2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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Rasmussen held
and Frey held 
. The jacks held up and Frey was crippled down to 31,000. Rasmussen moved up to 411,000 after the hand.
"Please do not flash cards to anyone, especially at this point in the tournament," says Effel. "We'd have to give you a warning, then a penalty. We're close to the money. This is serious business."
"This is serious. This is serious!" Effel repeats, this time laughing.
. Sylvain Coeur and Christopher Olson are heads up.Olson moves the last of his chips into the middle with
but Coeur makes the call after hitting two pair with . Olson was so close to the money but will go home empty-handed. Coeur is up to 505,000.
and was called by Robert Betts. Branciforte has him easily covered.Branciforte:
Betts:
Turn:
River:
After the hand, Betts moved up to 401,000 and Branciforte moved down to around 390,000
The two men saw the flop come down
. Hellmuth relinquished control of the betting, checking it over to the other player, who put out a bet of 60,000. Hellmuth then check-raised all in, and the circus ensued.Hellmuth stood up from his chair and yelled to nearby buddy Mike Matusow. "Mikey! Mikey! I just spent half a million!"
Matusow got up from his own chair and began to make his way over toward his pal. As he was walking, he prodded, "I'm surprised you had half a million to spend." By this time, a huge contingent of media had gathered around the table, and Matusow had a hard time getting a peek of the action.
When he finally did make it over there, Hellmuth said, "There's already 300 thousand in the middle and I'm all in." By this time, the crowd of onlookers had grown to three-deep around Table Blue 19. ESPN's crew was right in the front row though, ready to capture the breaking news.
It was something of a letdown though, as after several minutes of camera time, Hellmuth's opponent surrendered and let the pro take down the pot. With that uncontested victory, The Poker Brat has moved up to 470,000. Now he does have nearly a half million to bet, if he chooses.
. Josephy shows 
and his opponent 
. The river is 
and Josephy has 108,000 left.
Minh:
Sarkis:
Board:
Minh is out and Sarkis now has 680,000 -- good for sixth in chips.
