39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-14-2008 15:45 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Play resumes.

07-14-2008 15:44 UTC-7

With the field down to just 18 players, play is now confined to just two tables. Here are the current seating assignments:

ESPN Featured Table

Seat 1: Nicholas Sliwinski
Seat 2: Jason Riesenberg
Seat 3: Tiffany Michelle
Seat 4: Dennis Phillips
Seat 5: Scott Montgomery
Seat 6: Dean Hamrick
Seat 7: Gert Andersen
Seat 8: Anthony Scherer
Seat 9: Peter Eastgate

Outer Table

Seat 1: Joe Bishop
Seat 2: Chris Klodnicki:
Seat 3: Owen Crowe
Seat 4: Ylon Schwartz
Seat 5: Kelly Kim
Seat 6: Darus Suharto
Seat 7: Ivan Demidov
Seat 8: Craig Marquis
Seat 9: David "Chino" Rheem

07-14-2008 15:39 UTC-7

Re-Draw to Two Tables

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The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining 18 players re-draw for seats on the final two tables.

07-14-2008 15:32 UTC-7

Albert Kim Eliminated in 19th Place ($257,334)

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Albert Kim opened with a raise from the cutoff to 275,000 before Chris Klodnicki made it 750,000 to go from the button. The blinds folded and Kim moved all in. Klodnicki tanked, as he barely had his opponent covered, but made the call.

Klodnicki: {9-Hearts}

Kim:

They joked about running it twice but settled on the traditional once, as the board ran out {9-Spades}

to give Klodnicki a set to eliminate Albert Kim in 19th place for $257,334.

Tags: Albert Kim Chris Klodnicki

07-14-2008 15:26 UTC-7

Brandon Cantu Eliminated in 20th Place ($257,334)

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Peter Eastgate raised to 300,000, Brandon Cantu moved all in from the button for 2.3 million and Eastgate called.

Cantu {9-Hearts}

Eastgate

The flop was {8-Diamonds}

. Cantu's nines still led, but Eastgate picked up the nut flush draw. The turn was the {8-Hearts}

, but the river was the {4-Diamonds}

. Eastgate made his flush and Cantu was eliminated in 20th place, collecting $257,334.

After the hand, Eastgate was back up over 9 million.

Tags: Brandon Cantu Peter Eastgate

07-14-2008 15:26 UTC-7

Paul Snead Eliminated in 21st Place ($257,334)

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After getting brutally rivered in a huge pot with Scott Montgomery, Paul Snead was eliminated just a few hands later. Craig Marquis raised to 280,000 from under the gun and Snead moved all in for around 400,000. Marquis called and his {A-Spades}

dominated Snead's {A-Clubs}

. The board ran out {8-Hearts}

, and Paul Snead was eliminated from the Main Event.

07-14-2008 15:22 UTC-7

Scott Montgomery Wins a Huge Pot From Paul Snead

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Paul Snead raised to 300,000 on the button and Scott Montgomery raised to 800,000 from the big blind. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

, Montgomery bet 1.5 million and Snead raised to 3 million. Montgomery then shoved all in for 1.76 million more and put Snead to a decision.

He took a long, long time thinking it over. He tanked for over five minutes, standing up from the table, pacing a bit back and forth, trying to decide what to do. Eventually Tiffany Michelle called the clock on him, and Snead used up all but one second of his time before deciding to call.

Montgomery reached up and pulled his hat down to cover his face. "I got him, I got him!!" Snead said in triumph, and indeed his {J-Hearts}

were ahead of Scott's {A-Spades}

. The

on the turn was a good card for Snead, as it gave him a flush draw that removed the {A-Hearts}

from Montgomery's meager list of outs.

But on the river, Montgomery incredibly spiked the {A-Diamonds}

. The crowd gathered around the rail gasped in disbelief at that card and Montgomery picked up a pot worth over 11 million chips.

07-14-2008 15:21 UTC-7

Look Out, Hellmuth

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There are currently five players remaining with a chance to break Phil Hellmuth's "youngest player to win the Main Event" record.

Phil Hellmuth, Jr. was approximately 24 years and 303 days old when he carved his name in the history books. Of the 21 players currently remaining, there are five that could overtake him.

Craig Marquis (23) , Peter Eastgate (22), Chris Klodnicki (23), Tiffany Michelle (24), and Nicholas Sliwinski (23) could all break the record with a win in November.

07-14-2008 15:20 UTC-7

Cantu Pushing

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Kelly Kim raised to 325,000 on the button. Brandon Cantu moved all in from the small blind, Kim gave it up, and Cantu won the pot.

Tags: Brandon Cantu Kelly Kim

07-14-2008 15:20 UTC-7

Kim Works The Short Stack

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Nicholas Sliwinski raised from middle position to 275,000 before Albert Kim made it 675,000 to go from the button. The blinds folded and Sliwinski made the call.

The flop came {10-Diamonds}

and Sliwinski checked to Kim, who moved all in for 1.95 million. Sliwinski folded and Kim picks up the pot.

Tags: Albert Kim Nicholas Sliwinski