2008 World Series of Poker

Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠j♣
Prize
$628,417
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,693,690
Entries
2,706
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 2,706
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Firestone Doubles, Crippling Gargano

Tony Gargano raised preflop to 70,000. Two players behind him, Bobby Firestone, sporting a navy blue sweatshirt and black baseball cap, moved all in for 330,000. Action folded back to Gargano, who tanked for two minutes before making the call. Each player opened his hand:

Gargano: {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds}
Firestone: {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}

It was a classic race. The flop killed the drama, coming {K-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}. Gargano couldn't find either of the remaining fives on the turn or river. Firestone won the pot to chip up to about 700,000, while Gargano was crippled to just 143,000.

On the next hand, action folded to Jordan Smith in the small blind, who open-raised all in against Gargano in the big blind. Gargano made the call with two live cards: {8-Clubs} {7-Spades} against Smith's {A-Hearts} {9-Spades}. Both players flopped a pair on the {Q-?} {9-?} {7-?} flop, but running eights gave Gargano a full house to Smith's two pair. He chips back up to about 300,000.

Jordan Smith Eliminated in 11th Place ($36,567)

Jordan Smith
Jordan Smith
Jordan Smith's day is over, just short of the final table. After Bobby Firestone opened the pot with a raise to 75,000, Smith pushed all in from the big blind for 330,000. Firestone quickly made the call, tabling {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}. He was in good shape against Smith's {A-Spades} {5-Hearts}. The board ran out {6-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {6-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {9-Spades}, giving the pot to Firestone. Smith quietly headed out of the Amazon Room to collect his $36,567.

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One Table

We're down to 10 players now so players are re-drawing seats and will all be seated on one table. We still need to lose one more player before we have our official final table. The clock has been paused momentarily as players move and fill in their final table bio forms.

Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

Seat 1: Philip Yeh - 1,360,000
Seat 2: Robert Brown - 310,000
Seat 3: Tony Gargano - 285,000
Seat 4: Vitaly Lunkin - 1,030,000
Seat 5: Trevor Donaldson - 265,000
Seat 6: Barry Schultz - 1,340,000
Seat 7: Kenneth Terrell - 650,000
Seat 8: Richard Alm - 500,000
Seat 9: Bobby Firestone - 920,000
Seat 10: Brett Kimes - 1,500,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

Cagey Play

The first few hands since we've been at our final ten have been played out very cagily. The kudos of making an official WSOP final table may be having an affect.

Nenad Medic Tomorrow on PokerRoad Radio

The Ladies love Medic
The Ladies love Medic
Everyone’s favorite Canadian poker player, Nenad Medic, will be the guest on tomorrow's PokerRoad Radio from 11am-noon. Email your questions to [email protected] OR call in your questions live at 877-888-WSOP.

You can catch the live stream here or on the worldseriesofpoker.com radio page. You can also download the archived shows at PokerRoad.com or on iTunes

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Yeh Shows the Power of Position and a Big Stack

Barry Schultz and Philip Yeh are two of the biggest stacks remaining in this tournament. Naturally, they are wary of tangling with each other. In a recent hand, Schultz raised preflop to 82,000. Action folded to Yeh on the button, who made it 230,000 to go. Both blinds folded, and Schultz quickly flashed {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} before throwing his hand in the muck.
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