2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

The Dutchman Flies Outta Here

Marcel Luske
Marcel Luske
Marcel Luske meandered to his seat in the Tropical Room about 10 minutes late. With a beaming smile on his face, and a Starbucks coffee in his hand, he greeted the table and dealer, and started right in with the one liners.

Someone at the table seemed particularly enthused to be sitting with the Flying Dutchman. "Can we see some ID, sir?" he asked, as Luske laughed and pulled his passport from his suit jacket.

However, that was as much excitement as the room will get out of Luske today. Just after he sat down, possibly in his very first hand, he got in trouble.

Luske was sitting in the small blind, and the player in the cutoff opened the action to 150. Luske and the big blind both called, and the three men saw a flop of K-Q-T.

When the action came around, the cutoff bet 500, and Luske put his remaining chips into the pot, tabling J-9 for the straight after he was called. Not to be outdone by the Dutchman, the cutoff flipped over A-J, the nut straight, and sent Luske away to finish his coffee elsewhere.

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