. Phillips bet 700,000, Sliwinski folded and Phillips won the pot.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
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. Phillips bet 700,000, Sliwinski folded and Phillips won the pot.
Currently single, Riesenberg goes by the nickname "J-Ball" and learned to player poker online and with the help of friends. With a bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Iowa State University, Riesenberg has been playing poker for about four-and-a-half years and won the $2,000 buy-in PCA tournament in the Bahamas earlier this year.
Riesenberg enjoys golfing and hunting in his free time and also currently has a brother serving in Iraq.
. Phillips led out for 1.1 million, Montgomery folded and Phillips won the pot.
. Riesenberg bet 350,000, Phillips folded, and Hamrick called. The turn was the 
. Riesenberg led out again, this time for 675,000 and Hamrick called. The river was the 
. Riesenberg checked, Hamrick moved all in and Riesenberg called. Hamrick had him covered. Hamrick turned up
, having turned nines full of queens. Riesenberg showed 
for trips and headed offstage in 18th place. He'll collect $334,534 for his performance.
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
Often going by the nickname "Klod," Chris cites his proudest poker accomplishment as "finishing runner-up to Barry Greenstein in this year's Razz event." Klodnicki's second-place finish to "The Bear" was the biggest payday of his career thus far (obviously not including the one in progress) and makes up almost half of his $201,048 in career tournament earnings.
When not on the felt, Klodnicki enjoys traveling as well as the occasional game of basketball and tennis. He is a graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in finance. When asked about his music taste, Klodnicki let us know he likes "a lil' of of everything...but mostly hip hop."
