2008 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,710,070
Entries
2,718
Players Left
2,718
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

No Tipping

With the board showing {8-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{J-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and 70,000 already in the pot, Tommy Vu stood up from his chair and told his opponent "If you got me, you got me -- I'm all in," pushing his remaining 17,000 in front of him. His opponent called, Vu showed pocket sixes, and his opponent mucked.

An elated Vu then pulled out a $100 bill to hand to the dealer. "No dealer ever treated me this nice," he said. (The dealer, of course, did not accept the money.) Vu was up to 107,000.

As if to prove the dealer treats all the same, on the very next hand Vu lost a Big Slick-vs.-queens confrontation with the same player, and slipped back to 66,000.

Tags: Tommy Vu

Not FBT Yet

Though Greg "FBT" Mueller had taken a beat earlier and was down to just 60,000, he just cracked pocket aces and is now back up to 135,000. Greg held pocket tens and the flop ran {J-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {Q-Spades}, giving Greg an open-ended straight draw, which connected on the turn.

Field Thinning Fast

We're a little over an hour into the start of today and we've already lost more than 75 players from today's field. However, we're playing down to the final nine players tonight, which is still quite a ways away.

Xiang It

Tingjian Xiang raised to 6,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Jon Friedberg in the big blind who raised to 21,000. Xiang then shoved for 30,000 total and Friedberg called.

Friedberg showed {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}, and Xiang {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}. An ace flopped, and Xiang couldn't catch up. Xiang is out, and Friedberg up to 96,000.

Pham Gets Help, Doesn't Need It

David Pham called an opponent's all in preflop holding pocket eights and was up against his opponent's pocket sixes. On a flop of {10-Clubs} {7-Spades} {8-Hearts}, Pham managed to hit a set, though it gave his opponent a straight draw. The {3-Hearts} on the turn and the {Q-Hearts} on the river were of no help and his opponent was eliminated. Pham is up to 67,000 after the hand.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Vive le Vivek

Vivek Rajkumar called a short-stacked player's all in with {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. Unfortunately for him, his opponent held {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. The board brought no third five, and Rajkumar's stack was chopped in half to 19,000.

Two hands later, Rajkumar was all in himself and managed to double back up to 28,000.

Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Case Ace Race?

Preflop, Kristy Gazes raised all in holding {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} against Mitchell Siegel holding pocket eights. Gazes missed the flop completely, and the turn, but found the {A-Clubs} on the river to double her up to 60,000. While the hand was taking place, two players at her table announced that they had folded an ace, making the {A-Clubs} on the river the case ace.

Doing the Short-Stacked Shuffle

Now that we're well in the money, the short stacks are pushing all in with regularity. We recently saw a three-way all in involving Patrick Ricci (15,900), Ross Derrod (8,000), and Greg Mueller. Mueller, with over 130,000, can afford to gamble with the shorties.

Derrod {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Ricci {A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Mueller {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. Ricci is out. Derrod won the main pot with his jacks and is up to 20,000. Mueller still has about 120,000.

Pair of Threes Good?

On a flop of {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}, Hevad "Rain" Khan raised an opponent who had bet out 3,200. Khan's raise was for 15,000, which was enough to put his opponent all-in. His opponent called and showed 4-3 for an open-ended straight draw while Khan showed 9-7 for a gutshot. The turn brought the {3-Spades} with the {5-Clubs} on the river, giving his opponent two pair, threes and fives. Khan is down to 22,000 after the hand.