2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
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When the other players gave him some strange looks, he defensively replied "Well...I can't afford lunch now!"
, prompting the small-blind player to lead out for 750. This was met with a raise to 2,350 by Coppola, which was called.The turn came
, prompting the rest of the chips to go in. Coppola tabled 
for the flopped straight and turned flush. His opponent was drawing dead with 
.Coppola is back up to 14,300.
. Eskimo held 
and was ahead of his opponent's 
.The turn and river came the
, 
and Eskimo eliminated his opponent and now has 37,000 chips.
He's currently sitting on 14,000 in chips and chatting up his table.
The flop came
. Moreau checked to Yang, who bet out 2,400. The third player then moved all in for 22,000. Moreau folded and Yang went into the tank."I think we have the same hand," said Jerry. "Will you show?"
His opponent was motionless, and Yang folded
face up on the table. His opponent didn't show and Yang is now back down to 8,200.
. With the cameras rolling, the table talk commenced.Yu: "I know you don't have it."
Lederer: "Oh, I have it."
Yu: "Maybe you should bet 10,000 and I'll call."
Lederer: "OK, I bet 10,000." He reached for his chips to take some back, then smiled and left them in the middle of the table.
A minute or so passed.
Lederer: "If you knock me out, they'll probably put you on TV."
Yu: "OK, OK. I fold. But I know you don't have it. If you had bet 5,000, I would have called."
As Lederer was raking the pot, he chuckled. "I like that he claims he would have called 5,000," said Lederer to the player on his left.
The discussion continued a few hands later, with Yu still not convinced that Lederer could beat king-jack, the hand Yu claims he folded.
"You should have made the hero call then," said Lederer. "You could have told all your friends to watch you on TV." Then he turned more serious, and said, "I raised you from first position, I raised you on the flop, and I moved in on the turn. Do you really think your jack was good?"
Yu had no response.
"Ali, Ali -- how does he look?"
"He looks pretty bad," responded Nejad. "We might have to pixel out his face. I asked him, 'How do you feel?' and he said 'I feel great.' I said, 'You don't look it,' and he said, 'I'll make you look worse.'"
, Forrest Griffin bet 200 from UTG, Johnny Chan raised to 1,100 from middle position, and Griffin made the call. The turn was the 
. Griffin bet 1,000, Chan raised to 2,000, and Griffin called. The river was the . Griffin bet another 1,000, Chan raised to 5,000, and Griffin called. Chan rolled over
for two pair, while Griffin showed . The hand took the UFC fighter down to only 1,600. On a subsequent hand, Griffin moved all in on a flop of
and Vincent Curry made the call. Griffin showed 
while Curry tabled . The turn and river blanked out for Griffin and he hit the rail.
