The board came
... 
. Khosravi, saved by that river, doubled up to 610,000. McManus is now at 780,000.
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
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The board came
... . Khosravi, saved by that river, doubled up to 610,000. McManus is now at 780,000.
flop. The 
turn gave Martens the faintest glimmer of life, but the river brutally snatched it away by blanking out as the 
. Martens has been eliminated.Also recently eliminated was Raul Paez. He was all in preflop with pocket queens, and ran into the pocket kings of Andrew Brokos. Brokos' cowboys held up after neither player improved on the
board.
The flop came
and all three players checked. When the 
hit the turn, the small blind checked, Losev bet 30,000 and only Sheirbon called. The river was the
and Losev led out for 40,000. Sheirbon raised to 140,000 and Losev, who had Sheirbon covered, moved all in. Sheirbon called all in for about 320,000 more and the players showed:Sheirbon:
Losev:
Sheirbon's full house was best and he doubled up to about 780,000 and left Losev with roughly 600,000.
The three players took a flop of
and the action passed to Lechich who led out with a bet of 40,000. Osterland made the call and Turner stepped aside.The turn brought the
and Osterland checked once again to Lechich who moved all in for his last 145,000 chips. Osterland snap-called and tabled 
for a turned gutshot straight for the stone-cold nuts. Lechich cringed as he flipped 
for a smaller straight.The river was the
and Lechich is eliminated in devastating fashion as Osterland moves to 600,000 chips.
. Klaning bet 125,000 and Cantu called. The turn was the 
. Klaning checked, Cantu bet 125,000, and Klaning raised to 275,000, prompting Cantu to stand up from his seat and move all in for an additional 300,000. After several minutes in the tank, Klaning folded. Cantu said something along the lines of, "Oh my God, check out this sick bluff," as he showed
. Klaning was so tilted he took a short walk to cool off.
to give each player an overpair, but Zane's was the better of the two. That hand dropped Kenna to 370,000 and doubled Zane up to 400,000.The very next hand, Kenna was dealt
. After some heavy preflop action, Kenna called an all-in from Leo Fernandez for roughly 260,000 in chips. Again he was behind -- Fernandez tabled -- but this time Kenna managed to flop a set, 
. The board bricked out , allowing him to build his stack back up to about 640,000. Fernandez was eliminated.
Nguyen showed
, and Hoy . The flop came , putting Hoy in the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Nguyen is out. Hoy is up to 760,000.
They took a flop of
and Fineman led out with a bet of 125,000. Kostritsyn made the call.The turn was the
and Fineman moved all of his stack into the middle. Kostritsyn snap-called with for top set as Fineman found himself drawing dead with his .A meaningless
fell on the river to eliminate Fineman as Kostritsyn, who won the Aussie Millions earlier this year, is now looking dangerous with 1.45 million chips!
In a very sincere tone, he pointed out a possible marked card in the deck. The dealer retrieved a few cards from the muck, but eventually Pham grabbed the card in question and checked it out. It was the
and Pham tossed it back into the pile. After some mild confustion, it quickly become obvious that there was no marked card, and this was merely a ploy by Pham to see the would-be river card. It worked quite well.
to be in a race with the of Steve Billirakis.The board fell
to give Billirakis a pair of aces to send Marcon to the payout desk.
