2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
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Coppola showed
to his opponent's
.The board ran
. Coppola dodged all the bullets and doubled up to 32,500.
board, Minieri bet 3,600 and was called by one opponent. He bet 4,500 when the river fell
and his opponent called again, turning over
. That was a winner.Minieri is down to 12,000 in chips.
Both Flack and the BB checked the


flop as well as the
turn. The river was the
. The BB checked, Flack bet 3,500 into the dry side pot, and his opponent folded, showing pocket sevens for the dummy end of the straight. Flack turned over 
for the nut straight. The all-in player had A-K and was eliminated."Wheeeee!" said Antonio Esfandiari afterwards. "Yeah, why not call five thousand with king-queen," he added facetiously. "These young guns... I just don't get it."
Flack now has 27,000.
After the hand, Mills is up to 5,000.
Preflop, Bellande opened with a raise to 1,000, and the player in the small blind re-raised him to 3,000. Bellande made the call and the two men went to the flop heads up.
It rolled out
. The small blind moved all in for 5,200, and Bellande made the call, flipping up
. His middle set was ahead as his opponent tabled
, drawing to two outs or some runner-runner straight cards.The turn slammed the door on the all-in player's tournament life though. The
ripped off, making Bellande the unbeatable quadruple tens. He sends his opponent to the rail under the lights of the ESPN cameras, raking in a pot and chipping his way up to 48,400.
before DeMichele continued his aggression with a 1,300 bet. His opponent check-raised up to 3,700, a bet that DeMichele called.The turn came
before before the small blind player moved all in. DeMichele made the call all in holding
for two pair and was ahead of his opponent's
. The river came
to help DeMichele double up to 25,000.


. Esfandiari showed 
for the straight, and the board blanked out for his opponent who hit the rail."Persian carpet ride," cracked Flack.
Esfandiari is at 80,000.
and En held
.Board:
The force wasn't with Leif this day, and so his day is done.
The flop arrived


and both players checked. The turn brought the
and again it was checked. The river landed the
and Elizabeth fired out 1,500 which her opponent called.Elizabeth tabled

for a rivered full house to take down the pot and climb back above 9,000 chips.