Interestingly enough, this is Bill's fourth World Series of Poker, in which all previous attempts he's been unsuccessful. Though today may only be Day 1, Bill has positioned himself in great shape to make it to Day 2, and he hopes to go deep.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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Interestingly enough, this is Bill's fourth World Series of Poker, in which all previous attempts he's been unsuccessful. Though today may only be Day 1, Bill has positioned himself in great shape to make it to Day 2, and he hopes to go deep.
, a player in middle position bet out 5,100 into a 10,000 pot. Kostritsyn then raised to 20,000 and his opponent folded. At this point Kostritsyn was up to 54,000.The very next hand, a player moved all in against Kostritsyn and Kostritsyn made the call. Kostritsyn held
and his opponent held 
. The board ran out 
and after the hand, Kostritsyn moved up to 73,000 in chips.
and Alex Outhred made the call with 
. The board ran out 
and Outhred eliminated his opponent, increasing his stack to 54,000.
The flop came Q-Q-x. The SB checked, D'Angelo bet 9,000, and his opponent responded by check-raising all in. D'Angelo mucked his cards disgustedly.
The SB showed Q-J for trip queens and eventually took both the main and side pots, eliminating the all-in player.
D'Angelo quizzed his opponent, asking him how he could call 8,000-plus with Q-J.
"Maybe you could have been on a move?" he proposed.
"How could I be on a move? This guy was all in!" answered an incredulous D'Angelo.
The debate continued. Meanwhile, D'Angelo now is down to 10,000.
, Cheung moved all in and was called by the small blind. Cheung had him covered. Cheung held 
and his opponent held 
. The turn fell the
and river was the 
and Cheung moved down to 14,675 in chips.
. His opponent called with 
for an open-ended straight draw while Mizrachi held 
for a pair and flush draw. The on the turn completed his opponent's straight and Mizrachi was unable to improve.
The two men watch the flop come down
. Schwartz checks over to his opponent, who makes a bet of 2,200. Noah takes it as his cue, and he moves all in for 7,200, which the villain calls. Schwartz turns up and is in tough shape versus his opponent's 
. The turn and river -- 
-- provide no help for Schwartz, and he is eliminated from the field.
and a small pile of chips in the middle, a middle-position player had bet and John Moore, after brooding for some time, made the call.The river brought the
. The middle-position player bet 8,075 -- something like three-fourths of the pot -- and the action was on Moore. He again took his time, then, after two minutes or so, slid a bet of 32,075 out before him."I knew it, man . . . Oh, God." So spoke Moore's opponent. Usually a good sign for the one doing the raising.
He let it go, and Moore is now up near 90,000.
. Austin picks up additional chips to boost his stack to 124,000 in his quest to become the new Nine Million Dollar Man.
was badly out-kicked by his opponent's 
.Hansen turned to one of our field reporters and started analyzing the hand with him. "I just couldn't put him on a bigger ace," Hansen told our field reporter. "I donked off over a million chips. I hope I don't do that this year."
