2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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John Phan Crippled, Then Eliminated

John Phan - Eliminated.
John Phan - Eliminated.
With the board reading {5-Spades} {5-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {10-Hearts} and 17,000 chips in the pot, the big blind bet 9,000. John Phan was the only opponent, with just 12,500 remaining chips. He made the call to see some very bad news: his opponent held {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} for the top full house.

Phan moved his remaining 3,500 chips in two hands later with {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}. He was called by Caity Byrne, who showed {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}. Phan couldn't make his edge hold up when the board ran out {A-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {9-Clubs}.

"Good luck guys," said Phan as he picked up his bag and his beer. "I'll come back next year."

Shak Adds to Stack

Dan Shak, from Event No. 46
Dan Shak, from Event No. 46
With a board showing {8-Spades}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, a player playing from the small blind position bet out 2,500, and Dan Shak raised to 7,500 total. His opponent pondered for a minute or so, then let it go.

Shak held up his two nines for his opponent to see before scooping the pot. "Did you pick up a diamond draw there?" he asked. "No, big pair," came the reply.

Shak has about 34,000.

Tags: Dan Shak

Angle Shooting?

Aaron Kanter - event #36
Aaron Kanter - event #36
A player in middle position tossed out three blue chips signifying a raise to 1,500. After he did so, Aaron Kanter reraised to 6,000 and the player said that he threw out the wrong color chips first. "Oh, that's the wrong color. I thought I grabbed the other blue chips," said the player who had made it 1,500. The light blue chips in play are worth 500 and the black chips with a blue outline are worth 100.

The floor stopped over and made the raise stand. Then, the player announced that he was all in for 21,000. Kanter made the call.

Kanter held {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}. His opponent held {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}. The board ran out {K-Spades} {7-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {7-Spades}, giving Kanter a pair of kings and the best of it. His opponent is now out of the tournament and Kanter is up to 112,000.

Tags: Aaron Kanter

The Condition of Man Is A Condition of War

Lots of talk here in the Brasilia following the dinner break regarding last night's big UFC fight in which Forrest Griffin defeated Quinton Jackson to take the light heavyweight title. (As reported earlier, Griffin played in today's Main Event and busted out early.)

Over at Table #43, Antonio Esfandiari was explaining to a friend who'd stopped by the bet he'd had on the fight. Nearby, Table #44 had been relatively quiet until one player, overhearing Esfandiari, asked the guy to his right, "Did you see that fight last night?"

"No, I didn't," came the reply. The table settled back into silence.

"I was in a fight last night, though." The table burst into laughter.

No word on whether Esfandiari had action on that one.

Big Pot for the Little Man

On a flop of {8-Spades} {3-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}, Mike Sica checked to a player in seat seven who bet out 1,500. Mike Halioua raised to 6,000 and then Mike Sica then came over the top for 11,000 more. Both opponents folded.

After the hand, Sica is up to 24,000 in chips.

Tags: Mike Sica

Newhouse In Need of Repair

We caught up with this one on the flop. With the board showing {6-Clubs}{K-Spades}{8-Spades}, two players checked to Mark Newhouse who bet 2,000. The first called, then the second raised to 9,500. Newhouse then reraised all in. The first player folded, and the second, whom Newhouse had covered, made the call.

Newhouse showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, but his opponent held {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for two pair. The turn was the {4-Spades} and the river the {6-Hearts}, and Newhouse has been knocked back to 9,000.

Tags: Mark Newhouse

Nikolay Evdakov Will Outflop You

Don't Mess With Nikolay
Don't Mess With Nikolay
Nikolay Evdakov raised to 1,100 from middle position, the small blind reraised to 2,200 and Evdakov called. The flop was {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts}. The small blind led out for 1,000 and Evdakov called. The turn was the {6-Diamonds}. The small blind bet another 2,000 and Evdakov called. The river was the {2-Diamonds}. The small blind checked, Evdakov bet 1,000 and the small blind called.

Evdakov showed {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} which had outflopped his opponent's {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} and dragged the pot. He's up to 34,000.

Heave Ho

Maria Ho - Eliminated
Maria Ho - Eliminated
Maria Ho will not be repeating her magical run deep into the Main Event this year. The dinner break found her short-stacked. After Thanh Huyah raised to 1,500 on the button, Ho pushed all in for a total of 3,975. Huyah made the call with {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts}; he was behind Ho's {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds}. A king on the flop was all Huyah needed to take down the pot when Ho couldn't improve on her nines by the river.

Huyah now has about 54,000 chips.

Grinder Not Grinding

We've only been back roughly twenty minutes since dinner and in that time Michael Mizrachi has already gone all in twice. He's a short stack and appears to be either catching great cards or just trying to double up quickly.

He's currently sitting close to 5,000.