2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Kings Hold for Scott Montgomery

Scott Montgomery raised to 175,000 and Dean Hamrick called from the small blind. Both players checked the {9-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} flop, and they also checked when the {A-Spades} fell on the turn. When the {7-Diamonds} came on the river, Hamrick check-called Montgomery's 200,000 bet, then mucked when Scott showed {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}.

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

Peter Neff Eliminated in 36th Place ($193,000)

Peter Neff - 36th Place
Peter Neff - 36th Place
After a raise from the button, Peter Neff moved all in from the small blind with {A-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and unfortunately for him Darus Suharto woke up in the big blind with {A-Spades} {J-Hearts}. He moved in himself, the player on the button folded, and when the board ran out {8-Spades} {J-Spades} {K-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} Neff was eliminated.

Judet Takes Over a Million from Losev

Toni Judet raised to 150,000 from middle position and Nikolay Losev called. The flop was {7-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}. Judet bet 200,000 and Losev called. The turn was {9-Clubs}. Judet bet another 400,000 and Losev called. The river was the {2-Clubs}. Judet fired out 600,000 and Losev thought for about three minutes before calling.

Judet showed {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} for nines full and Losev mucked. Judet now commands a stack of 5,825,000 while Losev has slipped to 5.6 million, after reaching a high-water mark of 10,000,000 earlier in the day.

Tags: Nikolay LosevToni Judet

Correction to the Benefield-Cantu Hand

In the description of the hand where David Benefield was eliminated there was a substantial error in the betting on the turn. With the board reading {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {7-Clubs}, Cantu checked, Benefield bet 335,000, Cantu moved all in, and Benefield called. The original post said Benefield moved all in for 335,000 and that was wrong--he bet 335,000, Cantu moved in, and David made the call. Benefield had the straight but Cantu made his flush when the {6-Clubs} fell on the river.

Our apologies for the error. The post in question has been modified and corrected.

The Outer Tables

The players have not redrawn for new seats, but here is the current seating lineup of the outer tables.

Secondary Feature Table
Seat 1: Brandon Cantu
Seat 2: Craig Marquis
Seat 3: Gert Andersen
Seat 4: David Rheem
Seat 5: Jamal Kunbuz
Seat 6: Ylon Schwartz
Seat 7: Mike Matusow
Seat 8: Aaron Gordon
Seat 9: Paul Snead

Table 7
Seat 1: Toni Cristian
Seat 2: Tim Loecke
Seat 3: Nicholas Sliwinski
Seat 4: Nikolay Losev
Seat 5: Kelly Kim
Seat 6: Anthony Scherer
Seat 7: Jason Riesenberg
Seat 8: Peter Eastgate
Seat 9: Clint Schafer

Table 9
Seat 1: Michael Carroll
Seat 2: Niklas Flisberg
Seat 3: Scott Montgomery
Seat 4: Andrew Brokos
Seat 5: Chris Klodnicki
Seat 6: Dean Hamrick
Seat 7: Peter Neff
Seat 8: Darus Suharto
Seat 9: Owen Crowe

Main Featured Table Lineup

The ESPN Featured Table
The ESPN Featured Table
Here's how the lineup at the main ESPN featured table currently looks.

Seat 1: Greg Byard
Seat 2: Dennis Phillips
Seat 3: Ivan Demidov
Seat 4: Phi Nguyen
Seat 5: Joe Bishop
Seat 6: Garrett Beckman
Seat 7: Albert Kim
Seat 8: Cristian Dragomir
Seat 9: Tiffany Michelle

Loecke's Jacks Are Good

Anthony Scherer raised to 150,000 from early position, Tim Loecke reraised to 300,000 from the button and Scherer called. The flop was {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} and both players checked. The turn was the {9-Hearts}. Scherer bet 250,000 and Loecke called. The river was the {10-Spades} and they both checked.

Loecke rolled over {J-Clubs} {J-Spades} and Scherer mucked. Loecke is now up to 2,000,000 while Scherer's stack is down to 2.5 million.