but couldn't fade Jamal Kunbuz's 
when he made a set on the 
flop. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and the young Brit hit the rail.
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but couldn't fade Jamal Kunbuz's when he made a set on the flop. The turn was the , the river was the and the young Brit hit the rail.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Cunningham:
Loecke:
The board ran out
to end another deep Main Event run for Allen Cunningham in 117th place for $41,816 in prize money.
Losev showed
, and Brewin 
. The flop brought Losev his better pair --
-- and Brewin needed help. But the turn and river meant his day was done.Losev now has 2.3 million.
Taylor:
Jensen:
Taylor needed at least a king, but he didn't get it. A board of
sent him to the payout table to start the paperwork necessary for collecting his prize money.Taylor now has 1.25 million in chips.
, up against Tri Nguyen's 
.The flop came
and Nguyen was ahead. The turn was a , and Wilds was in trouble. But the spiked on the river, and Wilds is still alive with 500,000 chips. "Ahh . . . fifty-fifty," said Nguyen afterwards (although some may want to debate whether it was ever 50-50 on this one). "You win some and you lose some. And I lost." Nguyen tumbles to 300,000.
up against the of Alex Outhred.However the board fell
to give Heimowitz the only pair to double to 585,000. Outhred is back to 1.75 million in chips.
This "top heavy" distribution is in stark contrast to last year's main event in which just under 37 percent ($22,019,901 of the $59,784,954) was earmarked for the top nine finishers.
Jerry Yang took home 13.8 percent of the total prize money last year while this year's champion can look forward to bagging 14.2 percent of the total prize pool.
To walk away with $100,000 or more in 2007, you had to finish in 81st place, essentially outlasting 98.7 percent of the field, whereas this year you'd need to outlast over 99 percent of the field and place 63rd or better to score that same hundred grand.
Here is a quick snapshot of the last two years.
2008 Main Event
Champion - $9,119,517
Runner Up - $5,790,024
3rd Place - $4,503,352
4th Place - $3,763,515
5th Place - $3,088,012
6th Place - $2,412,510
7th Place - $1,769,174
8th Place - $1,286,672
9th Place - $900,670
2007 Main Event
Champion - $8,250,000 - Jerry Yang
Runner Up - $4,840,981 - Tuan Lam
3rd Place - $3,048,025 - Raymond Rahme
4th Place - $1,852,721 - Alex Kravchenko
5th Place - $1,255,069 - Jon Kalmar
6th Place - $956,243 - Hevad "Rain" Khan
7th Place - $705,229 - Lee Childs
8th Place - $585,699 - Lee Watkinson
9th Place - $525,934 - Philip Hilm
. Crowe checked to Dragomir who bet out 85,000. Crowe made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the and Crowe fired out 150,000 which Dragomir called.Crowe tabled
for top pair which was good to take down the pot and move to up over 1.5 million chips.
