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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Flowers Wilts a Bit

On a flop of {7-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {3-Spades} the small blind checked, Frankie Flowers bet 600 and the small blind called. The turn was the {6-Spades} and both players checked. The river was the {Q-Clubs}. The small blind bet 1,500 and Flowers called.

The small blind turned up {7-Spades} {4-Spades} for trips and Flowers mucked. He's down to 23,000.

A Magical Turn

Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe
Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe
From late position, Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe opens the betting with a raise to 2,500. Jean-Robert Bellande gives him action from the small blind, putting in the call and going heads up to the flop.

It comes down {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}. Bellande bets out 3,200, and The Iceman raises it up to 7,000. Bellande calls.

The turn comes the {10-Spades}. Bellande checks to the aggressor, and Monroe puts out 15,000 chips, enough to cause his opponent to instantly muck his hand.

The Iceman says, "That was a magical turn," and shows the {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs}. He pulls in the pot and chips his way up near the 40,000 mark.

Tags: Jean-Robert BellandeTeddy MonroeThe Iceman

There's Reading Your Opponent, Then There's Acting Upon It

Jeremy Joseph did well during the first three levels of play today, building his stack up close to the 70,000 mark.

Recently he was in a hand where he raised to 1,200 preflop, and was reraised by an opponent to 3,000. He kicked it up to 9,900 total, only to have his opponent push all in for approximately 22,000 altogether.

"I've been telling myself you've been playing so tight," said Joseph in response to that fourth bet. "But this hand is too big to fold." He called.

Joseph had pocket kings, and sure enough, his opponent had the aces.

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, and Joseph is back down to 47,000.

Tags: Jeremy Joseph

Beth Shak Doubles Up

Beth Shak
Beth Shak
With the board reading {6-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {9-Hearts} on the turn, Beth Shak got her chips in the middle with {5-Clubs} {5-Hearts} against a late position opponent's {7-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}.

"I'm gonna make him turn his hand over first since he's been sucking out on me all day!" said Shak, right before they flipped over their hole cards.

The river was the {J-Diamonds} and Shak doubled up to 18,300.

Tags: Beth Shak

Grinder Not Grinding

We've only been back roughly twenty minutes since dinner and in that time Michael Mizrachi has already gone all in twice. He's a short stack and appears to be either catching great cards or just trying to double up quickly.

He's currently sitting close to 5,000.

Heave Ho

Maria Ho - Eliminated
Maria Ho - Eliminated
Maria Ho will not be repeating her magical run deep into the Main Event this year. The dinner break found her short-stacked. After Thanh Huyah raised to 1,500 on the button, Ho pushed all in for a total of 3,975. Huyah made the call with {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts}; he was behind Ho's {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds}. A king on the flop was all Huyah needed to take down the pot when Ho couldn't improve on her nines by the river.

Huyah now has about 54,000 chips.

Nikolay Evdakov Will Outflop You

Don't Mess With Nikolay
Don't Mess With Nikolay
Nikolay Evdakov raised to 1,100 from middle position, the small blind reraised to 2,200 and Evdakov called. The flop was {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts}. The small blind led out for 1,000 and Evdakov called. The turn was the {6-Diamonds}. The small blind bet another 2,000 and Evdakov called. The river was the {2-Diamonds}. The small blind checked, Evdakov bet 1,000 and the small blind called.

Evdakov showed {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} which had outflopped his opponent's {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} and dragged the pot. He's up to 34,000.

Newhouse In Need of Repair

We caught up with this one on the flop. With the board showing {6-Clubs}{K-Spades}{8-Spades}, two players checked to Mark Newhouse who bet 2,000. The first called, then the second raised to 9,500. Newhouse then reraised all in. The first player folded, and the second, whom Newhouse had covered, made the call.

Newhouse showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, but his opponent held {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for two pair. The turn was the {4-Spades} and the river the {6-Hearts}, and Newhouse has been knocked back to 9,000.

Tags: Mark Newhouse

Big Pot for the Little Man

On a flop of {8-Spades} {3-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}, Mike Sica checked to a player in seat seven who bet out 1,500. Mike Halioua raised to 6,000 and then Mike Sica then came over the top for 11,000 more. Both opponents folded.

After the hand, Sica is up to 24,000 in chips.

Tags: Mike Sica