Silber bet the river and when his opponent called, he showed the quads. His opponent mucked and Silber climbed to just shy of 350,000 chips.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2b
Silber bet the river and when his opponent called, he showed the quads. His opponent mucked and Silber climbed to just shy of 350,000 chips.
A middle-position player raised to 6,000, the player on the button called, then Clark reraised to 30,000 from the big blind. The original raiser then pushed all in for 116,000 more, and Clark made the call.
Clark showed , and his opponent turned over . What seemed a bright spot for Clark suddenly turned dim after the flop came . The turn was the and the river the , and Clark is down to 48,000.
The flop came and the big blind checked. Micon bet 7,300 and his opponent raised enough to put him all in. Micon called and the players showed:
Micon:
Opponent:
The turn and river fell the and respectively and Micon hit the rail.
Small Blind:
Big Blind:
Lane:
Top two for the small blind; middle set for the big blind; and top set for Lane. The turn and river bricked out, allowing Lane to eliminate two players and moved up the leaderboard to 233,000 chips.
Another hand went by without a flop over at Table #25 in Orange, where Dag Martin Mikkelsen has the big stack with 140,000. As the dealer shuffled for the next hand, a player stretched and yawned.
"Are you guys getting bored, is that what it is?" asked Kara Scott.
Scott has been playing patiently and not getting involved in too many hands of late. She sits with about 84,000 at present.
Nguyen:
Becker:
The flop came and Becker never retook the lead. Nguyen chipped up to just over 100,000 on the hand.
His opponent bet 11,000 and Chan put in a raise to 37,000. His opponent moved all in and Chan made the call for his remaining 47,100 chips. The players showed:
Chan:
Opponent:
The turn came the completing Chan's flush. The river helped neither player as it fell the .. Chan doubled up to just under 175,000 chips on the hand.
Bellande showed , and his opponent tabled A-K. Boom -- the brought Bellande his straight, making the on the river inconsequential.
Bellande is up to 190,000.