2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
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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Marked Man

Markus Golser was heads-up with Cedric Kolstad and the flop was out as {4-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {8-Clubs}. A series of bets and raises saw all the chips in the middle.

Golser was confident with {8-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}, but Kolstad revealed a monstrous {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades}. The turn and river blanked, sending Golser's stack back down to 76,000.

Tags: Markus Golser

Victor Ramdin Takes a Big Hit

Victor Ramdin raised to 6,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Yde van Deutekom in the cutoff and he reraised to 18,000. When action got back to Ramdin, he instantly made it 63,000 to play and van Deutekom went into the tank.

After about four minutes, the clock was called and van Deutekom made the call. The flop came {8-Spades} {6-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} and Ramdin checked. Van Deutekom bet 45,000 and Ramdin called.

The turn fell the {2-Diamonds} and Ramdin moved all in. He had van Deutekom well covered and the bet put van Deutekom into the tank once more. After about five minutes, another clock was called by the same player who called for it earlier in the hand. Van Deutekom made what seemed to be a call out of frustration and the players showed:

Van Deutekom: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Ramdin: {J-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}

The turn fell the {6-Spades} which missed Ramdin's flush and straight draws. He lost the hand and was left with 291,000 while van Deutekom doubled up to just over 400,000

Larry Has the Wright Idea

From under the gun, Paul Renaud comes in raising to 6,000. Larry Wright puts in a reraise all in, enough to cover his man. Renaud makes the call for a total of 40,000, and it is showdown time:

Renaud: {3-?} {3-?}
Wright: {7-?} {7-?}

The board comes out {6-?} {2-?} {K-?} {K-?} {K-?}, and Wright's full house beats that of Renaud. Wright chips up to 240,000, knocking out a player in the process.

Schaefted

Brandon Schaefer's stack has been getting smaller and smaller all day. Just before the break, his final move was to call all in with {K-?} {Q-?} after he was reraised. Unfortunately for him, his foe had {Q-?} {Q-?} that stood up to knock out Schaefer.

Tags: Brandon Schaefer

"This is a Trap, I Know It"

Just before break, we saw an interesting hand playing out between Pat Lyons and Rock Cloutier. Lyons was the preflop raiser, making it 12,000 to play. Cloutier came along, and the two men went heads up to the flop.

It rolled out {Q-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}. Lyons continued out with a bet of 30,000 chips. Cloutier put in a raise, making it 70,000 straight. When the raise was put out, Lyons said, "This is a trap, I know it." Immediately after saying that though, he reraised all in for 190,000. He then added, "I'm not playing around either, Rock. I have the best hand here. I know what you have. If you muck your hand face up, I promise I will show you my hand."

Cloutier went into the tank for five or six minutes, with Lyons continuing to try and convince his man to fold. Finally, Rock disobeyed and made the call, putting Lyons at risk of elimination.

Cloutier turned over {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} for top-top, but it was in trouble against the {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} of Lyons. The turn and river blanked off, and Lyons dragged in a nice pot, chipping him up to 300,000. Cloutier has slid down to 80,000.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Crazy Hand Alert

KK Bad for Bax
KK Bad for Bax
When you deal as many hands as we have seen at the Rio over the last six weeks, hands like the ones that follow are bound to happen.

Keith Ferrera raised it up under the gun. A short stack a couple players down moved all in. Cliff 'Johnny Bax' Josephy reraised. The player next to act folded what he said were two queens. All the money went in, and the players exposed their hands.

Ferrera: A A
Bax: K K
Short Stack: J J

The player who folded the queens shot out of his seat when a queen hit the flop. Unfortunately for Bax, no king hit the board, and Keith Ferrera shot up to 460,000 in chips. Bax tumbles all the way down to 50,000.