Hughes showed
, and Hellmuth 
. The flop was 
, putting Hughes in the lead. But the turn was the 
, giving it back to Hellmuth. The river was the 
, and Hughes is out. Hellmuth is now up to 218,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
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Hughes showed
, and Hellmuth . The flop was , putting Hughes in the lead. But the turn was the , giving it back to Hellmuth. The river was the , and Hughes is out. Hellmuth is now up to 218,000.
"Hello gentlemen...once you double me up, you're in trouble."
He then proceeded to look around the table and after spotting Shawn Sheikhan and Johnny Chan, seemed to realize the company he was in. He made an exaggerated "gulp" expression as if to illustrate he may have spoken too soon, and then quickly quieted down.
, David Sklansky moved all in against a player in the cutoff and the player called. Sklansky held 
for a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw. His opponent held 
for the nut flush draw. A 
fell on the turn and the river 
ended Sklansky's main event.
and Herder fired 3,000 into the pot after his opponent checked. His opponent check-raised to 8,500 and Herder called. The turn was the 
and his opponent led out for 13,000. Herder called again and saw the 
on the river. Herder's opponent led out for 12,000 and Herder called, turning over
for two pair. His opponent showed 
and Herder took it down. After the hand, Herder is up to 205,000.
and was in good shape against Vicary's .Trouble found Connor on the flop, despite finding top pair. It came out
, making two pair for his opponent. The turn was the , and Connor needed to find one of the three remaining kings in the deck. Lo and behold, the ripped off on the river, improving him to the winning top two pair. Vicary was the one at risk of elimination, and now he finds himself on the outside looking in.
Raja Kattamuri raised to 3,500 from the cutoff, and Kowssarie reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Kattamuri called.
The flop came
. Kowssarie bet 17,000, Kattamuri raised to 50,000, Kowssarie pushed all in for 180,000, and Kattamuri, who barely had Kowssarie covered, made the call.Kowssarie showed
, and Kattamuri showed 
. Suddenly, after being among the chip leaders during most of the level, Kowssarie was in rough shape.The turn was the
and the river the 
, and just like that Kowssarie is out. Kattamuri now sits at the top of the leaderboard with 410,000.
flop Cornel Pazai's opponent made a huge overbet and moved in for around 85,000 with . His move was ill-timed--Pazai had flopped the nuts with , the board ran out , and Pazai zoomed all the way to 270,000.
Clements called immediately, showing
, far ahead of Lade's . Clements' hand held up, and he now has 90,000. Lade is still doing fine with 290,000.
