WSOP 2008
Shortly after the bubble burst in the PLHE tournament Mark Newhouse called Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson’s all-in preflop. Johnson (pictured) showed A
K
and Newhouse held the Q
Q
. The board ran out T
8
2
6
T
. Johnson couldn’t catch anything and was knocked out in 34th place.
In another hand Matt “MattG1983″ Graham raised preflop and Kathy Liebert raised enough to put Graham all in. Graham called with the A
9
but was behind to Liebert’s A
J
. The flop of J
9
(5s} gave Graham the nut flush draw as well as pairing both kickers, but the K
on the turn, and the K
on the river ended Graham’s tournament. Both Johnson and Graham recieved $23,162 for their efforts.
After one player limped and another raised, Mike “MikeUNCC” Sowers reraised to 128,000. Vivek “Psyduck” Rajkumar called putting himself all in for 110,000 total. The limper and original raiser both folded. Sowers showed KK to Vivek’s QQ. The board ran out T-2-2-7-2 eliminating Vivek in 24th place for $26,470.
Tags: CrazyMarco, Kathy Liebert, Marco Johnson, Mark Newhouse, Matt Graham, mattg1983, Mike Sowers, MikeUNCC, psyduck, Vivek Rajkumar, WSOP Event #1 Related Posts:- May 31, 2008 -- The Bubble Finally Bursts
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