39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 4 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-11-2008 22:58 UTC-7

Qiu on a Quest

Shamus

Andrew Qiu raised preflop to 30,000, and Terry Stewart called. The flop came {K-Hearts}

. Qiu bet 50,000, and Stewart called. The turn brought the {9-Clubs}

. This time Qiu checked, and Stewart bet 75,000. Qiu called.

The river was the {3-Spades}

. Qiu checked again, and Stewart this time fired out 125,000. Qiu again made the call, showing {K-Spades}

. Stewart showed {K-Clubs}

for kings with a lesser kicker. Stewart fell to 900,000 on that one.

Qiu picked up another nice pot the very next hand when he shoved all in following a preflop raise by Stewart and reraise by Marc Podell, causing both to fold. Qiu is now up to 1.2 million.

Tags: Andrew Qiu Terry Stewart

07-11-2008 22:51 UTC-7

Nicholas Sliwinski Eliminates Andreas Berggren

[user37786]

The money went in after a {10-Spades}

flop, with Sliwinski's {Q-Diamonds}

out-kicking Berggren's {Q-Hearts}

. The

fell on the turn and the {A-Hearts}

on the river and Berggren was eliminated. Sliwinski is now up to 1.7 million.

07-11-2008 22:51 UTC-7

So Much for the "Mark Vos Rule"

[user40108]

For the last few days, the tournament officials have been informing players not to leave for break with their chips stacked unreasonably high. The reason for this rule is quite obvious - if a stack(s) were to be inadvertantly knocked over during the break, chips could be mixed up and/or lost.

Players are informed that any stacks that are left unattended and are determined to be "too high" will be "deconstructed" by tournament officials.

This rule has been dubbed the "Mark Vos Rule" by the media and tournament officials alike as Vos is notorious for stacking his chips unnecessarily high at times.

With that being said, it's notable that Mr. Vos is at it again. He's over at table #31 in the blue section laughing it up with what is easily the rowdiest table in this event. His stack, while not numerically the biggest, is comprised mainly of yellow (T1000) chips the pinnacle of which is almost taller than his head when he is fully seated.

The tower, shown at right, currently sits at about the 1,150,000 mark.

07-11-2008 22:49 UTC-7

Joseph Too Poor for Vegas? Not for Long!

[user67765]

Chip leader Jeremy Joseph was asked by another player if he lived in Vegas. Joseph replied, "No, I'm too poor to live in Vegas!"

With three million chips in front of him we don't think that Joseph is going to have to worry about being poor for too much longer!

Tags: Jeremy Joseph

07-11-2008 22:48 UTC-7

Darren Grant Doubles Through David Olson

[user38971]

Preflop, Darren Grant was all in holding pocket fives against David Olson, who held {A-Spades}

. Olson flopped an ace, but the turn brought the {5-Spades}

and Grant managed to stay alive. After the hand, Grant is up to 440,000 while Olson dropped to 14,000.

07-11-2008 22:47 UTC-7

Beddingfield Bounced

Shamus

Virgil Beddingfield just got it all in preflop with {9-Clubs}

, only to find himself up against Brent Sheirbon's {A-Clubs}

.

The board came {J-Spades}

, and Beddingfield is out. Sheirbon is now up to 825,000.

Tags: Brent Sheirbon Virgil Beddingfield

07-11-2008 22:44 UTC-7

Borteh Busted

[user67765]

The flop of {8-Spades}

was just the action flop needed for Alexander Borteh and Toni Judet to get all of their chips in the middle.

Borteh showed {A-Hearts}

for top two pair but was in trouble, as Judet held {5-Clubs}

for a set of fives. The turn was the {6-Spades}

and river the {3-Spades}

to send Borteh crashing to the exit.

Tags: Alexander Borteh Judet Toni Cristian

07-11-2008 22:43 UTC-7

Robert Georato Eliminated

[user25067]

Brian Tatum opened the pot for 30,000 from late position, Robert Georato moved all in for just over 200,000 from the cutoff and Tatum made the call.

Georato: {8-Hearts}

Tatum:

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Tatum's queens held up to eliminate Georato. He's now up to 1,090,000.

07-11-2008 22:43 UTC-7

Glenn Cozen Eliminated by Phi Nguyen

[user37786]

All the money went in before the flop with Nguyen's {A-Hearts}

holding the slight lead against Cozen's {K-Hearts}

. And that slight lead held up as the board ran out {10-Spades}

and time ran out on Cozen's Main Event run. Nguyen is now up to 1.58 million.

07-11-2008 22:41 UTC-7

Clock on Blue #41

[user75032]

Brandon Cantu told us that the last two hands on his table have taken a combined 30 minutes. We don't know whether or not that's accurate, but play at Blue #41 has definitely slowed down considerably.