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

Maya Bounces Back

Maya Antonius raises to 12,000 preflop and her opponent reraises to 60,000. Maya is all in and her opponent calls.

Maya: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Board: {Q-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Maya now has 240,000.

According to Maya, who was on her iPhone with him after the hand, Patrik Antonius is checking PokerNews from where he is, anxious for updates.

What a Drag...Not

Dragomir from Day 2b
Dragomir from Day 2b
Cristian Dragomir raised it up from the cutoff before a player in the small blind moved all in for 130,000. Dragomir made the call with {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} but he was dominated by his opponent's {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}.

The board was revealed as {9-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts}. Dragomir out-flopped his opponent and he stayed ahead to the end, to see his stack climb to 860,000.

Tags: Christian Dragomir

Another Pay Jump

These players receive $25,090:

531 Gjorgji Chuchuk
532 Jason Kang
533 Rory Chinn
534 Dan Glimne
535 -
536 Farzad Rouhani
537 Janne Runtti
538 John Strzemp
539 Mark Tenner
540 Matthew Mezvinsky


These players receive $23,160:

541 Stephen Landrum
542 Rene Refsgaard
543 Eugene Neto
544 Soren Jensen
545 Michael Johnson
546 Jesse Kremer
547 Soren Knudsen
548 Michael Offerman
549 Valdemar Kwaysser
550 Jason Ashley
551 Andreas Torbergsen
552 Stephen Austin
553 Henning Granstad
554 Ernesto Margolis
555 Adam Grovenstein
556 Zelong Dong
557 John Kapovich
558 Alex Smith
559 Henrik Thuesen
560 Gary Hamilton
561 Paul Coles
562 Si Vo
563 Jody Garaventa
564 James Lowe
565 Michael Grabmugg
566 Robert Crawford
567 Yonghui Jiang
568 Rickey Welch
569 Karen Mengden
570 Kermit Mallette
571 Brian Brubaker
572 Michael Frandsen
573 Steven Levy
574 Va shon Watkins
575 Jason Nadeau
576 Jerome Mercado
577 Martyn Sands
578 Brett Houghton
579 David Rosenbloom
580 Thomas Culberson
581 Justin Truesdell
582 Pierre Marceau
583 Robert Anderson
584 Jeremy Symington
585 Jan Heitmann
586 Nathan Doudney
587 Izakron Young
588 Olivier Decamps
589 Bijan Shahbaz
590 Jesper Anderberg
591 Brandon Foster
592 Brett Richey
593 Rubens Bicalho
594 Daniel Marchand
595 Age Spets

What Did John Juanda's Mother Do To Chris Grigorian?

Chris Grigorian Eliminated
Chris Grigorian Eliminated
From middle position, Chris Grigorian moved all in for his last 60,000 chips, and he got a call from the player seated in the small blind. When the big blind folded, Grigorian announced, "I got John Juanda," and turned over {J-?} {J-?}. His opponent saw the good news and said, "I got his mother," tabling {Q-?} {Q-?}.

The board ran out {K-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}, and Grigorian can't beat John Juanda's mother. He heads off to the payout desk following his elimination.

Tags: Chris Grigorian

McManus Knocks Sigurd Off Leaderboard

James "Not the Author" McManus raises to 12,000 preflop and Sigurd Eskeland reraises to 40,000. McManus raises again to 108,000 and Sigurd shoves over the top. McManus calls, creating a 832,000 pot, and has {A-?}{Q-?} to Sigurd's {A-?}{5-?}. The board bricks out. McManus now has 780,000 while Sigurd has 550,000.

Turn Back Around

We reach the table and the turn had just been dealt giving us a {2-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {8-Hearts} turn. Markus Golser and his opponent committed the rest of their chips. Golser turned over {10-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} for top two, but his opponent turned a flush with {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts}. The river blanked and Golser is down to 120,000 now.

Tags: Markus Golser