39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 5 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-12-2008 16:31 UTC-8

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07-12-2008 16:30 UTC-8

Had a fairly big hand just before the end of the level involving David Saab (button), Suresh Prabhu (small blind), and Jeremy Joseph (big blind).

There was 120,000 in the middle when the flop came {A-Spades}

. The blinds checked, and Saab bet 80,000. Prabhu called, then Joseph reraised to 300,000. Both Saab and Prabhu called.

The turn was the {9-Hearts}

. Prabhu checked, Joseph pushed all in for about 1.26 million, and Saab and Prabhu both folded.

Joseph has 2.3 million, Saab has 2 million, and Prabhu 1.58 million.

Tags: David Saab Jeremy Joseph Suresh Prabhu

07-12-2008 16:29 UTC-8

Scherer Doubles with Rockets

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Just before the end of the level, Niklas Flisberg and Anthony Scherer got it all in on a flop of {Q-Clubs}

. Scherer, who started the hand in the big blind, held {A-Diamonds}

. Flisberg turned over {Q-Spades}

for top pair. The board ran out {9-Diamonds}

. Scherer, the player at risk of elimination, managed to double up to just over two million in chips when his rockets held up. Flisberg is down to 1,220,000.

07-12-2008 16:28 UTC-8

The Return of Riesenberg

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After a rough start today, Jason Riesenberg had tumbled all of the way down to just 85,000. He's worked his way back, though, and just now doubled through when his pocket sevens outlasted Ylon Schwartz's {A-Hearts}

.

Riesenberg is back up to 950,000, while Schwartz has slid down to 240,000.

Tags: Jason Riesenberg

07-12-2008 16:28 UTC-8

Hellmuth Makes Yet Another Big Laydown

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Action folded around to Phil Hellmuth in late position and he raised to 50,000. Alfredo Fernandez reraised to 150,000 from the small blind and Hellmuth made the call.

The flop came {10-Clubs}

. Fernandez shoved all in for about 1,150,000 which was extremely close to Hellmuth's remaining stack. The call would have been for his tournament life or very close to it.

Hellmuth thought for a bit, at one point saying, "So sick -- he's probably cold-shoving eights or something."

Hellmuth eventually folded {Q-Clubs}

face-up and as Fernandez stacked the pot, he tossed his {Q-Hearts}

face-up into the muck.

An obviously frustrated Hellmuth kept his composure.

07-12-2008 16:26 UTC-8

Keith Ferrera is Out

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Nothing seemed to go right for Keith Ferrera today, up to and including his last two hands in the Main Event. He ran pocket sevens into Stephane Hornet's pocket aces to lose all but 180,000 of his chips, and then he lost the last of his chips to Dennis Phillips just moments later. Ferrera pushed on the button with {10-Diamonds}

, Phillips called from the small blind with {K-Spades}

, and after the flop came {Q-Clubs}

and the turn the {5-Spades}

it looked like Ferrera would double up...but the {K-Clubs}

spiked on the river to give Phillips the pot and send Ferrera out of the tournament.

07-12-2008 16:25 UTC-8

Doug Ashmore Eliminated by Jonathan Plens

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Jonathan Plens opened the pot for 44,000 from UTG and Doug Ashmore called from the big blind. The flop was {K-Clubs}

. Ashmore checked, Plens bet 60,000 and Ashmore called. The turn was the {A-Spades}

. Ashmore checked again, Plens bet 150,000, Ashmore raised all in for 417,000 and Plens made the call.

Ashmore: {A-Clubs}

Plens:

Ashmore's top pair and flush draw were up against Plens' flopped set of sixes. The river, though, was the {10-Spades}

and Ashmore was eliminated. After the hand, Plens was up to 1,811,000.

Tags: Doug Ashmore Jonathan Plens

07-12-2008 16:25 UTC-8

Lade Lands a Few More Chips

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Terry Lade just took another pot, this one off of Andrew Rosskamm, and has now built his stack up to 3.625 million.

Rosskamm is also near the top with 2.6 million.

Tags: Andrew Rosskamm Terry Lade

07-12-2008 16:24 UTC-8

Cantu Wins the Battle of the Brandons

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Brandon Becker might be thinking "Wait -- he has 8-5 offsuit...?"

Brandon Cantu is running hot. Really hot. He opened a pot from the cutoff with a raise to 55,000. Brandon Becker reraised to 200,000 from the small blind. Cantu took about five seconds when the action got back to him before shoving all in. Becker insta-called all in for less -- about 1.1 million.

Cantu: {8-Diamonds}