2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
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Chau Giang checked the flop and Geert Jans led out. Giang fired back with a reraise and Geert raised back. Giang moved all in for 280,000 and Geert called. Geert showed pocket sevens for a flopped set, while Giang turned over K-10 for top two. Giang failed to improve and is down to just 46,000, while Geert is up to 525,000.
Action folded around to Van Belle in the cutoff and he pushed all in. Matt Lessinger called from the big blind and the players showed:
Van Belle:
Lessinger:
What started as a 93% advantage for Van Belle quickly evaporated when the flop came
. The 
hit the turn meaning Van Belle could only split the pot. To add insult to injury, the case 
fell on the river and Lessinger's hand was best.
Action folded to Crain in middle position and he raised to 6,000. Mike Matusow, also in middle position, made the call as did Raja Kattamuri from the button.
The flop came
and Crain led out for 11,000. Matusow passed but Kattamuri made the call. The turn fell the 
and Crain fired again, this time for 22,000. Kattamuri called and the 
hit the river.Crain pushed all in for roughly 60,000 and Kattamuri snap-called. He showed
and Crain mucked on his way out the door.
Nenad Medic raises to 6,000 and gets two callers. David Saab reraises to 25,000 and Medic calls. The others fold.
The flop is
. Both players check. The turn is a blank and both players check again. The river is a and Saab leads out for 50,000. Medic calls. Saab shows 
and takes a 70,000+ pot. Saab now has 240,000 and Medic is down to 200,000.
and Thomas Keller isolated in the small blind. It worked and he took some back, flipping over 
. The board was 
and Hilton was eliminated.
Ciresi went on to mention this rule is called the ‘Mark Vos rule’, due to Vos’ penchant for stacking his chips in very high towers. Some players complained, but most went along with the plan. Vos currently has his 200k+ chip stack no more than 40 high, thank you very much.
, Jeremiah Smith bet 10,000. Dat Ly raised to 35,000 and then Smith asked Ly to move his hands so he could see his stack. Smith then raised to 100,000, which was enough to put Ly all in. Ly calls showing 
for a full house.Smith pounds the felt with his fist and mucks his hand. He dropped down to 563,000 while Ly moved up to 130,000.
Tran showed
but trailed the of his opponent.The board ran out
and Tran was left with just 15,000 chips.
