2008 World Series of Poker

Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$636,736
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Amit Makhija Busts Soheil Shamseddin

And becomes the tournament chip leader in the process. Already possessing a huge stack Makhija reraised to 7,200 after Shamseddin raised to 2,500. Shamseddin then shipped in the rest of his sizable stack and Makhija made the call.

The race was on--Shamseddin had A-K to Makhija's QQ. The flop came...A-10-J, putting Soheil in the lead. And on the turn, a King, giving Amit the straight. Shamseddin didn't make his boat on the river and Mahkija added to his already massive stack.

Tags: Amit MakhijaSoheil Shamseddin