggressor folded, and the MP player moved all in. Black made the call for his tournament life as the cards were tabled:Black:
MP:
The
fell on the turn and the 
on the river gave his opponent a full house, sending Andy Black to a very early exit.
, a player in early position checked, William Davidson bet 7,250, and his opponent, who had Davidson covered, pushed all in. Davidson made the call.Davidson showed
for top set, putting him well ahead of his adversary's 
. The river was the 
, and Davidson doubled up to 32,000.
and Fenech bet 1,000, which was called. The river came , prompting Fenech to bet 3,500. His opponent called.Fenech tabled
for a turned full house. He took down the pot as his opponent showed 
for two pairs. Fenech is up to 25,000 now.Fenech then engaged in some table conversation about his recent fight comeback victory and his victory in a recent celebrity poker free-roll where he won his seat for this tournament. Another player at the table commented, "Oh great, he can fight and he's good at poker."
The flop is
and it's checked to Tuan, who bets 800. The big blind calls and the EP folds.The turn is
and it's checked to Tuan, who bets 2,200. The big blind raises to 7,200 and Tuan calls.The river is
and the big blind bets all in. Tuan folds and has only 5,000 left.
flop Jimmy Haseth and another player got all the money in the middle. Haseth had an overpair with 
. Thing is, his opponent had a bigger overpair-- . The turn brought the , giving the other player a set and all but ending Haseth's Main Event.That is, until the
spiked on the river, giving Haseth a one-card straight. Jimmy let out on of the louder yells we've heard in the Amazon Room in quite some time as he scooped the big pot. "I knew you had me beat," Haseth said, which probably wasn't much comfort to his now-crippled opponent.
, Stephen Ladowsky checks and Greg Mueller bets 600. Ladowsky calls.The river is
and Ladowsky checks. Mueller bets 1,700 and Ladowsky calls.Ladowsky has
and Mueller has 
. Mueller is down to 15,000 and Ladowsky has 47,000.
After three players checked a flop of
, Gold bet 1,000 when the turn fell 
. He got one caller, who called again on the river and showed . Gold nodded and mucked his hand.He's down to about 14,600, but let everyone at his table know that he started the day in the same seat back in 2006, when he went on to win the Main Event.
, a player in the big blind bet out 300 and only Tomko called. The turn fell the
and the big blind bet out 1,100. Tomko again called. When the river fell the
, Tomko called a bet of 1,500 from his opponent. Tomko's opponent showed 
and Tomko mucked his hand. After the hand, Tomko is down to 16,900 chips.
On the
Watkinson bet 1,500 once it was checked to him. He bet 3,000 when it was checked to him again on the turn. He was called again before the 
dropped on the river.This time he bet 5,000 when it was checked to him and he was called once more. He flipped over
for a baby flush, but it was no good against his opponent's nut flush with .Watkinson down to 9,800.
