2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2a
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 / 6844
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Survival Mode

Soon after returning from break, Barry Greenstein lost a pot that knocked him back down to just 4,000 chips. A couple of hands later, he shoved his last 3,100 all in and got two callers, including Stefan Mattsson.

Greenstein held {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}, and the board ended up running out {Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs}, giving Greenstein the Broadway straight and enabling him to more than triple up to 10,300.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

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Voitto Rintala from Day 1a
Voitto Rintala from Day 1a
Voitto Rintala is a Finnish heavy metal guitarist for the band "Random Eyes" (get it?) He's got the most unusual contact lenses in the entire room, turning his entire eye white except the pupil. Just check out the scary photo to see what we mean.

Deeb Can't Crack Aces

Flop: {9-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {3-Diamonds}

A player from middle position made it 4,200 to go and Shaun Deeb made the call. The turn was the {5-Spades} and after his opponent checked, Deeb fired in for 6,600. His opponent called and the river was the {7-Clubs}. His opponent checked and Deeb fired 12,000.

His opponent called and Deeb turned over K-Q for top pair while his opponent tabled pocket aces. After the hand, Deeb has dropped to 52,000.

Kings and Queens

Even a guillotine. John Hennigan checked a heads-up flop of {10-Clubs} {7-Spades} {6-Clubs} to his opponent, who bet 11,000. Hennigan check-raised to 31,000. His opponent went all in for a total of 42,500 and Johnny "World" made the call.

Hennigan: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

A trey on the turn and an ace on the river sealed the hand for Hennigan. He eliminated his opponent and is up to 98,000.

Prize Pool and Payouts

There is a software issue preventing us from posting the prize pool and payouts on the proper page, so here is a list of the money spots until then. The total prize pool generated by the 6,844 entrants was $64,333,600. That makes the prize pool break down as follows:

1: $9,119,517
2: $5,790,024
3: $4,503,352
4: $3,763,515
5: $3,088,012
6: $2,412,510
7: $1,769,174
8: $1,286,672
9: $900,670
10-12: $591,869
13-15: $463,201
16-18: $334,534
19-27: $257,334
28-36: $193,000
37-45: $154,400
46-54: $135,100
55-63: $115,800
64-72: $96,500
73-81: $77,200
82-90: $64,333
91-99: $51,466
100-162: $41,816
163-225: $38,600
226-288: $35,383
289-351: $32,166
352-414: $28,950
415-477: $27,020
478-540: $25,090
541-603: $23,160
604-666: $21,230

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100