Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-07-2008 15:07 UTC-7

Hand #18 - Rep Porter

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Michiel Brummelhuis has the button in Seat 4. Rep Porter opens the pot for 34,000 from the cutoff. Everyone else folds. Porter wins the blinds and antes.

06-07-2008 15:08 UTC-7

Hand #19 - John Conkright

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Anatoly Shilyuk has the button in seat 5. John Conkright is first to act and he raises to 35,000, winning the blinds and antes.

06-07-2008 15:10 UTC-7

Hand #20 - Devin Porter

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Nathan Templeton has the button in Seat 6. Anatoly Shilyuk open-raises to 35,000 from the cutoff. From the small blind, Devin Porter reraises to 106,000. Everyone else folds and Porter wins the pot.

06-07-2008 15:11 UTC-7

A Little Less Conversation, A Little Less Action

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Despite being mostly smiles, these men seem relatively unwilling to engage in idle chit chat. They are all quite focused on the task at hand. Unless in a hand, each seems eerily unaware of the others' existence.

06-07-2008 15:11 UTC-7

Nobody Wants to Take a Flop

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We're twenty hands into the final table now, and we've seen the flop a grand total of two times. Neither hand progressed to the turn. What will be the charge that explodes the dam keeping everything in check and lets the aggressive nature of these players come flooding across the table?

06-07-2008 15:18 UTC-7

Hand #21 - Rep Porter/Anatoly Shilyuk

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Devin Porter has the button in seat 1. Anatoly Shilyuk raises to 35,000 and Rep Porter calls from the big blind. Shilyuk and Porter see a {K-Hearts}

flop heads up. Porter quickly checks and Shilyuk takes his time before finally putting out a bet of 55,000. Porter nervously surveys the situation with a look of genuine concern. After about one minute, he raises to 150,000. Shilyuk quickly moves all in. The tournament director assists with an accurate count. The bet is a total of 379,000. Porter goes into the tank but eventually makes the call. The players show:

Porter: {K-Spades}

Shilyuk:

With neither player having a flush draw, it is a split pot. The turn and river come the {10-Hearts}

and

respectively. Rep Porter and Anatoly Shilyuk split the pot.

06-07-2008 15:18 UTC-7

Hand #22 - Michiel Brummelhuis

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John Conkright has the button in Seat 2. Michiel Brummelhuis gets a walk in the big blind.

06-07-2008 15:23 UTC-7

Hand #23 - Rep Porter

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Rep Porter has the button in seat 3 and he raises to 34,000. Michiel Brummelhuis, the small blind, announces a raise. He makes it 104,000 to see a flop. Shilyuk folds his big blind and the action is back to Rep Porter. Never hasty with a decision, Porter takes his time yet again. He finally reraises to 354,000 and Brummelhuis moves all in. Porter quickly calls and the players show:

Brummelhuis: {A-Hearts}

Porter:

The previously bored gallery is on it's feet. It's Porter's tournament life on the line. After the pot is made right, the dealer makes with the flop...

{8-Spades}