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Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Total Entries
1,344
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,344
Filter
Dustin Dirksen 170,200
Andrew Jeffreys 164,500
Glen Bean 118,400
David Chicotsky 104,000
Matthew Ehrlich 103,400
Nick Niergarth 89,900
Patrick Stemper 86,200
Russell Carson 84,900
Barry Greenstein 82,100
Yves Grenon 78,900
Mike Ellis -- 19,500
Jared Hamby -- 35,500
Graham Wheldon -- 13,000
Barry Greenstein -- 69,500
Alex Michaels -- 19,500
Danny Ryan -- 21,500
Dave Barnes -- 45,500
Thor Hansen -- 10,500
Court Harrington -- 13,000
Maria Mayrinck -- 54,500
Vivek Rajkumar -- 68,000
Chris Bjorin -- 27,000
Kai Paulsen -- 29,000
Young Phan -- 15,000
Bill Gazes -- 37,000
Mike Schwartz -- 10,000
Phil Hellmuth -- 47,500
Conor Tate -- 33,500
"Come on, baby! I'm sick of this! Come on, knock me out!"
Eventually Mr. Mid-Position makes the call.
Nguyen:
Mr. Mid-Position:
("I'm alive!" he says for some reason.)Board:
"Royal!" shouts Nguyen, again for no reason, and high-fives a railer -- much of the fuss accompanying this hand has been needless, and in a last, glorious, surreal act before departing, Nguyen hands his mid-position assassin a large plastic peanut.
As the action makes its way through to the big blind, he checks his hand, shakes his head and jokes, "Did you wake up with a hand?" before finally making the fold.
He may look harmless enough, but Greenstein still has one eye on the game, even when he's sleeping...
, all in on the turn of a 
board. His opponent was holding 
.Now he is up to 68,000.
against 
. Board: 
.
