39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 4 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-11-2008 14:47 UTC-8

Play Resumes

The players are back from the break and the cards are once again in the air. 350 players remain in the hunt for WSOP glory.

07-11-2008 14:47 UTC-8

Jason Su opened for a raise to 14,500. Matthew Calhoun moved all in for 83,000 and Lou Esposito reraised to 200,000 total. Su threw his hand away and with action complete, the players showed:

Esposito: {A-Diamonds}

Calhoun:

The board ran out {8-Hearts}

and Calhoun's day was done. Esposito is up to just shy of 600,000 after the hand.

07-11-2008 14:51 UTC-8

25,000 Chips Introduced

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"Hey, what are those green chips in your stack?" asked a surprised Maya Antonius. A small stack of forest green chips sat atop her tablemate's stack of yellows and oranges.

He showed the chips to a curious Antonius-- at the last color-up dark green 25,000-denomination checks were introduced into play.

Ms. Antonius looked a bit disappointed that she didn't have any... yet.

Tags: Maya Antonius

07-11-2008 14:51 UTC-8

Usher to Blue #41

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As players arrived back from the break, Patrick Zamarian and Maya Antonius sat down in Seats 2 and 3, respectively, on Blue #41. Antonius looked down at a collection of empty water bottles on the floor near her seat and seemed confused.

"What's all this?" she asked.

The dealer at the table looked at the two of them and asked them whether he hadn't already dealt to them. It was then that Zamarian and Antonius realized they were at the wrong table -- their seats are at Blue #36, one table over.

07-11-2008 14:55 UTC-8

Set Over Set

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On a flop of {3-Hearts}

, Jeremy Renz got the rest of his chips in the middle with {3-Spades}

, only to find himself up against Jonathan Plens' {9-Hearts}

.

The turn was the {7-Hearts}

and the river the {5-Hearts}

, and Renz is out. Plens is up to 900,000.

Tags: Jeremy Renz Jonathan Plens

07-11-2008 14:58 UTC-8

Igor Ioffe Eliminated

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Igor Ioffe made it to the first break, but not much past that. He got all in preflop with {A-Hearts}

against Tony Clark's {10-Hearts}

. The board ran out eight-high to send Ioffe to the cage. Clark now has roughly 650,000 in chips.

07-11-2008 14:59 UTC-8

Gary Friedlander Eliminated

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Chris Barrile raised to 18,000 before the flop and Gary Friedlander moved all in for 43,000. Barrile called and his {7-Hearts}

were racing against Barrile's {A-Hearts}

. That race came to a screeching halt after the {7-Diamonds}

flop as Barrile flopped a set. The {A-Diamonds}

on the turn did Friedlander no good and when the {6-Spades}

fell on the river his Main Event came to an end. Barrile is now up to 740,000.

07-11-2008 14:59 UTC-8

Tai Nguyen and Jason Newburger Eliminated by Brandon Cantu

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Three-way preflop all-in:

Brandon Cantu {A-Clubs}

Jason Newburger {8-Clubs}

Tai Nguyen {A-Spades}

The flop was {7-Spades}

, Newburger's pocket eights still leading, but the {A-Diamonds}

turned, giving the lead to Cantu. The river was the {3-Clubs}

and Cantu made the double KO, eliminating both of his opponents.

Tags: Brandon Cantu Jason Newburger Tai Nguyen

07-11-2008 15:00 UTC-8

Johnny Chan's Set Not Enough

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Damien Creurer was all in for his tournament life holding {A-Spades}

against the {5-Spades}

of one of the two previous WSOP World Champions left in the field in Johnny Chan.

As the cameras and media swarmed around the table, Chan ensured his All In energy drink was facing the right direction as he exclaimed "They're all cheering for me so that we can go to the feature table!"

The flop came {7-Diamonds}

and Chan clapped his hands as he spiked a set of fives but he would need to dodge a diamond to eliminate his opponent. However the turn was the {8-Diamonds}