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. His opponent showed 
but Witteles was in great shape with 
.The river brought the
and Witteles doubled up to over 31,000 chips.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1b
. His opponent showed but Witteles was in great shape with .The river brought the
and Witteles doubled up to over 31,000 chips.
and managed to get one of his opponents, Danilo Carlucci, all in preflop. Unfortunately for Verkerk, Carlucci also had a premium hand -- 
. The board ran out 
to make aces full of fours for Carlucci. He now has 13,200 chips, while Verkerk falls to 7,300.
and Peter Krieg has . The board comes 
and Carey is eliminated. Krieg still only has 13,000.
the small blind checked, Micah Behling bet 700, the small blind moved all in for 5,500 and Behling made the call. Behling rolled over 
for the nut straight while his opponent showed 
for the lower straight. The turn was the , the river was the 
and Behling eliminated the small blind, increasing his stack to 30,000.
. The turn came down the .Young raised his opponent's 1,000 bet to 3,000 and was called. The river came the
, pairing the board. Young bet 3,100 when checked to and was called.Young showed
for a Broadway straight. His opponent flashed for two pair and didn't get the board to pair with the card he needed. This pot brought Young to 36,000.
The took a flop of
and Koskas led for 1,175 and the LP player made the call. Both players checked the on the turn before the river fell the 
. Koskas fired out a bet of 4,800 and his opponent thought for a moment before laying it down. Koskas flashed 
, (a hand made famous by Joe Hachem when he won the 2005 Main Event with it) for just a mediocre two pair to take it down.
. His opponent held pocket eights. The board ran out 
, and van Leest is gone.
The flop is
. It's checked to Tuan who bets 2,000. The MP calls and the UTG folds.The turn is
and Tuan bets all in for 2,000. The MP calls and shows 
to Tuan's 
. The river is 
and Tuan is out.
Franklin held
on a board of 
. His opponent had the but couldn't beat Franklin's straight and headed for the rail.After the pot, Franklin has his bearing straight with about 31,000 chips.