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

07-12-2008 18:58 UTC-8

So What if it's Unrequited?

Clint Schafer opened for 55,000 from middle position and Jeremy Joseph and David Saab both called. From the small blind Mauro Lupo min-raised to 110,000 and Schafer chose to fold. Joseph then moved all in for 700,000, and after Saab folded Lupo made the call.

He found that his {10-Clubs}

was pipped by Joseph's {J-Spades}

. The dealer (whose name is Sara, this is important) burned a card and turned over a flop of... {10-Spades}

.

"I love you, Sara!!" Lupo shouted as his top set now had the lead. But Joseph still had an open-ended straight draw...until the {8-Hearts}

on the turn gave Lupo a full house. The {2-Diamonds}

on the turn didn't save Joseph and he's now down to 1.74 million, while Lupo doubled to 2.22 million.

07-12-2008 18:58 UTC-8

Players Are on Dinner Break

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Play will resume in 90 minutes at 9:30pm local time.

07-12-2008 18:59 UTC-8

Robert Hwang Eliminated

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"Action Bob" Hwang was all in for his tournament life with {A-Spades}

and found his hand dominated by Jason Riesenberg's {A-Diamonds}

. The board ran out {9-Hearts}

and Hwang hit the rail

Tags: Robert Hwang

07-12-2008 19:07 UTC-8

Feurle Eliminated

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Just before the dinner break, Brandon Cantu took out yet another player. He raised to 70,000 in late position, then called when Markus Feurle reraised all in for 452,000. Cantu had {Q-Hearts}

against Feurle's {A-Hearts}

. Cantu was all set to walk away from the table when neither player had improved by the turn, but the river came {10-Hearts}

to make a pair of tens. Feurle was eliminated.

07-12-2008 20:26 UTC-8

Dinner Conversation Material

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Right before dinner break, there were a couple of big hands that took place involving decent-sized exchanges of chips.

In one, Jamal Kunbuz raised, then Jeffrey Papola reraised all in for about 250,000 chips. Kunbuz called, showing {A-Diamonds}

. Papola had {Q-Clubs}

. A queen flopped, and Kunbuz didn't improve. Papola survived, and will come back from dinner with 510,000 chips. Kunbuz is at three million.

The other hand was also a queens-versus-aces confrontation, this time between Paul Snead, who had {Q-Clubs}

, and Jamal Sawaqdeh with {A-Diamonds}

. The aces held up this time, and Sawaqdeh now has 1.53 million. Snead is at 830,000.

We're about five minutes away from the resumption of play.

Tags: Jamal Kunbunz Jamal Sawaqdeh Jeffrey Papola Paul Snead

07-12-2008 20:30 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Play resumes.

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

07-12-2008 20:31 UTC-8

One More Level Tonight

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As we begin Level 23, it was announced that the plan is to play one more full level tonight and then stop play until tomorrow.

07-12-2008 20:38 UTC-8

Matusow Sluggish After Dinner

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Mike Matusow opened from early position to 76,000 before Daniel Buzgon raised it up to 200,000 from the cutoff position. It folded back around and Matusow snap-called -- the first time he has called such a reraise all day.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}

and Matusow checked to Buzgon who instantly moved all in. Matusow quickly folded, as he gets off to a rocky start after dinner to slip back to 550,000.

Tags: Mike Matusow

07-12-2008 20:45 UTC-8