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

07-11-2008 01:43 UTC-7

Aces Cracked

MarcC

Alan Jaffray has seen his stack soar up to 855,000. He saw a {J-?}

flop with another player before all the chips were in the middle.

Jaffray held {10-?}

for a set and his opponent held {A-?}

for an overpair and gutshot draw. The turn and river blanked though shipping the pot Jaffray's way.

Tags: Alan Jaffray

07-11-2008 01:41 UTC-7

Third, Meet Fourth

[user38368]

Alexander Kostritsyn (third in chips) just sat down at the table of Dag Martin Mikkelsen (fourth in chips). There's a mountain of chips between the two of them.

07-11-2008 01:35 UTC-7

"Queen High" for Hellmuth

[user66118]

A late-position player comes in raising Phil Hellmuth's big blind, making it 12,000 to stay in. The small blind ducks out, but Hellmuth comes along to the flop.

It rolls out {K-Hearts}

, and both men check. The turn brings the {7-Hearts}

. Hellmuth fires out 14,000 chips, and his opponent makes the call. The river is the {6-Spades}

, and again both players check.

Hellmuth says, "Queen high," and his opponent tables the winning {A-Hearts}

. Hellmuth decides it's time for another little speech, and we catch a few parts of it. "Now I'm getting action...called by ace high...can't wait till I pick up a hand." Hellmuth's count now stands at 490,000.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

07-11-2008 01:31 UTC-7

Andreas Torbergsen Eliminated

[user42991]

Andreas Torbergsen was all in for his tournament life against Andrew Rosskamm.

Rosskamm: {J-Diamonds}

Torbergsen: {5-Diamonds}

Board:

Jacks are good enough to eliminate Torbergsen from the event.

Tags: Andreas Torbergsen

07-11-2008 01:28 UTC-7

Pay Jump

[user38368]

These players receive $23,160:

596 Raymond Yee
597 Matthew Kennedy
598 Rasmus Vogt
599 Wilbur Futhey
600 Thor Hansen
601 Benjamin Zamani
602 Magnus Persson
603 Johan Slutter

This player receives $21,230:

604 Sharon Levin

07-11-2008 01:26 UTC-7

Another Fortunate Call for Sarkis

[user38368]

On a turn of {5-Hearts}

, Sarkis Akopyan's opponent bets 42,000 and Sarkis calls. The river is {2-Diamonds}

and the opponent bets 80,000. Sarkis calls and turns over {A-Spades}

. Ace high is good as the opponent has but {Q-Hearts}

. Sarkis now has 850,000 and is fourth in chips.

07-11-2008 01:25 UTC-7

Gee, That Didn't Work

[user42991]

On the river, with the board showing {10-Spades}

, David Gee checked to Hai Bo Chu. Chu then bet 67,000 and Gee called.

Chu showed {A-Hearts}

for aces full and Gee mucked.

After the hand, Gee was left with only 50,000 in chips.

Tags: David Gee Hai Bo Chu

07-11-2008 01:20 UTC-7

Cunningham's Queens

[user66118]

Allen Cunningham just got all his remaining chips -- about 155,000 of them -- in preflop holding {Q-Clubs}

. His caller had him covered, but was far behind with his {J-?}

. The board ran {6-Hearts}

, and Cunningham won the hand, doubling up to 320,000.

Tags: Allen Cunnigham

07-11-2008 01:15 UTC-7

Hansen at the Wrong End of a Double-Up

[user42991]

An opponent moved all in for 33,000 against Gus Hansen and he made the call.

Hansen held {Q-Spades}

and his opponent held {J-Spades}

.

Board: {J-Hearts}

A set of jacks were good enough to double Hansen's opponent up and move him down to 171,500.

Tags: Gus Hansen

07-11-2008 01:15 UTC-7

Cocktail Server Jeremiah Smith

donpeters

Jeremiah Smith just moved tables and in order to accommodate his massive amount of chips, the floor staff gave Smith a cocktail server's tray to put his racks on. Smith made his way across the Amazon Room and arrived at his other table with a tray of chips.

Tags: Jeremiah Smith