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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Matt Graham Eliminated

Graham Eliminated
Graham Eliminated
On a flop of {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {7-Spades}, Matt Graham moved all in against John Gordon and Gordon made the call.

Gordon: {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
Graham: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

The turn of the {4-Spades} and river of the {8-Diamonds} helped neither player, and Graham is eliminated shy of the dinner break.

Tags: Matt Graham

Lane Loves Fourth Street

From middle position, David Benefield raised it up to 6,000, and action passed around to Jon Lane in late position. He reraised all in for 38,000, and Benefield made the call, turning over {2-Spades} {2-Hearts}. Lane was racing for his tournament life with {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}.

The flop was not so hot for Lane, coming down {8-Clubs} {8-Spades} {6-Spades}. The turn brought salvation though when the {A-Spades} peeled off the deck, making him top pair. He still needed to fade a deuce or a spade on the river though, and the {Q-Clubs} was the right color for Benefield, but not the right shape. He kindly doubles up Lane, who is back up to 85,000.

Tags: David BenefieldJon Lane

PP-47

Pat Poels has just won a 47,000 pot off Jeff Madsen and another player. He flopped set of tens but slowed down from the turn onwards as a third spade hit. Still a nice pot to put him up to 220,000.

Tags: Pat Poels

The Men Nguyen Show

Men Nguyen
Men Nguyen
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

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400