2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1c
The flop was and with all the chips in on the flop, Berger flipped over against his opponent's pocket tens.
The turn was the and river and Berger is now up to 14,000 chips.
He got tangled up with Jason Kang in a heads-up sizable pot. There was already more than 17,000 in the center of the table by the time they made it to the river. The board read . After the fifth street card came off, Kang moved all in with an overbet of 30,000. Farha went deep into the tank before making the call with . Kang tabled , and his winning pair of queens is good to knock out the accomplished pro.
The river is and UTG bets 11,000. DeWitt goes into the tank. "Wow," he mutters to himself. "That's so sick." He calls, showing to his opponent's and takes the pot, moving up to 70,000.
They are aware of the situation though and when they mentioned how much Tony was attacking the blinds, he jokingly replied that he just kept being dealt aces on the button! I wonder when they will stop believing him? Tony is now up to over 21,000 chips.
"I win a pot with KINGS!! I get a WHEELCHAIR!!" he roared.
Mystified by his comment, we had to ask. Why a wheelchair?
Evidently Ross has a torn meniscus in his knee and has had some trouble navigating the crowded hallways with his injury. He's currently sitting on a 46,000 stack.
Traniello bet 2,500 and Hughes called. The turn was the and Traniello led for 6,000. Hughes reraised all in for 33,000 and had Traniello covered. Marco made the call with . Hughes held for a turned two pair.
The river was the and couldn't put Traniello back in the lead and he was eliminated.
Hughes is up to 75,000.
The board ran out . Khouiss failed to get over the hump, and he is headed out of here shortly before dinner time.
Then a few moments later Morrison was caught bluffing, after firing 3,000 on the turn and 7,000 on the river on a board of . It looked like his opponent was about to fold but he eventually made the call. Morrison knocked the table and said, "Nice call," as he tossed his cards straight into the muck. His opponent showed to take down the pot.
Morrison is back down to 14,000.