2008 World Series of Poker

Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$219,508
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
731
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

A River Straight Knocks Jurgens Down

Limit Hold'em:

A early-position player raised and Tad Jurgens reraised. The player then raised again and Jurgens called. The flop came {A-Spades} {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} and Jurgens raised his opponent's bet. His opponent called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} and Jurgens bet when checked to to get his opponent's last 175 in the middle. His opponent called and showed {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}. Jurgens held two pair with {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} but wasn't happy to see the {K-Diamonds} hit on the river, giving his opponent a straight and knocking Jurgens down to 5,000.

Tags: Tad Jurgens