2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
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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

Day 3 Action Begins at Noon

[user33020]
[user33020]
Chip leader Brian Schaedlich
Chip leader Brian Schaedlich
Join us at noon for the start of Day 3 action in the 2008 WSOP $10,000 NLHE World Championship. For the first time, the survivors from four initial starting days and two Day 2 sessions will be merged into a single field. 1,307 players will be on hand at the start of the day's play, with one of the day's likely goals to be the reaching of the money bubble, where the top 666 players will cash.

The 1,307 players are led to today's start by Brian Schaedlich, whose outstanding Day 2a performance gave him the overall lead at 801,000 in chips. The overall top ten players entering Day 3 action are as follows:

Brian Schaedlich 801,000
Peter Biebel 531,000
Alex Outhred 486,800
Raja Kattamuri 411,100
Hunter Frey 397,000
Jeremiah Smith 386,000
Steven Goosen 362,100
Patrick Fortin 355,900
Reagan Silber 355,500
Kellen Hunter 354,100

Tags: Brian Schaedlich

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Shuffle Up and Deal!

[user38368]
[user38368]
We are set to begin with the final 1,307 players. We have heard that if we hit the money before five levels have completed, play will stop right there, but we don't have confirmation of that. They have said for sure that if we reach five levels on the bubble, play will continue, otherwise play will stop there. Still several hundred players to go before that happens!

Short Stacks Looking for Chips

[user66118]
[user66118]
"All in and a call," has already been heard numerous times around the room in the first three minutes of play.

Right in front of us, at table Blue 2, Chris Dyer pushed his last 2,600 chips forward on the very first hand of the day. When he survived, he donned a big grin and said, "Who's the greatest? Who's the greatest?!"

After a moment, he added, "That's all in number 10!"

Tags: Chris Dyer

Boyd Takes a Hit

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[user38971]
Flop: {A-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}

Terry Boyd checked in early position and his opponent, from the button, made it 10,000 to go. Boyd check-raised to 32,000 and his opponent moved all-in for another 54,000. Boyd called and showed A-K for top pair, top kicker, while his opponent showed A-Q. The {Q-Clubs} on the turn gave his opponent the lead and Boyd was unable to get it back.

After the hand, Boyd is down to 250,000.

Chris Making No Money Today

[user66118]
[user66118]
Chris Moneymaker from Day 2
Chris Moneymaker from Day 2
From early position, Dragoslav Timarac opened the pot with a raise to 4,600. Action passed around to Chris Moneymaker across the table, and he moved all in for 34,500 total. Timarac called, and the two men showed down their hands of choice:

Timarac: {9-Spades} {10-Spades}
Moneymaker: {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

With the betting action complete, and Moneymaker at risk of elimination, the dealer ran out the board: {K-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {6-Hearts}. Timarac hit his card on the flop, and Moneymaker failed to find any of his out cards. A deep run this year would have silenced a lot of his critics, but the loss of that hand spells the end of the Main Event for Chris Moneymaker.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Will Souther Eliminated in Dramatic Fashion

[user40108]
[user40108]
Action folded around to Daniel Deveau in middle position and he moved all in. Will Souther called all in from the small blind for roughly 35,000 and the players showed:

Souther: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Deveau: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}

The flop came {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} putting Souther into the lead, but the {A-Clubs} hit the turn and fortunes were reversed. The {10-Spades} hit the river and Souther was eliminated.
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