39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1d | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-06-2008 18:04 UTC-8

Lederer Still Better Than Yu

Just before the dinner break, there were 2,300 chips in the pot preflop when a heads-up flop between Howard Lederer and Charles Yu came down {7-Clubs}

. Yu checked to Lederer, who bet 2,000. Yu made the call.

On the {q-Clubs}

turn, Yu checked to Lederer a second time, who obliged with a bet of 5,000. Yu went into the tank for about a minute, then said, "If the queen didn't come, I was going to put you all in." He open-mucked two red fives.

Lederer did not say anything in response, choosing instead to open one of his cards as the dealer pushed him the pot -- the {4-Spades}

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"The other one had to be a seven," said Yu.

"You think I called you with queen-seven?" asked Lederer.

"No, four-seven," replied Yu.

"I played four-seven from early position?" asked Lederer. He then engaged in a side conversation when someone suggested they could justify pocket fours.

"There's no justifying fours," said Lederer. "You just have to pray they fold." Then he turned back to Yu. "I've been bluffing you all day."

Yu mentioned a hand that we reported earlier, where he folded top pair on the turn. A player in-between Yu and Lederer laughed and said, "You still remember that hand from six hours ago!"

The mind-games are afoot on Blue #1. We'll see how Lederer uses them to his advantage after dinner.

07-06-2008 17:59 UTC-8

Welcome to Thayer's House

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Thayer Rasmussen made a raise before the short stacked Greg Alston moved all in. Rasmussen made the call with {K-Hearts}

and was dominating Alston's {10-Diamonds}

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Just to make sure of Alston's elimination the flop came {6-Clubs}

. The turn came {Q-Diamonds}

and river

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Alston's busted, Rasmussen up to 47,000.

07-06-2008 17:58 UTC-8

The Rollercoaster Ride Continues For Yang

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Jerry Yang's 2007 World Champion Banner in the Amazon Room

We've reported plenty of hands from Jerry Yang today, and not just because he's the defending champion, but because he's providing plenty of action on his table this afternoon.

In recent action, Jerry Yang limped from late position before the player on the button raised to 2,000. The action folded around to Yang who raised to 15,475, enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent made the call with {Q-Hearts}

and Yang was in trouble with {3-Spades}

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The board ran out {A-Spades}

and although Yang spiked a two-outer on the turn, the river was a cruel blow for him as he doubled up his opponent and fell to 22,000.

A few moments later, Yang was all in on the turn on a board of {J-Clubs}

. His opponent showed {A-Hearts}

and despite having a dominating hand preflop, Yang had snagged the lead with his {K-Diamonds}

. The river was the {7-Hearts}

and Yang eliminates his opponent to jump back to 40,000 chips.

All of this and it's only Day 1 -- it's going to be a fun ride if Jerry can survive deep into this event once again! Could he go back to back?

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07-06-2008 17:54 UTC-8

Doyle Brunson Rides Into the Sunset

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On a flop of {7-Clubs}

, Shrini Kelkar bet 2,000 and Doyle Brunson moved all in for 7,925 more.

Kelkar: {Q-Spades}

Brunson:

Turn:

River:

Doyle Brunson headed out of the tournament room as ESPN camera followed in tow. Brunson will have to wait until next year to capture bracelet number 11, at least in Vegas. There is always the WSOP Europe.

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07-06-2008 17:53 UTC-8

Another Small One for Jesus

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Chris Ferguson has been having some trouble getting traction today, though he just won a small pot to take him into the dinner break. With the board reading {A-Clubs}

, Ferguson bet 1,500 into the 2,000 chips pot and his opponent looked him up. Ferguson turned over {A-Hearts}

, having rivered two pair and raked in the pot.

Jesus is on about 16,000 chips now.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

07-06-2008 17:51 UTC-8

Bruce Bluffer?

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We pick up the action on the river in a hand between Bruce Buffer and a friendly player at his table. The board reads {A-Diamonds}

. Buffer is in the small blind position, and he puts out a bet of 2,500. His opponent goes deep into the tank, taking at least five or six minutes before letting his hand go.

Buffer says, "I'll show you once," and flips over {A-Hearts}

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His opponent nodded knowingly and said, "That's the only thing I thought you coulda had."

After that, Buffer makes a comment about how he was willing to show his hand on Day 1, but that the free information sharing would be over starting with Day 2.

Bruce Buffer is certainly popular in his television and promotion role, but few would argue that he is perfectly adept on the felt as well. In three years of tournament play, Bruce has racked up more than $100,000 in cashes.

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07-06-2008 17:50 UTC-8

Bet It 'Til You Get It

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With 3,000 in the pot and the board showing {Q-Spades}

, Brandon Cantu checked to his lone opponent, who bet 1,200. Cantu raised to 3,600 and was called.

The turn came {K-Diamonds}

. Cantu bet 5,200 and was called again. On the river {A-Spades}

, he made a big bet, firing out 11,000. For the third time, he was called. He turned over {9-Spades}

for a rivered flush, which was good to drag the pot and increase his chip stack to 53,000.

07-06-2008 17:49 UTC-8

Vahedi Doubles Up

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Donnie Peters

A player in middle position made a raise to 800 preflop. Amir Vahedi was next to act and called. The flop came down {10-Hearts}

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It was checked to Vahedi and he bet 1,600. The other payer raised to 4,000 and then Vahedi moved all in. His opponent made the call.

Vahedi held {K-Spades}

and was up against top-top from his opponent's {A-Hearts}

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The turn came the {4-Diamonds}

and the river the {6-Diamonds}

. This gave Vahedi a nice double-up to 37,000 a few minutes before dinner break.

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07-06-2008 17:47 UTC-8

Jennifer Harman Doubles

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In a multi-way limped pot, the big blind fired out a bet of 1,500 on a flop of {7-Spades}

. Jennifer Harman and another player flat called.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

and the BB bet out 7,000. Harman moved all in for 12,700, the third player folded and the BB made the call.

The big blind player showed {4-Clubs}

for the flopped straight, but Harman flipped {10-Hearts}

for the top end of the straight to have a lock in the hand. The river was the {3-Diamonds}

and Harman doubles up to 34,000 chips.

Tags: Jennifer Harman

07-06-2008 17:44 UTC-8

How Loh Can You Go?

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Donnie Peters

Paul Loh raised from late position to 1,500. Paul "Eskimo" Clark made it 4,000 from the small blind and Loh called.

The flop came down {Q-?}

with two diamonds. Clark checked and Loh bet 5,000. Clark then raised to 11,000. Loh announced, "All in," and Eskimo made the call.

Clark: {K-?}

Loh:

According to some players at the table, the turn was a blank and then the river smacked another queen on the board for Loh.

"That's just sick. That's just sick," said Eskimo as he got up and left the tournament area.

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