2008 World Series of Poker

Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦4♦
Prize
$831,462
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$5,363,085
Entries
3,929
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 3,929
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Josh Engerdahl Eliminated in 13th Place ($41,295)

Josh Engerdahl Eliminated
Josh Engerdahl Eliminated
Aaron Coulthard raised to 65,000 from the button. Josh Engerdahl put in a sizable reraise from the small blind. Melvin Jones came over the top from the big blind for all his chips. Coulthard passed and Engerdahl called what would end up being all in. It was {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} for Jones and {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} for Engerdahl. Jones made the nuts when the board came {K-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} . He shook hands with Jones, and congratulated the others as he made his way towards the payout table to collect his $41,295.

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Bach Doubles through Tran

On the last hand before the break, Theo Tran opened for 80,000. Short-stacked David Bach moved all in for 240,000. Tran went into the tank for about two minutes before making the call with {4-Spades} {4-Clubs}. He was racing against Bach's {A-Spades} {8-Hearts}, but lost when the board came {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {7-Hearts} {6-Spades} {6-Diamonds}. Bach moves up to over 500,000 in chips.

Updated Chip Counts

Here are the remaining players' current chip counts.

James Akenhead - 1,770,000
Aaron Coulthard 1,700,000
Melvin Jones 1,620,000
Mike Ngo - 1,300,000
Theo Tran - 1,130,000
Jeff Wiedenhoeft - 1,060,000
Chris Ferguson - 880,000
Perry Friedman - 757,000
David Bach - 628,000
Joe Rutledge - 552,000
Grant Hinkle - 360,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

Rutledge Cracks Aces to Double Up

On the second hand back from break, James Akenhead opened from under the gun for 80,000. Joe Rutledge moved all in. Action folded back to Akenhead who snap-called with pocket aces. Rutledge showed {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}.

A flop of {K-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {9-Spades} gave Rutledge some life. He didn't improve on the {5-Clubs} turn. As the river came down, Rutledge pleaded, "King or a jack!" and was rewarded with the {K-Spades}. "Yeah!" he shouted, clapping his hands and walking in circles. He leaned over the rail to a nearby table in a different tournament and added "I just cracked aces with king-jack!"

Akenhead drops to about 1.3 million chips. Rutledge is up to about 900,000.

Aaron Coulthard Takes a Pot from Ferguson

Chris Ferguson raised to 90,000 from the button. Aaron Coulthard called from the big blind and the two took a flop heads up. It came down {J-Hearts} {9-Spades} {5-Diamonds} and Coulthard checked. Ferguson bet 160,000 and Coulthard made the call. The turn brought the {9-Hearts} and both men checked. When the {6-Spades} hit the river, Coulthard declared "all in." He had Ferguson well covered and after thinking a bit, Jesus reluctantly let the hand go.

Grant Hinkle Doubles through Melvin Jones

Action folded around to Melvin Jones on the button and he raised to 100,000. Grant Hinkle called from the big blind and they went heads up to a flop of {A-Spades} {9-Hearts} {3-Clubs} . Hinkle checked and Jones asked how much Hinkle had behind. Hinkle counted it out and it was roughly 230,000. Jones counted out 230,000 and slid it out. Hinkle declared "all in." After a count, it was determined it was a total of 239,000. Jones insta-called the additional 9,000 and said "You got me, man. You got me with that ace." Hinkle flipped up {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs} and Jones shyly tabled {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs}. The turn and river came the {Q-Diamonds} and {2-Hearts} respectively, and Hinkle doubled up to roughly 700,000. Jones slips to about 1,300,000.
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