2008 World Series of Poker

Event 3 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q4
Prize
$214,131
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
713
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

The King is Dead! Zachary King Eliminated in Seventh Place

It looked pretty promising for Zachary King for a very brief period there. He moved all in from the big blind to Jacobo Fernandez's small blind raise, and flipping over his lackluster {5-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}, he was pretty pleased to find himself ahead of giganto-stack Fernandez's even lamer {J-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}. Even more pleasing was the {5-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {9-Hearts} board, pairing up King's hand and ensuring that he lived to see another one. Still, even with the double-up, he was on just 84,000, and posting the small blind next hand dented him down to just 78,000.

So a couple of hands later, it folded around to King and he made it 42,000. Greg Alston reraised, and King called all in.

It really couldn't have been worse for him, as Alston flipped over {A-Hearts} {A-Spades}, massively crushing King's {A-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}. A frisson of excitement as the flop came down two diamonds, but no diamond on the turn -- the board reading {10-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} by the end -- meant that we are one baseball cap down.

Tags: Gregory AlstonZachary King