2008 World Series of Poker

Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$573,734
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,144,960
Entries
2,304
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Hand #42 - Luis Velador

Dean Bui has the button in Seat 1. Action is folded around to Luis Velador in the small blind, who calls. Dany Georges checks his option. The flop is {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {5-Hearts}. Velador bets 30,000 and Georges calls. The turn is the {8-Diamonds}. Velador fires again, for 75,000, Georges folds and Velador wins the pot.

Tags: Dany GeorgesLuis Velador

Hand #41 - Luis Velador

Anthony Signore has the button in Seat 9. Osmin Dardon raises to 75,000 from the cutoff seat. Luis Velador reraises to 199,000 total from the big blind. Dardon makes the call and they go heads up to the flop.

The flop comes {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}. Velador bets 275,000 and Dardon surveys the situation. He shuffles five yellow chips while staring Velador down. After about three minutes, a clock is called. With about 40 seconds left, Dardon stands up. He eventually folds and Velador wins the pot.

Updated Chip Counts

Velador has nearly half the chips in play.

Luis Velador 3,433,000
Osmin Dardon 858,000
Jae Chung 748,000
Anthony Signore 590,000
Shane Stacey 585,000
Dany Georges 467,000
Dean Bui 410,000

Hand #40 - Dean Bui / Luis Velador

Osmin Dardon has the button in Seat 8. Luis Velador raises to 57,000 and Dean Bui calls. The flop is {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}. Bui bets 105,000, Velador moves all in and it's 242,000 more for Bui to call. Bui starts slamming his chips around as he tanks and tries to elicit a few words out of Velador who remains silent, chomping away on his gum. After much hemming and hawing, Bui calls.

Bui {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

Velador {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}

The turn is the {3-Spades} and it's a chopped pot. Bui jumps out of his seat in anguish, having had his opponent crushed on the flop. The river is the meaningless {8-Clubs} and they split the pot.

Tags: Dean BuiLuis Velador

Hand #36 - Luis Velador

Luis Velador has the button in Seat 3. He raises to 58,000, Dany Georges reraises to 158,000 from the small blind, and Velador calls. The flop is {9-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {4-Spades}. Georges bets 100,000 and Velador calls. The turn is the {8-Hearts}. Georges checks, Velador bets 500,000, Georges folds and Velador wins the pot.

Tags: Dany GeorgesLuis Velador

Allies No More

As expected, the friendliness between these players has dissolved since play resumed. There is no animosity, but the smiles and glowing rapport we saw as they arrived have long faded. It's all business now.