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

07-10-2008 12:40 UTC-7

You Are Borges, Your Chips Will Be Assimilated

[user42991]

Preflop, Stephen Giufre moved all in against Diogo Borges and Borges made the call.

Giufre: {A-Spades}

Borges:

Board:

Giufre doulbed up to around 110,000 after the hand. Borges moved down to 216,000.

Tags: Diogo Borges

07-10-2008 12:41 UTC-7

Arnold Spee Tees Off

[user38368]

Arnold Spee and Stan Sinclair are all in preflop.

Sinclair: {K-Spades}

Spee:

Board:

Spee is busted.

07-10-2008 12:45 UTC-7

Simon Rinoldi was all in under the gun for 13,600. He was called by Gabriel Chuang, and Rinoldi stood up to await his fate. As he stood up and stepped back from his chair though, the dealer pulled all of the cards into the muck, including Rinoldi's.

The floor was called over, and eventually the supervisor, Charlie Cresi had to be summoned. He took a minute to survey the situation before making his ruling.

"It's definitely a dead hand," he said, indicating that it was impossible to retrieve the cards from the muck. "In essence, it's the player's responsibility to protect their cards," he added. The decision was made to save Rinoldi's tournament life though. Cresi ruled that a minimum raise -- 3,200 chips -- had to be taken out of Rinoldi's stack, and the pot was awarded to Chuang. Rinoldi was given a 10,200-chip rebate to use in another spot.

Rinoldi was unhappy with the decision, but he very easily could have lost his whole stack in the incident. "I'm making a ruling in fairness to the game," Cresi said. The dealer apologized profusely, though by the rules, Rinoldi was at-fault for failing to cap his cards to prevent them being prematurely mucked.

07-10-2008 12:45 UTC-7

Toto Domination

[user42991]

On a flop of {5-Clubs}

, Toto Leonidas put Petter Karal at risk for his tournament life.

Leonidas: {9-?}

Karal:

The turn of the {10-Diamonds}

and river of the {A-Clubs}

helped neither player and Leonidas moved up to 150,000 in chips.

Tags: Toto Leonidas

07-10-2008 12:46 UTC-7

Frankly, My Dear, Johnstone Doesn't Give a Damn

[user75032]

It was all in preflop for Rhett Butler and Andrew Johnstone. Butler showed {10-Clubs}

against Johnstone's {A-Spades}

. The flop provided lots of drama, coming down {A-Clubs}

, but a turn and river of {3-Hearts}

preserved the win for Johnstone. Butler is gone with the wind.

07-10-2008 12:47 UTC-7

Paging Jeff Madsen

[user37786]

Day 3 of the Main Event is still awaiting the arrival of Jeff Madsen, whose lonely stack is slowly being blinded and anted away.

07-10-2008 12:48 UTC-7

Pearl-Jammed On the River

donpeters

Michael Grabmugg raised to 4,100 from early position. Mikael Hilaire moved all in for 5,300 total. Jon "PearlJammer" Turner called from the cutoff and the small blind also called. Grabmugg then made the call as well.

The flop came {Q-Hearts}

. Small blind checked, Grabmugg checked, and Turner led out for 9,500. The small blind called and then Grabmugg moved all in for 74,600.

Turner tanked and then made the call. The small blind folded.

Grabmugg: {A-Hearts}

Turner:

Hilaire:

Turner asked the small blind if he had hearts to see if anymore outs would be taken away. The small blind said that was a negative.

The turn was the {2-Spades}

and the river was the {3-Hearts}

. Turner swung around in disgust as he lost the huge hand. Hilaire was eliminated, Turner dropped to 83,000, and Grabmugg moved up to 166,000.

Tags: 'Pearljammer'Jon Turner Michael Grabmugg Mikael Hilaire