2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2b
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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

Where Chip Stacks Go To Die

[user37786]
[user37786]
You don't want to be seated at Table 4, Seat 1. Earlier today a player made a huge 85,000 overbet after flopping top pair. He ran into the nut straight and was run out of the tournament. Another player shipped in 70,000 drawing dead.

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".