The bad luck continues - Kim Wooka is out on Day 1A

On a day when her pocket J's kept running into bigger pairs and time ticking down on Day 1, Kim knew that it was time to set a trap for her opponents and try to double up. But, as all good poker players know, sometimes your opponent escapes from your trap at the last minute and the play works against you.

With 12K left in her stack, and with blinds at 300/600, Kim called a raise of 1800 with pocket 6's. She and her opponent saw the flop heads-up and it was a dream - A 10 6! Knowing full well that her opponent's range of hands most likely included an Ace, Kim set the trap.

First to act she checked, knowing that her opponent had hit his ace and will bet, and then most likely will pay her off on the re-raise. When she went all-in over the top of his bet, her opponent thought about it and then made the call with AJ of clubs. With only one club on the flop her opponent was drawing thin (to runner runner clubs, runner runner A A, or runner runner J J.) When another club hit the turn, things got scary. When yet another club hit the river Kim was out, losing to her opponent's Ace-high flush.

Sometimes you can make all the right moves and still come up empty. Today was just one of those days for Kim.

A trouble hand during Level 4

During Level 4 at the World Poker Finals, Kim found herself in another unfortunate position. With blinds at 200/400, she raised with JJ from early position. Kim got one caller and then the big blind raised to 3,500.

After making the call, she once again saw a flop with all under cards. The re-raiser immediately pushed all-in for 12K. Having an overpair, and because she still had around 25K, Kim made the call. Unfortunately, her opponent had QQ. With no help on the turn and river, Kim lost half her stack.

She is going into Level 5, the final level of the day, with 13K remaining.

World Poker Finals - Not much has changed after two levels.

After two full levels at the World Poker Finals event at Foxwoods, there has not been much action. 153 Players were registered for day 1A and only 4 players have been eliminated after 3 hours of play.

Kim is still remains at her starting chip stack of 30K. She had gained a little ground in the first level, winning a few small pots and increasing her stack to 31K by the first break. However, during the second level she run into an unfortunate situation. Holding pocket 9's and calling a raise from the Under the Gun player, Kim saw a board of all low cards (none higher than her 9's). After getting check-called after the flop and river, Kim sensed she might be beat and checked the river, even after no scare cards came. Fortunately her opponent checked as well and showed the winning hand, pocket Q's.

The hand put Kim's stack down to 23K, but in hindsight it could have cost her alot more. She's recovered nicely since then, building her stack back up to $30k by picking up several small pots.

Players have just finished their second break and are about to play Level 3. More to come...

Foxwoods World Poker Finals

The World Poker Finals at Foxwoods began today at 12:00 EST. Team Everest Poker member Kim Wooka is at table #19 and ready to make her run at the event. A notable poker pro, Bernard Lee, is sitting on her left so Kim will have her work cut out for her.

Check back soon for more information on this event and Kim's progress...