2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 7
Cantu's Ducks Earn a Small Pot
Cantu showed , Eastgate mucked, and Cantu won the pot.
Rheem Rolling
They took a four-way flop of . Rheem checked to Phillips who fired out 500,000 into the middle. Klodnicki made the call and Judet folded. The action was then back to Rheem, who announced a raise to 2 million chips. Phillips deliberated before giving up his hand. Klodnicki also stepped aside.
Rheem takes down a healthy pot to move up to 9.4 million chips.
Bishop With the Big Bet
Scott Montgomery Bests Owen Crowe
Riesenberg Makes Nice Start
The turn was the and Sliwinski checked again to Riesenberg, who fired out a bet of 320,000. Sliwinski made the call.
The river brought the and both players checked it down.
Sliwinski showed for a pair and busted flush draw, but it was not enough to beat the of Riesenberg, who took down the pot to move up to 5.4 million chips.
Paul Snead Pushes Tiffany Michelle Out
Snead then announced he was all in and stood up from the table. "This is it, boys...and girls," he said as Michelle thought over her decision. She rested her head in her hand and looked up at Snead for a long, long time. "Cocktails, Table 2!" he said as she continued her deliberations. And after staring up at Snead for a good while Tiffany decided to throw her hand away.
Michael Carroll Eliminated in 27th Place ($257,334)
Carroll
Andersen
Andersen had flopped a set of fours, leaving Carroll's top pair in bad shape. The turn was the , the river was the and Carroll was eliminated in 27th place. He'll take home $247,334 for his Main Event run.
Phillips Continues Where He Left Off
The flop landed and Phillips led out at the pot for 700,000. Suharto thought for a moment and decided to release his hand as Phillips mucked.
In the first significant action of the outside table, Dennis Phillips extends his chip lead to 13.2 million with Suharto falling to 3.5 million.
Peter Eastgate Wins a Monster Pot from Gert Andersen
Eastgate turned over for a full house and raked in a monster pot to start the day. He's now up to 12,245,000.