Jacobo Fernandez -- 790,000
David Singer -- 665,000
Gregory Alston -- 335,000
Robert Lipkin -- 220,000
Russell Harriman -- 120,000
Joseph Tehan -- 80,000
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 3 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
713
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 713
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Jacobo Fernandez -- 790,000
David Singer -- 665,000
Gregory Alston -- 335,000
Robert Lipkin -- 220,000
Russell Harriman -- 120,000
Joseph Tehan -- 80,000
With Tehan's
pipping Harriman's inferior but potentially dangerous 
, the dealer offered a flop of mixed fortunes, the 
board giving Tehan top pair, but his foe an open-ended straight draw.A straightening
on the turn virtually sealed the deal for Harriman, the 
river giving him a much needed double-up and a newly-acquired stack of just over 100,000 in chips.
, he was pretty pleased to find himself ahead of giganto-stack Fernandez's even lamer 
. Even more pleasing was the 
board, pairing up King's hand and ensuring that he lived to see another one. Still, even with the double-up, he was on just 84,000, and posting the small blind next hand dented him down to just 78,000.So a couple of hands later, it folded around to King and he made it 42,000. Greg Alston reraised, and King called all in.
It really couldn't have been worse for him, as Alston flipped over
, massively crushing King's 
. A frisson of excitement as the flop came down two diamonds, but no diamond on the turn -- the board reading 
by the end -- meant that we are one baseball cap down.
flop, Fernandez bets out 60k, Singer calls, and both players see a 
turn. Check, check leads to a 
river, a second check from Fernandez and a bet of 105,000 from Singer.Singer, whose hands boast more bling than a Mr T convention, initially remains motionless as his opponent sizes up his options. However, as soon as Jacobo counts out the bet and separates it from the rest of his stack whilst he continues to think, Singer becomes uncharacteristically fidgety, squirming in his seat, scratching his nose and acting like anything but the stoic, statuesque figure that we have become accustomed to.
A few moments later, Fernandez makes the call, but taps the table upon seeing Singer's
and mucks his hand.
flop. Tehan continuation-bet 35,000. Singer put his hands up to his face. There is so much heavy silver jewelry on his right hand, it's like he's wearing a knuckle duster. Woe betide anyone who makes him angry!Anyway, after a short pause, Singer folded.
Greg Alston raised it to 35,000 in early position, and found himself called by Joe Tehan on the button and Fernandez on the small blind.
The flop came
and it checked around to Tehan who fired out 48,000. A surprise call from Fernandez, and Alston got out of the way.They both checked the
turn, and the river was a seemingly innocuous 
. Fernandez now bet out a whopping 110,000. After a slight pause, Tehan called, and simply mucked when Fernandez turned over 
for the turned full house. Tehan dropped down to around 200,000, while Fernandez has just broken the million mark -- it's a big old stack, but we put him on around 1.1 million.
His most recent of triumphs involved Joe Tehan, Fernandez calling Tehan's 30,000 preflop raise and seeing a
flop. Tehan bet out what appeared to be 84,000 (no announcement of bets here), and again, Fernandez made the call.After both players checked the
turn, Fernandez rolled out 100,000 on the 
river to leave Tehan with a seemingly torturous decision. Squirming in his seat as Fernandez riffled his chips calmly, Tehan mulled over his options before finally opting for the fold.As a result, Fernandez retains his chip lead and is beginning to look more and more dominant as this final table progresses.
They saw a
flop and Tehan checked it. King fired out 37,000, and Tehan called.The turn was a third diamond, in fact the
, and this time Tehan bet out 45,000. King thought for a good long while, his face totally obscured beneath his baseball cap, before suddenly calling, as if afraid he might change his mind.The river was the
and Tehan bet 70,000, almost enough to put King all in. There was a short period of dwelling, before King folded his hand, leaving himself just 80,000.
Singer =
Barbieri =
The
board was a clinical one and we're left with the Magnificent Seven.
