2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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The Jerry Yang Train Rolls On

Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang
After two limpers were in the pot preflop, Jerry Yang raised from the small blind making it 1,200 to go. One player made the call and they saw a {7-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop. Yang led out for 2,700 before his opponent announced "raise", and tossed out a single 5,000 denomination chip. This was ruled a minimum raise and he was required to put another 400 into the middle.

It didn't matter as Yang stood, kissed the photo of his family and slid all of his chips into the middle. His opponent called and tabled {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} but found himself trailing the {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts} of Yang.

The turn was the {J-Spades} and river the {K-Spades} and Yang takes it down to the cheers on the rail to move back to higher ground on 36,700 chips.

Tags: Jerry Yang

Your Fantasy Poker Team Just Took a Hit

Phil Ivey Eliminated
Phil Ivey Eliminated
Phil Ivey, the man at the top of everyone's list, had trouble getting things going at the ESPN Featured Table, and now he's found himself on the outside looking in.

The slide began a few minutes ago when Ivey had made the nut flush on the turn. His lone opponent checked, and Ivey bet and was called. The river put a pair on the board. Ivey was checked to once again, and he bet enough to put his man all in. The bet was quickly called, and Ivey was shown a full house to knock him all the way back to 10,000.

Following that, he lost a number of small pots and got chipped down to his last couple thousand chips. On his final hand, he called a preflop raise, went all in on the flop, and was called by a player with {A-?} {K-?}. The board ran out without an ace or a king, but Ivey couldn't beat the high cards, and he headed to the rail shortly before dinner break, concluding his 2008 WSOP.

Tags: Phil Ivey

We're Guessing "Any of the Other Eight Players at the Table"

After one player limped in, Dario Minieri limped in on the button and the big blind checked. Three players took a flop of {K-Clubs} {J-Spades} {7-Clubs}. Action checked to Minieri, who bet 600. Both opponents called.

When the {3-Hearts} hit the turn, action again checked to Minieri, who bet 1,700. This time each of his opponents folded, allowing Minieri to collect the pot and chip up his diminished stack to about 10,000.

Once all of the cards were in the muck, Minieri looked around the table and joked, "I would like to bust before dinner. Who would like to help?"

That's "P-O-K-E-R"

Jim Pittman is here in Buzio's and has 42,500 in chips. Jim is well known for being on the receiving end of one of Phil Hellmuth's legendary putdowns. He once told Jim, "You can't even SPELL poker!"

In a recent hand, Jim laid down 6-6 versus two all-in players on a 6-9-x flop. One player turned over 9-6 and the other turned over 9-9.

Double Up for Henrikson

Anders Henriksson moved all in on a flop of {3-Spades} {8-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} after his opponent had led out. His opponent made the call and showed {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} while Anders showed pocket tens. The tens held up for Anders and he's back up to 24,000.

The Vinny Vinh Show

Vinny Vinh has been out of sorts ever since he turned up. Various antics have included randomly calling the clock on players and washing his head and face over a trash bin with a bottle of water. The final straw was him stealing candy off yours truly!

His card playing seemed to be a little all over the place and his stack got lower and lower. Eventually he got the last of his stack in preflop holding {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} to an opponent's {7-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}.

The board came {8-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {2-Spades}. Vinny failed to hit and he heads off into the warm Las Vegas evening.

Tags: Vinny Vinh

Lederer Quietly Treads Water

Howard Lederer has been parked at Blue #1, right by our media table, all day. He has engaged in some muted conversation with several of his opponents but hasn't been involved in too many pots.

He recently raised from early position to 750. Only the button called. On a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {9-Hearts}, Lederer bet 1,000 and was called. The turn fell {5-Hearts}. Lederer bet 2,500 and was called again. Finally, on the {6-Diamonds} river, Lederer's bet of 7,000 was enough to fold his opponent.

Lederer has about 24,000 in chips.

Lucky Loeckey

A middle position player raised to 600, Johnny Chan called from late position, Vincent Curry called from the cutoff, the button called, and Tim Loeckey raised to 3,000 from the small blind. Everyone folded to the button, who made the call. The flop was {7-Hearts} {5-Spades} {2-Clubs}. Loeckey led out for 5,000, the button moved all in for 12,000 and Loeckey made the call.

Loeckey turned up {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}, well ahead of the button's {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}. The turn was the {3-Spades}, the river was the {7-Diamonds} and Loeckey increased his stack to 55,000.