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

07-10-2008 16:32 UTC-8

Huntress' License Revoked

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On a flop of {9-Clubs}

, Vito Branciforte checked to William Huntress who bet 20,000 and was called by Matt Graham. Branciforte then raised all in and only Huntress called.

Huntress: {A-Clubs}

Branciforte: {Q-Diamonds}

Board:

Branciforte's flush eliminated Huntress. After the hand, Branciforte moved up to 560,000 in chips.

Tags: William Huntress

07-10-2008 16:30 UTC-8

No More Action for Jackson

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Markus Golser and Paul Jackson saw a {9-Diamonds}

flop and, after a series of bets and raises, all the chips were in the middle. Jackson showed {7-Diamonds}

for a pair and a flush draw, whereas Golser showed {A-Hearts}

for top pair.

The turn came {K-Spades}

and river

to miss the flush and eliminate Jackson. Golser climbing again and is up to 178,000.

Tags: Markus Golser Paul Jackson

07-10-2008 16:21 UTC-8

Toto Leonidas Assimilated by Borges

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Toto Leonidas moved all in preflop and Diogo Borges made the call. Leonidas held {J-?}

and Borges {9-?}

.

Board: {A-?}

A turn nine gave Borges nines full and Leonidas is eliminated from the Main Event.

Tags: Toto Leonidas

07-10-2008 16:15 UTC-8

Paul Christoffersson, with 380,000, has just joined a group of big stacks at table 2:

David Saab 230,000
Frankie O'Dell 270,000
Nenad Medic 240,000
James McManus 400,000
Joel Fischbein 290,000
And don't forget the chip leader, Sigurd Eskeland with 680,000.

07-10-2008 16:14 UTC-8

Set for a Flush

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Steven Goosen raised to 7,200 from middle position before calling a reraise to 18,000 from J R Reiss on the button. The flop came down {4-Spades}

.

Goosen checked to face a bet of 19,000 from Reiss, which he raised up to 45,000. Reiss then moved all in over the top and Goosen called. Goosen tabled {5-Spades}

for a flopped set. As Reiss turned over {A-Spades}

for the nut flush draw, Goosen said "Now that's not what I wanted to see".

The turn came {7-Spades}

to bring the flush for Reiss. Goosen would need to fill up as the river came {J-Hearts}

. No good for Goosen as he sees the 336,000 pot go to Reiss. Goosen down to 75,000.

Tags: Steven Goosen

07-10-2008 16:06 UTC-8

Juan Maceiras Eliminated

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James "Not the Positively Fifth Street Guy" McManus just busted Juan Maceiras with 10-10 versus A-Q. McManus is up to 400,000.

07-10-2008 16:01 UTC-8

Crazy Hand Alert

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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.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

07-10-2008 16:00 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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They busted more players on the board over break to catch up, and the count now stands at 852.

07-10-2008 15:58 UTC-8

"This is a Trap, I Know It"

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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}

. 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}