39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 7 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-14-2008 21:25 UTC-7

The Power of Position

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Darus Suharto raised to 450,000 from the cutoff and after Ivan Demidov called on the button, Craig Marquis did the same from the small blind. The flop came {A-Spades}

and after Marquis and Suharto checked, Demidov fired 850,000 into the pot. Marquis and Suharto folded and Demidov picked up a pot that increased his stack to 10.7 million.

07-14-2008 21:17 UTC-7

With the elimination of Nicholas Sliwinski in 13th place, we are now down to just 12 players. The next three players to be eliminated will leave with $591,869. Just to put things into perspective, this is $51,869 more than Tom McEvoy won for his first place finish some 25 years ago.

07-14-2008 21:17 UTC-7

The River is Kind to Rheem

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After Chino Rheem limped from the small blind, Joe Bishop raised to 450,000 and Rheem made the call. The flop came {7-Diamonds}

, and after Rheem checked, Bishop bet 1.1 million. Chino made the call, and both players checked the {3-Spades}

on the turn. They also checked the {K-Hearts}

on the river, and that's when we learned that Rheem's {K-Diamonds}

had run down Bishop's {A-Hearts}

on the river. Rheem is now up to 11 million and Bishop is down to 13 million.

07-14-2008 21:14 UTC-7

Nicholas Sliwinski Eliminated in 13th Place ($463,201)

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Dennis Phillips opened the pot for 460,000 and Nicholas Sliwinski called from the big blind. The flop was {9-Hearts}

. Sliwinski led out for 500,000 and Phillips made the call. The turn was the {6-Spades}

. Sliwinski bet 1.2 million and Phillips called. The river was the {9-Spades}

. Sliwinski moved all in and Phillips insta-called.

Phillips rolled over {K-Hearts}

for the king-high flush. Sliwinski tabled {5-Diamonds}

for only a pair of sixes and headed over to his entourage, who enveloped him and spoke some hushed words of comfort. Phillips had Sliwinski covered and he was eliminated in 13th place, taking home $463,201.

After the hand, Phillips was up to over 14 million.

Tags: Dennis Phiilps Nicholas Sliwinski

07-14-2008 21:06 UTC-7

Player Profile: Ivan Demidov

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Twenty-seven-year-old Ivan Demidov is a self-described "semi-professional" poker player from Moscow, Russia. He has three major tournament cashes on his resume, the most recent of which was at this year's WSOP when he took 11th in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys event last month.

The Russian has been playing for about two-and-a-half years and considers playing in this year's WSOP to be his biggest poker accomplishment to date. Demidov locked up his seat in the event the old-fashioned way - with $10,000 cash.

Demidov is single with no children and plans to "get 12 hours of sleep" should he win the Main Event. In his free time, he enjoys skiing, scuba diving, and of course...poker.

07-14-2008 21:04 UTC-7

Queens Up for Hamrick

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Dennis Phillips raised to 500,000 and Dean Hamrick made the call. The flop was {5-Hearts}

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

. Hamrick checked, Phillips bet 900,000 and Hamrick called. The river was the {2-Clubs}

. Both players checked.

Hamrick showed {K-Clubs}

, Phillips mucked and Hamrick took it down with queens up.

Tags: Dean Hamrick Dennis Phiilps

07-14-2008 21:04 UTC-7

Ever Have a Feeling of Deja Vu...

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Because you're about to experience it right now. Craig Marquis raised under the gun to 430,000, Chris Klodnicki raised to 1.1 million from the cutoff and Marquis folded. That wasn't a cut-and-paste--the positions relative to the button were different. As are the chip stacks--Klodnicki is now up to 6.45 million and Marquis slipped to 9.7 million.

07-14-2008 20:59 UTC-7

Chris Klodnicki Adds to the Stack

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Craig Marquis opened for 405,000 and Chris Klodnicki raised from the button to 1.1 million. That raise was good enough to take the pot away from Marquis and increase his stack to 5.87 million. Marquis still has 10.3 million.

07-14-2008 20:56 UTC-7

Limp-Fest Winner = Ylon Schwartz

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Ylon Schwartz limped in, as did Dennis Phillips. Peter Eastgate called from the small blind and Nicholas Sliwinski checked his option. The flop was {8-Diamonds}

. Eastgate led out for 500,000, Sliwinski called, Schwartz announced a raise to 2,000,000, the action was folded back to Eastgate, who gave it up, and Sliwinski folded as well. Schwartz took it down.

Tags: Dennis Phiilps Nicholas Sliwinski Peter Eastgate Ylon Schwartz