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. Robert Varkonyi's opponent put in his last 2,150 chips and Varkonyi decided to make the call with 
. His opponent opened 
for a set of fives. The river bricked out 
to double up Varkonyi's opponent. Varkonyi is down to 10,700.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1b
. Robert Varkonyi's opponent put in his last 2,150 chips and Varkonyi decided to make the call with . His opponent opened for a set of fives. The river bricked out to double up Varkonyi's opponent. Varkonyi is down to 10,700.
. The big blind checked, Tran bet 1,200, the EP player called and the big blind folded. The turn was the 
. Tran fired out another 2,500 and the EP player called. The river was the 
and both players checked. Tran showed
for a full house, besting his opponent's 
and dragged the pot. He's up to 24,500.
after Dost had checked. Dost did make the call. The turn was the . He checked over to Young again and this time Young made it 1,500. Dost again made the call.The river was the
and Dost checked once again to Young. Young bet 2,500 and Dost called. Young turned over for a set on the turn. Dost mucked his hand.Young is up to 44,000 now.
, Hal Lubarsky checked and a late-position player bet out 1,100. Lubarsky raised to 2,600 and then his opponent reraised to 9,100. Lubarsky then came over the top all in. His opponent only had 2,000 more and made the call.Lubarsky showed
and his opponent showed 
. The turn and river missed both players and Lubarsky moved up to 42,000 chips.
after his opponent, Pattari Kangas, led out with a bet. Kangas made the call with the best hand -- his 
against Tran's 
. Tran did not improve through the river and slipped to about 6,000.A few hands later, the dust barely settled from his last hand, Tran bet 2,500 on a flop of
. His lone opponent, Jeremy Renz, check-raised to 8,000 and Tran called all in for his last 6,000. This time he was ahead with 
. But Renz held the dreaded flush draw with 
and got there when the turn fell 
. The river completed the board and ended Kenny Tran's Main Event.
The flop is
and the opponent bets 6,000. Hachem raises to 13,000 all in and the opponent calls.The opponent mucks immediately when he sees
, and the turn and river come . Hachem doubles to 47,000.
. James McBeth, whose 40th birthday is today, called with 
, and it was off to the races. Schoepfer didn't improve, proving once again that experience always triumphs over youth. We imagine he'll spend the rest of his birthday drunk and surrounded by naked strippers (and being carded everywhere he goes).
, a player in early position checked, Mirko Tauber bet 6,000, the EP player check-raised to 15,000, then Tauber shoved all in. That ended his opponent's interest in the hand, and Tauber dragged the pot.Tauber is up to 48,000.
With so many playes coming from all over the world for the World Series of Poker, this kind of issue can be a common occurrence. If there's one thing that doesn't need any translation, it's the chips and the cards.