39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 3 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-10-2008 19:52 UTC-8

Play Slows Near Money

Donnie Peters

Play has slowed down a lot since dinner break. We don't think it's food coma, but more because of the fact that we're growing closer to the money. Pretty soon, play will become even slower.

Many of the big stacks are raising at will and attacking the smaller stacks, who are just folding away their blinds and antes as they wait for a hand to move with. Although this may be one of the more uneventful portions of the tournament, it is one of the most crucial.

07-10-2008 19:51 UTC-8

Bill Blanda Picks Up Chips

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An under-the-gun opponent moved all in preflop against Bill Blanda and Blanda made the call. Blanda held {K-Hearts}

and his opponent held {Q-Spades}

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Board: {10-Hearts}

After the hand, Blanda is up to 374,000 in chips.

Tags: Bill Blanda

07-10-2008 19:47 UTC-8

Louie Doubles

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Louie Esposito and his opponent are all in preflop.

Louie: {K-Hearts}

Opponent:

Board:

Louie now has 80,000.

07-10-2008 19:46 UTC-8

He Tried to Buy a Ferrera, But Got a Pinto

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A middle-position player moved all in for 36,000 and received a call from Keith Ferrera. Ferrera held {A-Diamonds}

and his opponent held {A-Clubs}

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Board: {10-Spades}

After the hand, Ferrera moved up to 487,000 in chips.

Tags: Keith Ferrera

07-10-2008 19:42 UTC-8

Kravchenko Eliminated

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Donnie Peters

Alex Kravchenko shoved all in with {10-Diamonds}

and then Eetu Vehilainen isolated with an all in of his own with pocket tens. The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

and that would be the end of the Main Event for Kravchenko.

Tags: Alex Kravchenko Eetu Vehilainen

07-10-2008 19:41 UTC-8

He Ran Into a Torbergsen

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Andreas Torbergsen called an all-in bet from the button of 28,000. Torbergsen held {A-Hearts}

and his opponent held {Q-Diamonds}

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Board: {2-Spades}

After the hand, Torbergsen moved up to 137,000 in chips.

Tags: Andreas Torbergsen

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

07-10-2008 19:33 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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We're not sure how many players left before the staff decides to go hand for hand.

07-10-2008 18:02 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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The remaining 733 players are on a 90-minute dinner break. Sixty-seven of them will come back and bubble out before we hit the money.

07-10-2008 17:59 UTC-8

The Men Nguyen Show

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Men "The Master" Nguyen was quiet for most of the day, but he has been lighting up the table now that he has some newfound chips. Apparently, drinking a beer and tripling up are good for one's mood. It also helps that his friend Chau Giang was just moved to his table, but even before that, Men has been morphing into quite the comedian.

The comedy routine has spanned from poker to sports to beer and bottled water, but at the moment, the talk of the table revolves around glasses. A player in Seat 1 is wearing sunglasses when he's involved in pots, and Men just commented that he looks like James Bond. "Oh-oh-seven," he said with a big laugh. That prompted Chau to take off his own glasses and give them a thorough inspection. He mumbled something about a recent pot he had played, and Men let out another big laugh. The rest of the table seems to be enjoying the company of those two men, as well.

Tags: Men Nguyen