2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
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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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Some Hands From Thierry van den Berg

Donnie Peters
Donnie Peters
On the first hand, Thierry van den Berg raised to 5,500 from under the gun. Egerton Bullock called on the button. The flop came down {Q-Spades} {J-Clubs} {3-Hearts} and van den Berg bet 6,500. Bullock called.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and van den Berg checked. Bullock bet 10,000 and then van den Berg raised all in for around 90,000. Bullock folded and Thierry showed {K-Clubs} {7-Clubs}.

"Wow," said Jason Lester.

"I get no hands guys, I have to do it like this," responded van den Berg with his accented tongue.

On the next hand, van den Berg called an all in from Bullock with {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}. Bullock held {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}. Despite turning a flush drawing and a straight draw, Bullock's kings held up.

Van den Berg has 54,000 now.

Tags: Egerton BullockJason LesterThierry van den Berg

Matt Glantz Eliminated

Matt Glantz: Busto
Matt Glantz: Busto
Matt Glantz was taken out by Kevin Mason, who is now up to 365,000. Matt still has to be pleased about his World Series performance this year, with two top-four finishes.

No Cash For Dags

John D'Agostino was eliminated holding {J-?} {J-?}. When the hand was over, the board read {9-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {3-Spades} (X) {A-?}, and his opponent held {9-?} {9-?}. His set of nines was good, and D'Agostino is done for.

Cha Chang! Becker Takes a Huge Hit

Preflop, Brandon Becker raised to 5,500 and Kai Chang made the call. On a flop of {3-Spades} {8-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}, Becker bet out 12,500 and Chang made the call.

The flop brought the {6-Diamonds} and Becker bet out 27,700. Chang made the call.

When the river fell the {7-Hearts}, Becker moved all in. He had Chang covered. Chang called for 77,800.

Becker showed {A-Spades} {J-Clubs} for air, and Chang showed {K-Hearts} {10-Clubs} for a pair of kings.

After the hand, Chang moved up to 250,000 in chips, and Becker is left with only 92,000.

Tags: Brandon BeckerKai Chang

They're TRYING to Bust Him!

Phil Hellmuth just stood up from his chair and searched the rail for his lovely wife. When he found her a few tables away, he also found a listening ear:

"Honey. Honey, they dealt me ace-king and they dealt him aces. I mean, c'mon..." He turned to walk away, then looked over his shoulder to add, "I got away immediately, but it cost me twenty thousand."

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Not Easy to do

Jani Vilmunen faced a raise to 13,000 that he reraised another 32,400. His opponent then raised another 70,000 on top and that caused Vilmunen to go in to the tank. He sat there for nearly ten minutes thinking over his decision then folded {K-?} {K-?} face-up.

He asked his opponent not to reveal his hand and he didn't. The rest of the table seemed to agree it was a good lay-down though.

Tags: Jani Vilmunen

Break Time....Not So Fast

With around seven minutes left in the level, our clock decided it was time to go to break and jumped straight to the break. The whole room came alive with chatter as everyone was trying to figure out if it was break time or not. The floor staff were quick to jump on the issue and let everyone know that this wasn't a break, just that the clock had skipped.

The clock is tired, it wanted an early break. Now it will have to wait a few more minutes.
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