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

07-14-2008 23:46 UTC-7

Dennis the Menace

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Dean Hamrick raised to 550,000 from the cutoff, Ylon Schwartz reraised to 2.2 million, Phillips reraised to 6,000,000, Hamrick folded, Schwartz folded and Phillips won the pot.

"Dennis the Menace!" cried one of his supporters from the stands.

Tags: Dean Hamrick Dennis Phillips Ylon Schwartz

07-14-2008 23:49 UTC-7

Use the Schwartz, Luke

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Peter Eastgate opened for 575,000, Ylon Schwartz called from the button and Scott Montgomery called from the big blind. The flop was {A-Diamonds}

Montgomery and Eastgate checked to Schwartz, who bet 1,000,000. Both players folded and Schwartz won the pot.

Tags: Peter Eastgate Scott Montgomery Ylon Schwartz

07-14-2008 23:53 UTC-7

Schwartz Wins a Small One From Phillips

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Ylon Schwartz raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Dennis Phillips called from the button. The flop was {K-Spades}

and both players checked. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and they checked again. The river was the {7-Clubs}

. Check-check a third time.

Schwartz showed {A-Spades}

for a pair of sevens and won the pot.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Ylon Schwartz

07-14-2008 23:54 UTC-7

Darus Suharto Doubles Through Joe Bishop

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On the button Joe Bishop raised to 700,000 and Darus Suharto raised to 1.7 million from the big blind. Bishop called, and they saw a {Q-Clubs}

flop. Suharto bet out 2.5 million and Bishop moved all in for over 10 million. Bishop walked away from the table as Suharto thought it over, and eventually Suharto stood up and announced that he called.

He held {K-Hearts}

to Bishop's {A-Diamonds}

and Jim shook his head as he saw what he was up against. The board ran out {6-Clubs}

and Suharto doubled up.

07-14-2008 23:59 UTC-7

Kelly Kim Doubles Through Joe Bishop

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Joe Bishop again raised it up, this time to 600,000 from the cutoff. Kelly Kim moved all in for his last 1.95 million and Bishop made the call. He held {8-Diamonds}

and found that he was in bad shape to Kelly's {8-Hearts}

. The

on the flop brought some hope of a chop, the {7-Clubs}

gave Bishop hope of running sevens, but the {2-Clubs}

came on the river and Kelly doubled up.

07-15-2008 00:05 UTC-7

Joe Bishop is Eliminated in 11th Place ($591,869)

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After doubling up two opponents in a row, Joe Bishop moved all in for 2.4 million. Chino Rheem called from the big blind and showed {2-Hearts}

to Bishop's {A-Clubs}

.

The

flop looked to be a good one for Bishop as it gave him two pair. But it also gave Rheem a wheel draw, and after the {Q-Clubs}

turned Bishop walked over the the rail, unable to watch, with an ESPN camera recording his reaction.

And that's when the dealer placed the {4-Hearts}

on the felt. Rheem thrust his arms in the air in triumph as the crowd went crazy. Bishop leaned against the rail in resignation as his two pair failed to hold up and he was eliminated from the Main Event. We're now redrawing as all ten players will now be seated at the main ESPN TV table.

07-15-2008 00:06 UTC-7

Scott Montgomery Wins a Massive Pot from Dennis Phillips

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Dennis Phillips opened for 500,000, Scott Montgomery reraised to 2,200,000 and Phillips called. The flop was {J-Spades}

Montgomery bet 1.5 million and Phillips called. The turn was the {K-Spades}

. Phillips checked, Montgomery bet 2,000,000 and Phillips called. The river was the {9-Hearts}

. Phillips checked and Montgomery bet 4,000,000.

(It's also worth noting that as Phillips tanked, the entire Chino Rheem-Joe Bishop all-in played out on the outer table, the crowd going nuts when Rheem hit a four on the river.)

After the commotion died down, Phillips made the call.

Montgomery showed {A-Spades}

for the flush and dragged the monster pot worth over 15 million. Phillips took a 9.7 million hit on the hand and Montgomery is up to nearly 21,000,000.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Scott Montgomery

07-15-2008 00:08 UTC-7

Play Has Paused

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With the elimination of Joe Bishop, the tournament clock is paused while the final ten players redraw for seats at the ESPN Feature Table.

07-15-2008 00:30 UTC-7

It's Getting Serious

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It's standing room only at the Milwaukee's Best Light ESPN Final Table area. "Electric," "exciting," and "a possible fire hazard" could all be used to describe the atmosphere at the final table area.

The final ten players are getting mic'd up and taking their seat. Nine will leave ecstatic; one will not. Tournament officials are doing a few color-ups and the cards should be in the air soon.

07-15-2008 00:34 UTC-7

One Table... But Not the Final Table

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Our ten remaining players have re-drawn for seats at the ESPN Feature Table. Play will continue until one more player is eliminated, and the "November Nine" are set. Here's the new lineup, with updated chip counts:

Seat 1: Dean Hamrick 12,460,000
Seat 2: Dennis Phillips 21,500,000
Seat 3: Craig Marquis 12,000,000
Seat 4: Ylon Schwartz 10,500,000
Seat 5: Scott Montgomery 20,635,000
Seat 6: Darus Suharto 16,425,000
Seat 7: David "Chino" Rheem 10,100,000
Seat 8: Ivan Demidov 18,700,000
Seat 9: Kelly Kim 4,430,000
Seat 10: Peter Eastgate 10,430,000

The button will start in Seat 4, with Ylon Schwartz. Shuffle up and deal!