Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
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. The BB player checked, Esfandiari bet 700 (about half the pot), and he was called.The turn was the
. Again the BB player checked, and this time Esfandiari bet 1,200. Again came the call.The river was the
. Again Esfandiari's opponent checked, and this time the Magician bet 3,300. All those bets finally did the job, as his opponent folded.Esfandiari won another nice-sized pot just after that one, and is now up to 48,000.
, John Friedberg checked to a player in the big blind who bet out 1,000. An under the gun player and Friedberg both called. On the turn card of the
, Friedberg checked and the big blind player bet 2,000. The under the gun player folded and Friedberg raised to 7,500. His opponent called.The river fell the
and Friedberg moved all in for 11,350. His opponent called for less. Friedberg showed
for a set of fives and his opponent showed for top two.After the hand, Friedberg moved up to 40,500
, Gus Hansen made it 1,125 preflop and a player from middle position called. The turn brought the 
and Gus fired 2,450 into the middle. His opponent went into the tank, played with some chips, then decided to call. The river was the 
and Gus led out for 4,100. His opponent called and Gus turned over pocket jacks for a straight. His opponent mucked and Gus is now up to 35,000.
. The river was the 
, and both players quickly checked. Ho turned over 
. Spencer nodded, said, "Pair of eights," and mucked.Ho is up to 26,000. Spencer has about 22,000.
Fashion note: Ho is wearing a black T-shirt which says on the back, "Look for Maria's hoes." We kept our eyes out for Maria's "hoes" and spotted three of them on the rail by Blue #25. They sported off-shoulder T-shirts which read on the front, "I [heart] Maria Ho".
Lazar had the best hand with
but Germann flopped a 
to pair his , putting the last nail in Lazar's coffin.
Griffin looks quite bruised and battered from last night's bout, but has another heavyweight opponent to take on today. He's seated two seats to the right of ten-time bracelet winner Johnny Chan.
and Newman checked. Williams moved all in for his last 2,350 and Newman made the call.Williams held
for a set and Newman had a flush draw with 
and a gutshot straight draw.The turn came the
and Williams needed to dodge the river to stay alive and double up.It just wouldn't be in the cards for Williams when the
hit the river, completing a runner-runner straight for Newman.Williams was eliminated from the tournament just as his mother showed up to give him his lucky lotion. A little late for that.
, and his opponent had bet out 5,000 into an already sizable pot. After some thought, the five-time bracelet winner made the call.Cunningham showed
for deuces full of kings. His opponent had a pair of jacks. Cunningham is up to 26,000.
