WSOP 2008
JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado got all of his chips in with 99 against an opponent’s pocket queens. Alvarado stood up, preparing to head to the rail, until he saw the flop of K
9
7
. His set of nines held and JC Alvarado doubled to around 27K.
Shaun Deeb and Amit “Amak316″ Makhija tangled in level 4. With the blinds at 250/500, Deeb raised to 1000 from middle position and Makhija called on the button. The flop showed T
9
5
and Deeb led out for 1500. Makhija called, and the turn brought the K
. Deeb checked, Makhija bet 4K and Deeb called. Deeb checked the river J
and Makhija bet 11K. Deeb thought for a minute and called. Makhija showed 9
9
for a set and Deeb mucked.
Another pair of online stars battled a few tables over. Kevin Saul and Chris “Genius28″ got 6K each in preflop and saw a flop of Q
A
T
and both checked. The turn brought the J
and Saul checked. Lee threw out a bet of 3500 and Saul called. The river was the {10s} and Saul led out for 8K. Lee thought for several minutes before calling with K
2
. Saul showed AQ before mucking and Lee won a pot of over 30K.
- June 6, 2008 -- Phil Kills Phil
- May 30, 2008 -- CrazyMarco and Keller Among Chip Leaders
- May 30, 2008 -- Big Event Early
- November 7, 2008 -- Below 200 Players

