2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Total Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Venue 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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Gus Plays the Ladies Just Right

Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen
Preflop, a player in early position led out for 800 and Gus Hansen called from the big blind. The flop came {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Spades} and Gus check-called his opponents bet of 1,500. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and both players checked. The river brought the {8-Clubs} and Gus fired out for 4,200 and his opponent called.

Gus turned over pocket queens for a flopped set and his opponent mucked. Gus is up to 35,000 after the hand.

New Best Friends

Jean-Robert Bellande and Nick Binger are laughing and sharing stories about their recent near-bracelet experiences. Nick Binger was three-handed with about 75% of the chips in the $1,500 Mixed Hold'em event. Bellande held an 8-to-1 chip lead heads up in the second-to-last event of the series, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. Neither man manged to claim the bracelet, though, and now they are sharing their sob stories with each other and with the ESPN film crew.

The two of them teamed up to pitch an idea for a TV spot or commercial featuring themselves. From the discussions, it would involve them holding a bracelet out in front of them and dropping it into a flushing toilet, watching it disappear down the drain. They mentioned that they want Ted Forrest in it as well; he had a similar huge-leader-to-runner-up letdown. No word on whether Forrest would be in for an idea like that, but we have a guess:

No.

Nguyen / Nguyen

Men "The Master" Nguyen isn't the only member of the Nguyen family making great calls in the Amazon Room today. His wife, Van Nguyen, is seated in the Red Section.

They're Not Numbers, They're Freeman

Dave Freeman and Greg Freeman are playing here at Buzio's Seafood Restaurant. They're identical twin brothers sitting two tables away from each other, and both live in Texas. One has a black Body Armour hat and one has a visor. Let's hope they don't switch halfway through the day to throw us off.

Dave has 18,000 in chips and Greg has 25,075.

Hua-t a Turn

A player in middle position opened with a raise to 600 that C.K. Hua, in the small blind, and Filipe Mojave, in the big blind, both called. The flop came {6-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}.

Hua led out for 1,500 before Mojave went all in for 8,875. The original aggressor folded before Hua made the call with {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}. He was behind Mojave's {A-Spades} {J-Hearts}.

It was a diffrent story as the turn came {K-Spades} and river {8-Hearts}--a very unlucky way to get outdrawn and eliminated for Mojave.

Hua is up to 57,300 as a result.

Tags: C K HuaFilipe Mojave

Fewer Players, More Energy

We reported earlier that things have certainly been quiet here in the Amazon room. However, in the last thirty minutes or so, things have really picked up. Chatter is now a constant at almost every table and it's been a nice replacement to the always dull sound of chips shuffling between fingers.

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.

No Clemency from Clements

Scott Clements raised to 600 and had one player call behind him. The flop came {7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. Clements bet 750 and was called. The turn was the {4-Clubs}. This time Clements checked, his opponent bet 1,500, and Clements called.

The river was the {8-Diamonds}. 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 {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}, and his opponent mucked. Clements is up to 30,000.

Tags: Scott Clements

Postle Doubles Up

Board: {2-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}

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 {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs} for a pair of sixes.

After the hand, Postle is up over 50,000 while Rice was shorted down to 8,000.
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