2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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. An early-position player led out for 600, Bernard Lee raised to 2,600 and only the EP player called. The turn was the 
. The EP player checked, Lee bet 4,000 and the EP player called. The river was the 
and both players checked. Lee turned up
for two pair, besting his opponent's 
. Lee clapped his hands together and said "Ship it!" as the pot was pushed toward him. "That was borderline excessive celebration, sir" deadpanned the dealer.
"Are you serious?" asked Lee.
"No," said the dealer with a laugh and a shake of his head.
Lee is up to 21,000.
. Daut bet 1,100, not enough to scare away either opponent, as both called.The turn was the
. This time Daut tried a bet of 4,000. Again, both called.The river was the
. Daut only had 6,145 left, so he shoved it in the middle. One opponent dropped out, but the other called.Daut showed
for the flopped set. His opponent had A-K for two pair. Daut is now back up to 29,000.
.The player in the cutoff bet 2,100 before the button raised to 5,000. Rahmn raised again to 13,175. The cutoff player folded before the button called all in with
. Rahmn showed 
.The turn came
and river 
and the queens held up. Rahmn is down to 4,925 now.
We caught this hand on the turn, between Mike Postle and Travis Rice. Postle made a small bet on the river, with Rice shoving all in for close to 20,000. Postle called and showed 2-6 for a full house, with Rice showing
for a pair of sixes. After the hand, Postle is up over 50,000 while Rice was shorted down to 8,000.
. Clements bet 750 and was called. The turn was the 
. This time Clements checked, his opponent bet 1,500, and Clements called.The river was the
. Clements didn't wait too long before firing out a bet of 3,000. His opponent tanked for a couple of minutes before finally calling.Clements showed
, and his opponent mucked. Clements is up to 30,000.
when his short-stacked opponent made a flush holding on a board of 
.Spitzberg is back to 20,500 chips.
This is a huge improvement over earlier today, yet we're not sure exactly what caused it.
Maybe it's because of all the eliminations thus far, or maybe it was Phil Hellmuth's grand entry earlier.
.Hua led out for 1,500 before Mojave went all in for 8,875. The original aggressor folded before Hua made the call with
. He was behind Mojave's 
.It was a diffrent story as the turn came
and river 
--a very unlucky way to get outdrawn and eliminated for Mojave. Hua is up to 57,300 as a result.
