The flop nearly slammed the door shut on Pham's tournament when it came leaving Pham way behind. The turn and river blanked off and Pham was eliminated.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 44 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys
Day: 1
The flop nearly slammed the door shut on Pham's tournament when it came leaving Pham way behind. The turn and river blanked off and Pham was eliminated.
The flop came and Saul bet 1,000. He got two callers and the turn brought the . Saul bet 2,000 and again he got two callers. The river was the and this time Saul bet 6,000 and was raised by his opponent's all in to 8,750. Saul made the call with -X.
His opponent turned over for top two and Saul is left with only 6,000.
Entries: 879
Rebuys and Add-ons: 2,508
Prize Pool: $3,240,174
First Place: $693,392
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The flop came and Morgan needed running cards for a full house or he would be gone.
The turn gave him hope when the landed, but the river blanked the and Morgan packed up.
When the hand was over, Phan said, "Nice hand man, I knew that turn card was coming down. I just knew that would happen." After that loss, Phan had just over 4,000 left.
Shortly thereafter, he had been worked down under 3,000, but he manged to win a race with against . The peeled off on the turn, and Phan doubled up to where he stands now, 6,000.