39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1d | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-06-2008 23:28 UTC-7

Bernard Lee Doubles Up with Queen High

[user25067]

With the board reading {10-Clubs}

on the turn, Bernard Lee moved all in for 6,500, sending Shawn Cunix into the tank.

"I know I'm behind, but I have to call" said Cunix. He turned over {5-Clubs}

for an open-ended straight draw.

"I can't believe I'm in the lead!" cried Lee, tabling the {Q-Diamonds}

.

The river was the {2-Diamonds}

and Lee won the pot with only queen high.

"Oh my God" he said, taking a mini-bow. "I need to give that guy a hug!" Lee made good on his promise and darted around the table to embrace Cunix.

Lee doubled up to 25,000 on the hand, but Cunix isn't hurting in the least. He's still sitting on 142,000 and is the current chip leader.

Tags: Bernard Lee Shawn Cunix

07-06-2008 23:28 UTC-7

Weiland By the Wayside

Shamus

Josh Weiland got the last of his chips with pocket kings versus an opponent who held A-K. Weiland looked to be in good shape, until his opponent spiked that ace on the river. Weiland is out.

Tags: Josh Weiland

07-06-2008 23:28 UTC-7

Sonstegard Finds the Going Rough

[user75032]

It's been a rough Level 5 for Eric Sonstegard. After cresting at about 87,000 chips, he recently doubled up two different opponents. First, he called a player's all-in reraise on a flop of {9-Clubs}

holding

. His opponent opened {A-Hearts}

, which held up through the river.

Then a short time later, he got all in preflop with {A-Diamonds}

for about 30,000 against a different opponent who showed {K-Spades}

. Sonstegard couldn't find an ace anywhere on the board by the time the river came down. He now has just 30,000 in chips.

07-06-2008 23:30 UTC-7

Jason Grad Eliminated

[user25067]

After being crippled on an earlier hand when his {A-?}

was cracked by {K-?}

spiking a set on the river, a short-stacked Jason Grad moved all in preflop with {K-Clubs}

and was called by an opponent holding {A-Diamonds}

. The board ran out {7-Spades}

and Grad hit the rail.

07-06-2008 23:31 UTC-7

Let It Go, Gus

[user75032]

Gus Hansen was recently moved into the Blue section of the Amazon Room near a television showing reruns of poker broadcasts. As he watched, the television replayed a hand involving Hansen, in the small blind, and the big blind. Both flopped trip aces, but Hansen's {A-?}

was badly out-kicked by his opponent's {A-?}

.

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."

Tags: Gus Hansen

07-06-2008 23:32 UTC-7

Stone Cold Knockout

[user75032]

Ara Melikian is out of the tournament. His pocket jacks couldn't outrace the A-Q of Steve Austin (no, not that Steve Austin) when the board came out {Q-Diamonds}

. Austin picks up additional chips to boost his stack to 124,000 in his quest to become the new Nine Million Dollar Man.

07-06-2008 23:33 UTC-7

Moore Than You Can Stand

Shamus

We caught up with this one on the turn. With the board showing {Q-Clubs}

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 {5-Clubs}

. 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.

Tags: John Moore

07-06-2008 23:33 UTC-7

A Voice Spoke Unto Noah

[user66118]

From middle position, Noah Schwartz comes in raising to 1,200. He gets one caller, the player on the button.

The two men watch the flop come down {Q-Hearts}

. 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 {A-Hearts}

and is in tough shape versus his opponent's {Q-Clubs}