2008 World Series of Poker

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

Farzad Far from Chips

On a flop of {9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}, the big blind bets 600 and a late-position player calls. Farzad Rouhani calls in the cutoff and Gavin Griffin calls on the button.

The turn is {9-Hearts} and the big blind bets 600. Rouhani calls. Griffin folds.

The river is {9-Spades} and the BB bets 1500. Rouhani calls.

The big blind shows {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Rouhani mucks. He's down to 27,000 and Griffin is down to 4,000.

Pair No Good for 'thaboss'

Jarrad "thaboss" Dale dropped down to 17,550 after hitting top pair on a board of {6-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}. Dale's opponent led out for 2,500 on the turn and Dale check-called. The river was the {K-Hearts} and his opponent fired 4,000 and again Dale made the call. Dale turned over Q-X for top pair while his opponent showed 7-4 for a flopped straight.

Ready For My Close-up

There may be some observational bias here, but it seems like the number of all-ins dramatically increases when the ESPN cameras come into the room looking for action. Or maybe it's the dealers shouting, "All in, table 48!!!" with a little more oomph that gets your attention. One player was upset with his dealer when he didn't announce his all-in with enough volume. "You just cost me my TV time," he said, and was apparently serious.

Tiffany Michelle Gives a Little Back

Tiffany Michelle
Tiffany Michelle
Tiffany Michelle raised to 600 from under the gun. The cutoff seat looked her up and they took a flop heads up.

The flop came {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} and both players checked. When the {4-Spades} came off on the turn, Michelle bet 2,000 and her opponent called.

The river fell the {7-Hearts} and both players checked again. Michelle showed {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} but couldn't beat the {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} of her opponent. She slipped to 34,800 chips on the hand.

Tags: Tiffany Michelle

Mike Sexton Eliminated

Well, Vince... I had Ace-King and...
Well, Vince... I had Ace-King and...
Mike Sexton just couldn't get anything going today. Down to his last 3,000, he moved all in preflop with {A-?} {K-?} and Mike Scala made the call with {K-?} {J-?}. The flop came down {J-?} {J-?} {5-?} , making Scala trips. The turn and river blanked out for Sexton and he made an early exit.

Tags: Mike Sexton

Lilholdem on Life Support

Preflop, Chad "lilholdem" Batista raises to 550 in late position and the opponent, who Batista berated earlier, reraises to 2,975 all in, in the small blind. Batista calls.

Batista: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}
Small blind: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

Board: {K-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{6-Spades}

Batista is down to 9,000.

Fish Dinner

Mike Matusow has just eliminated Salman Ali on the TV table. Ali was holding {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs} to Matusow's {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}.

Fireworks left over from yesterday went off on the {5-?} {6-?} {9-?} flop containing two diamonds. Ali was the all-in player and the player eliminated when the {K-Diamonds} fell on the turn.

Tags: Mike Matusow

Filippi Sick

Amnon Filippi
Amnon Filippi
On a board of {J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts} Amnon Filippi was facing a bet of 1,300 from an opponent in late position.

"So sick everytime!" said Filippi as he tossed out chips to make the call. His opponent flipped over {K-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the rivered flush as Filippi mucked his cards.

After the hand his opponent quipped, "A king wins it, right?"

Filippi gave a confused "What?" before giving his opponent the 'thumbs up' gesture saying "Yeah, a king wins you a real big pot!"

Filippi is left with 13,400 chips.

Tags: Amnon Filippi

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

David Singer raised to 600 and the big blind called. The flop was {K-Spades} {8-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}. The big blind checked, Singer bet 3,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the big blind check-called another 2,500 from Singer. The river was the {2-Spades} and both players checked.

Singer turned up {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts} while the big blind showed {5-Hearts} {6-Clubs} for a busted straight draw. After the hand, Singer was up to 38,000.

Tags: David Singer

Daniel Alaei Busted

Daniel Alaei was sent to the rail after he had led out for 7,000 on a board of {J-Clubs} {3-Spades} {4-Spades} {4-Clubs}. Daniel's opponent moved all in and had Daniel covered. Daniel called, showed a {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} flush draw but was drawing dead against his opponent's pocket threes which had turned a full house.