2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Davidson Matthew Busts Opponent

Davidson Matthew in Event #33
Davidson Matthew in Event #33
An under-the-gun player limps in and Davidson Matthew calls in the small blind.

The flop is {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Matthew leads out for 6,000. The opponent raises to 17,900 all in.

Matthew goes into the tank for five minutes and eventually calls. He shows {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} to {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} for the opponent.

The turn and river are {K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and the opponent is eliminated. Matthew has 42,000.

Oracle Ousted

On a flop of {J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, Roy "the Oracle" Winston checked from the big blind, Eric Sfez bet 2,300, and "Miami" John Cernuto called from the button. Winston then raised all in with his last 9,500. Sfez called, and Cernuto got out of the way.

Winston {J-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Sfez {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and the river {5-Clubs}, and Winston is out.

Tags: Eric SfezRoy Winston

Billy Baxter Accumulating

Billy Baxter
Billy Baxter
Billy Baxter has just taken down a nice pot against Jonas Klausen. Baxter bet on the turn and river on the board of {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and Klausen made the call.

Baxter showed down {J-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for second pair which was good enough to take the pot and move up to 33,000 chips.

Tags: Billy Baxter

Friedman Frees Opponent of Chips

Perry Friedman
Perry Friedman
Perry Friedman raises to 900 in middle position and a late position player calls.

The flop is {J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{Q-Spades} and Friedman bets 1,600. The LP calls.

The turn is {K-Spades} and Friedman bets 3,000. The LP calls.

The river is {8-Clubs} and both check. Friedman shows {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and the opponent mucks. Friedman is up to 34,000.

See You Later, Katja Thater

Katja Thater Eliminated
Katja Thater Eliminated
On a flop of {7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, a player in early position fired out a bet of 3,000 before Katja Thater raised it up to 11,000. Rep Porter then came over the top of both players for all of his chips. The original bettor folded, and Thater made the call.

Thater: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
Porter: {7-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The turn was the {8-Clubs} and river the {2-Diamonds}, as Porter takes the pot to move to 40,000 chips to send Thater to the exit.

Tags: Katja Thater

Jordan Morgan Doubles Up

Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan
The exact details are unclear, but Jordan Morgan took down a pot holding {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} against the {10-Hearts} {10-Spades} of his opponent. Morgan got it all in on a flop of {A-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {4-Spades}. When the turn and river fell the {Q-Hearts} and {K-Diamonds} respectively, Morgan's aces were best and he doubled to approximately 36,000 chips.

Brown Frustrated With His Call

A few players limped in preflop, with Chad Brown being one of them. The flop came down {K-Spades} {9-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} and it checked to Brown. He bet 500 and only Dustin Holmes on the button made the call.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and Brown bet out 1,000. Holmes raised to 3,000 and Brown called.

The river was the {5-Spades} and Brown checked over to Holmes. Holmes bet 6,000 and Brown called.

Holmes showed {K-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} for top two and Brown mucked his hand, looking frustrated that he made the call in the first place. He is now down to 11,500.

Tags: Chad BrownDustin Holmes

Voertmann Can't Dodge Bullets

Jens Voertmann bet 850 on the button. He was raised to 2,700 by Dan Bernstein and made the call. The two men took a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {10-Spades}, which brought a bet of 4,000 from Bernstein. Voertmann called. Bernstein moved all in for 10,000 when the turn fell {7-Diamonds} and again Voertmann called. Bernstein had pocket aces, which were far ahead of Voertmann's pocket jacks. No love for the Voertmann when the river comes {K-Spades}.

He is down to just 5,000 in chips.