November Nine Day 1 | 2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

11-10-2008 00:09 UTC-7

Hand #145 - Peter Eastgate

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 7. Peter Eastgate opens for 1.7 million, gets no action, and wins the blinds and antes.

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11-10-2008 00:08 UTC-7

Hand #144 - Peter Eastgate

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Ylon Schwartz has the button in Seat 3. Ivan Demidov completes the small blind and Peter Eastgate checks his big blind option for a heads-up battle of the blinds.

The flop comes {7-Hearts}

. Demidov checks it over to the aggressive Eastgate, who lives up to his reputation with a bet of 850,000. Demidov elects to take one off and calls to the {K-Hearts}

on the turn. Both players quickly check. The river card is the {3-Clubs}

. Demidov seizes the initiative with a bet of 1.625 million. Eastgate emphatically raises him to 5.5 million total.

Demidov looks pained, similar to the hand where he called Dennis Phillips' 5-million chip bet on a board of K-3-3-7-K. But he hasn't released his hand yet, perhaps working through all of the action in his head. This time he doesn't call the river bet. Instead he folds.

Tags: Ivan Demidov Peter Eastgate

11-10-2008 00:03 UTC-7

Hand #143 - Ylon Schwartz

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Dennis Phillips has the button in Seat 1. Ylon Schwartz raises to 1.8 million and wins the blinds and antes.

"Ship the cheese!" yells a female member of Schwartz's entourage.

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11-10-2008 00:02 UTC-7

Hand #142 - Ylon Schwartz

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Peter Eastgate has the button in Seat 9. Dennis Phillips, sitting in the small blind, is the first into the pot with a raise to 1.55 million. Ylon Schwartz reraises Phillips to 5.25 million, once again putting a third of his stack into the pot before the flop. Phillips attempts to stare him down, but getting no information, elects to fold.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Ylon Schwartz

11-09-2008 23:58 UTC-7

Hand #141 - Ivan Demidov

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 7. He raises to 1,525,000 and wins the blinds and antes.

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11-09-2008 23:58 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Dennis Phillips: 27,600,000
Ylon Schwartz: 15,925,000
Ivan Demidov: 49,975,000
Peter Eastgate: 42,725,000

11-09-2008 23:57 UTC-7

Hand #140 - Ivan Demidov

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Ylon Schwartz has the button in Seat 3. Action folds to Ivan Demidov in the small blind, who raises to 1.325 million. He wins the pot when Peter Eastgate folds.

Tags: Ivan Demidov

11-09-2008 23:55 UTC-7

Hand #139 - Peter Eastgate

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Dennis Phillips has the button in Seat 1. Peter Eastgate opens for 1,500,000 from UTG and wins the blinds and antes.

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11-09-2008 23:54 UTC-7

Hand #138 - Peter Eastgate

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Peter Eastgate has the button in Seat 9. He limps in after Ivan Demidov folds. Dennis Phillips completes the small blind and Ylon Schwartz checks. Three players take a flop of {K-Clubs}

. Phillips and Schwartz both check to Eastgate, who bets 1.1 million. Phillips and Schwartz each releases his hand in turn.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Peter Eastgate Ylon Schwartz

11-09-2008 23:53 UTC-7

Hand #137 - Dennis Phillips

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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 7. He raises to 1,525,000 and Dennis Phillips calls from the big blind.

The flop is {J-Clubs}

. Phillips checks the action to Demidov, who bets 2,125,000. Phillips slides out a stack of cream-colored 250,000-denomination chips, reraising to 5,000,000. Demidov gives up his hand and Phillips takes it down, the Phillipians roaring in approval.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Ivan Demidov