The turn was a . Zinn let Le bet 35,000 before check-raising all in, having Le covered. Le insta-called his remaining stack -- about 75,000 chips -- and showed down for a set. Zinn tabled and was in trouble. The river was a raggy , and Le doubles his way up to 280,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2b
The turn was a . Zinn let Le bet 35,000 before check-raising all in, having Le covered. Le insta-called his remaining stack -- about 75,000 chips -- and showed down for a set. Zinn tabled and was in trouble. The river was a raggy , and Le doubles his way up to 280,000.
"I was hoping to limp, then I see these two babies!" exclaimed Matusow, flashing . He's up to 85,000.
Christiansen is down to 33,000.
Stann is out of the tournament; Grospellier now has 170,000.
Finally she folded. "Good hand?" she asked. Her opponent nodded.
Harman is down to about 12,000.
Jon Friedberg just reported to that seat and said, "Everyone here has a lot of chips, where'd you get them?". And that's when he learned that most of those chips were donated by the players who formerly occupied the chair he was about to sit in. Friedberg turned around and made like he was going to walk away, spilling one of his yellow 1,000 chips in the process. It landed on his chair...a bad omen?
Friedberg unracked as the players at the table told him about the demise of the others who'd sat in that seat. And then the cards were dealt and Friedberg reached for his chips and said, "Raise".
That also puts us at fewer than 1,500 total players remaining in the Main Event.