2008 World Series of Poker

Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$434,789
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
716
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Playing Blind Continues

Johnny Neckar and John Phan have played the last two hand all in preflop blind. This time they requested that card not be flipped, the board run, and that they be allowed to squeeze. The floor agreed and jokingly asked, "would you like it run twice too?" The first time this happened, Johnny Neckar had John Phan covered. The board came as follows:

{J-Clubs} {8-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {5-Clubs}

Both players flipped over one at a time.

Phan: {4-Diamonds}
Neckar: {4-Clubs}
Neckar: {2-Spades}
At this point, the crowd starts cheering as Neckar is playing the board.
Phan: {7-Spades}

The seven played and Phan doubled up.

After this hand, the two players agreed to play all in blind again. Same rules as last hand. The floorman informed the gallery, "No, we are no longer accepting buy-ins to this event." This time, Neckar's tournament life was at risk.

Board: {A-Spades} {3-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {4-Clubs}

Again, the players show one card at a time.

Phan: {K-Spades}
Neckar: {Q-Spades}
Phan: {6-Spades}
Neckar: {4-Spades}

Neckar doubled up through Phan. After these two wild hands, Phan had 2,800,000 and Neckar had 1,400,000.

What a wild night that's going on here.

Tags: John PhanJohnny Neckar