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
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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Doyle Brunson Rides Into the Sunset

Doyle Brunson Eliminated
Doyle Brunson Eliminated
On a flop of {7-Clubs} {5-Spades} {5-Diamonds}, Shrini Kelkar bet 2,000 and Doyle Brunson moved all in for 7,925 more.

Kelkar: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Brunson: {6-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}

Turn: {A-Hearts}
River: {7-Hearts}

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.

Tags: Doyle Brunson

The Rollercoaster Ride Continues For Yang

Jerry Yang's 2007 World Champion Banner in the Amazon Room
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}{Q-Clubs} and Yang was in trouble with {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}.

The board ran out {A-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{Q-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}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}{K-Clubs}. His opponent showed {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and despite having a dominating hand preflop, Yang had snagged the lead with his {K-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. 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?

Tags: Jerry Yang

Welcome to Thayer's House

Thayer Rasmussen made a raise before the short stacked Greg Alston moved all in. Rasmussen made the call with {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} and was dominating Alston's {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}.

Just to make sure of Alston's elimination the flop came {6-Clubs} {K-Spades} {6-Spades}. The turn came {Q-Diamonds} and river {5-Hearts}.

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

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} {3-Diamonds} {3-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}.

"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.

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

About Face!!

Quite a few players have returned to the Tropical Room a bit late from dinner break to find their table...gone. Their chips...gone. But nothing sinister is going on--five tables here were moved immediately to the Amazon Room after the break. So there's been a trickle of players walking to their former table, being intercepted by a dealer or floorperson, and given directions to their new field of battle.

Cocktails to Blue #2

A few hours ago, we asked John "The Razor" Phan why he wasn't drinking beer, the way he did during the $2,500 Triple Draw Event a few weeks ago.

"It's too early," he said. "I'll wait until after dinner."

True to his word, Phan just had a beer delivered to his table, not even ten minutes into post-dinner play.

Alexander Kostritsyn Sends a Player Out

Alexander Kostritsyn
Alexander Kostritsyn
After a raise from in front Alex Kostritsyn reraised from the big blind and the original bettor moved all in. Kostritsyn called and his {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} needed to dodge his opponent's {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}. And he did just that, avoiding the flush on the river as the board ran out {J-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} to win a pot that pushed Kostritsyn up to 33,000.
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