Minh Ly Crippled
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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,485,200
Entries
158
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Three for Three
Ly Hits Quads
Five in a row?
Erik Seidel Doubles Up Through Alexander Kostritsyn
Seidel: (
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Kostritsyn: (
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Seidel's aces up were good to double up Seidel to 400,000
2008 Aussie Millions Revisited
Kostritsyn made aces-up with a board of (
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against Seidel who mucked with 
.A few moments later Kostritsyn forced Seidel out of another hand with a check-raise on 5th street.
Of course this is not the first time these two have battled it out at a major international final table. They went heads up at the 2008 Aussie Millions in January this year. In that contest it was Kostritsyn who came out of top and took down the title, with Seidel finishing runner-up. These two are building quite a rivalry, and at the moment it looks like today's battle may go the same way as the Aussie Millions, unless Seidel can make yet another comeback sometime soon. He is now down to about 200,000 chips.
Minh Ly Doubles Up Through Alexander Kostritsyn
Ly: (
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Kostritsyn: (
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Kostritsyn missed his flush and Ly hit his straight on the river to double him up to around 260,000. Kostritsyn is down to 725,000.
Erik Seidel Eliminated in 5th Place ($92,825)
before Minh Ly raised it up showing the . Seidel made the call. Minh Ly bet each street with Seidel putting the last of his chips in on 6th street. The boards ran out:Seidel: (
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()Ly: (
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)Ly had the ace in the hole for a pair of aces as Seidel squeezed his last card but couldn't find any help. Seidel misses his 9th bracelet, eliminated from the tournament in 5th place for $92,825.
Ly Surviving; Kostritsyn Bets Out Of Turn Again
and Kostritsyn showed 
but before 6th street was dealt Kostritsyn fired out a bet.Ly then caught a
to pair up as Kostritsyn found the 
. Ly's pair was the best hand so he was first to act, resulting in Kostritsyn's bet being a bet out of turn - his second time on this final table.Ly decided to bet out which meant that Kostritsyn was given the option to take back his bet since the action in front of him had changed. After some discussion with the tournament director and other players Kostritsyn laid down his hand, to give Ly the pot as he moves to about 275,000 chips.
Level: 23
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
The True Grind of the Game