The Binion's 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on ESPN
ESPN covered the 2003 WSOP nicely.
One feature ESPN has that The Travel Channel does not is the display of
percentages next to the cards. In other words, ESPN shows who the favorite
is to win the hand and what their percentage is at different times.
Men Nguyen took 25th place
Howard Lederer took 19th place
Howard Lederer gets knocked out by Phil Ivey. Howard describes Phil saying,
"he is absolutely fearless. He can have any 2 cards at any time and he'll play them like they're aces."
The hands below show how the field gets down to 9 players.
HAND 1
Fred Deeb Kh,Kc 64%
Fitoussi Js,Ts
Phil Ivey 7c,7s
flop 3s,Tc,7d moves Phil Ivey to 85%
Phil Ivey bets
Fred Deeb moves all in
Fitoussi folds
Phil Ivey calls
Phil Ivey is now shown as 91% after Fitoussi folds.
turn Kd
Fred Deeb is now 98%
river 9h
Fred Deeb takes the pot.
Fred Deeb counts 159,000 and Phil Ivey tells him to relax as he gets ready to pay. Phil Ivey says, "It must be the shirt."
Phil Ivey says you'd have to pay him something to wear Fred Deeb's shirt.
HAND 2
Thorson Ad,Qs
Scotty Nguyen Js,Jh 57%
flop Kc,2c,Th making Nguyen 71%
turn 7h making Scotty Nguyen 82%
river Ac knocking Scotty Nguyen out of the tournament. Thorson becomes the new chip leader.
HAND 3
Dutch Boyd 5c,5h 66%
Sam Farha Kh,2h
it is 67k and Sam Farha calls
flop Ah,5d,Jh making Dutch Boyd 73%
turn Qc making Dutch Boyd 78%
river Kc
Dutch Boyd doubles up at the expense of Sam Farha. Chris Moneymaker says welcome back to Dutch Boyd.
HAND 4
Thorson Ad,Ks
Vahedi 8d,Qd
flop 5d,7d,3h making Thorson 51%
turn 2s making Thorson 58%
river 8h giving Vahedi the pot.
The announcers note that Thorson still has 400k in chips after losing the last hand.
HAND 5
Sam Farha Ac,Jh
Thorson Ks,Kd
flop Tc,6d,Ah making Sam Farha 91%
Thorson moves all in.
Sam Farha calls.
turn Td making Sam Farha 96%
river 4c
Sam Farha takes the pot.
Thorson goes from chip leader to nothing in 2 hands.
HAND 6
Harrington Ad,Jd
Fred Deeb 6d,6h 51% all in
Harrington calls
flop 8c,Jh,2h making Harrington 86%
turn 5h making Harrington 75%
river 2d
Fred Deeb is eliminated and takes 13th place as Harrington takes the pot.
HAND 7
Sam Farha As,9s
Boyd Qc,Js
flop Ad,8h,Qh making Sam Farha 81%
turn 6h making Sam Farha 89%
river 2d
Dutch Boyd is eliminated 3 spots short of the final table.
He won 80k.
Ten players remain at what will be the final table the next day. They need one more player to drop before the day is over.
Chris Moneymaker is the chip leader with 1.5 million. He won his way in through a $40 internet tournament.
HAND 8
Farha Ac,9c 16k bet
Moneymaker Ah,Qc 71% raises to 50k
Farha calls
flop 6h,4d,As
Farha ck
Moneymaker 86% 70k
Farha calls
turn 5s making Moneymaker 93%
Farha ck
Moneymaker 70k
Farha calls
river Kc
Farha ck
Moneymaker 70k
Farha calls
Moneymaker shows his Ah,Qc and takes down the pot.
HAND 9
Moneymaker Ah,Qd 60k
Ivey 9h,9s was 55% without Lester
Lester Td,Ts 44%
flop Qh,6s,Qs making Moneymaker 82%
Moneymaker 70k
Ivey calls
Lester folds
turn 9c making Ivey 83% with the full house
Moneymaker 200k
Ivey goes all in
Moneymaker calls making the pot size 1 million
river As
Moneymaker is saved by the Ace on the river as Ivey is knocked out of the tournament.
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