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

07-11-2008 22:40 UTC-7

Um, Yeah, I Call

[user37786]

After an intriguing {5-Clubs}

flop Nicholas Sliwinski checked and Ross Smith moved in for his last 255,000. One imagines that Sliwinski called as fast as is humanly possible because he held {Q-Hearts}

for quad fives and Smith was drawing completely dead. Sliwinski is now up to 1.37 million.

07-11-2008 22:41 UTC-7

Not too many players can say that they've had a tournament rule named after them, but Mark Vos has. The WSOP's tournament officials have implemented the "Mark Vos Rule" over the last two days which, in essence, states that players are not permitted to stack their chips in an unstable manner, as a whole lot of confusion could ensue should the stacks be knocked over. Yesterday, we reported that during one of the breaks, tournament officials were breaking down players' stacks that were deemed too unstable as to avoid this scenario.

The ginger-haired Aussie, known for stacking his chips in sky-high towers and often creating elaborate edifices from them, has gone back to his old tricks once again, his one million-plus in chips now stacked so high that he can barely see over them. The floor is keeping a close eye on his table as we speak, as his stack continues to grow in height.

Tags: Mark Vos

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.

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 22:43 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 22:44 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 22:47 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 22:48 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 22:49 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 22:51 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.