Porter:
Conkright:
The flop comes
to make a pair of aces for Conkright and give him the lead. The turn and river are no help for Porter, as they come 
to make a full house, aces full of fives, for Conkright. He doubles up.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,687,410
Entries
1,236
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1236
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Porter:
Conkright:
The flop comes
to make a pair of aces for Conkright and give him the lead. The turn and river are no help for Porter, as they come to make a full house, aces full of fives, for Conkright. He doubles up.
Devin Porter - 700,000
Nathan Templeton - 684,000
John Conkright - 328,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Rep Porter has the button in seat 3 and he raises to 45,000. Anatoly Shilyuk thinks a bit, then moves all in from the small blind for 138,000. The other get out of the way and the players show:
Porter:
Shilyuk:
Once again, the gallery is on their feet here in the Milwaukee's Best Light Final Table Area. Porter and Shilyuk are standing as well, both smiling. Porter has Shilyuk well covered so it will by Shilyuk's tournament life on the line.
The flop comes
. Porter's legion of fans applaud while Shilyuk's grow uneasy. The tournament director explains that Shilyuk will need to catch a king, an eight, running clubs, or running double board pair to stay alive in the hand. The turn comes the
, easily the best card Shilyuk could see without taking the lead outright. Now Shilyuk can catch a king, an eight, a jack, or a club to survive and double up.When the dealer finally got the go-ahead, she quickly lays down the
on the river. Porter's pocket threes hold up as he breaks the 2 million chip mark. Anatoly Shilyuk is eliminated in 5th place and takes home $70,859 to show for it.
