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

07-12-2008 22:42 UTC-7

This Time I'm Being Serious

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In late position Andrew Brokos raised to 75,000 and Bob Whalen called from the cutoff. Brandon Cantu reraised to 275,000 from the big blind, and that's when Brokos escalated and moved 700,000 into the pot. Whalen and Cantu withdrew and Brokos picked up a pot that pushed his stack up to 2.78 million.

07-12-2008 22:35 UTC-7

Karle Wilson Eliminated

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Karle Wilson moved in for his last 187,000 with {A-Diamonds}

, but Ivan Demidov called in the small blind with a dominating {A-Clubs}

and when the board came {Q-Hearts}

that spelled the end of Wilson’s Main Event. Demidov is now up to 3.21 million.

07-12-2008 22:34 UTC-7

Play Slows Down a Bit

[user40108]

As we approach the nine-table mark, play has slowed down a bit. There is still considerable action, however most players are taking all the time they need to make decisions.

Players are becoming very deliberate and calculated in their actions, being careful not to give anything away.

As is the norm in late stage tournament poker, a majority of pots are being won with a late-position raise or reraise.

07-12-2008 22:34 UTC-7

Kim Wins Back-to-Back Pots

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It's been a good couple of minutes for Kelly Kim. First, he raised preflop to 60,000 and was called by the small blind, Terry Lade. Lade checked the {A-Diamonds}

flop, then called when Kim again bet 60,000. Lade check-called a bet of 100,000 on the {Q-Diamonds}

turn, and both players checked the {3-Spades}

river. Kim opened {Q-Hearts}

to win the pot with a pair of queens.

Shortly thereafter, Kim opened another pot to 65,000. He was reraised by the small blind, Justin Scott, to 200,000 and made the call after tanking for about a minute. When the flop came down {2-Hearts}

, Scott open-shoved, having Kim well covered. Kim tanked a second time for another couple of minutes before finally making the the call with {A-Diamonds}

. Scott showed {A-Spades}

. He made a pair of tens with the {10-Diamonds}

turn, but couldn't find a hand that beat Kim when the river fell {A-Clubs}

.

After these two hands, Kim jumped to 1,660,000, Lade fell to 2,535,000 and Scott dipped to 1,585,000.

07-12-2008 22:32 UTC-7

Santeri Valikoski Has Been Eliminated

[user37786]

Santeri Valikoski picked up pocket tens and he went with them, moving in for his last 390,000. Trouble was, Bob Whalen woke up with pocket queens, made the call, and when the board ran out {J-Spades}

Valikoski was out and Whalen boosted his stack to 980,000.

07-12-2008 22:31 UTC-7

Pham Misses Opportunity

[user67765]

Kido Pham raised to 60,000 from early position with Tiffany Michelle making the call in the cutoff. Tim Loecke then bumped it up to 250,000 from the button. Pham made a reluctant fold as Michelle called once again.

The flop came {4-Spades}

and Michelle led out for 300,000. Loecke folded and Michelle collectws the pot, much to the disgust of Pham who claimed that he folded pocket sixes! Pham was so frustrated that he stood and walked away from the table as Michelle increased her stack to 3.4 million.

Tags: Kido Pham Tiffany Michelle Tim Loecke

07-12-2008 22:26 UTC-7

Kolstad Doubles Through Neff

Shamus

Cedric Kolstad just pushed his last 185,000 in preflop with {Q-Clubs}

, and was going to have to outrun Peter Neff's {A-Spades}

in order to survive.

The flop came {6-Clubs}

, and Neff was still ahead. The {Q-Diamonds}

on the turn, though, gave Kolstad some hope. The {2-Clubs}

sealed it, and Kolstad is back up to 355,000. Neff has 730,000.

Tags: Cedric Kolstad Peter Neff

07-12-2008 22:25 UTC-7

Hellmuth Quickly Takes Control

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Phil Hellmuth is quickly stamping his authority on the table, and has raised three of the past six hands. The first two collected the blinds and antes uncontested, but the third was met with a call from Sean Davis.

They saw a flop of {4-Diamonds}

and Hellmuth fired out 90,000 to take down the pot. He sits with roughly 1.2 million chips as Matusow jokes with Hellmuth that he has won more hands already than Matusow has won all day.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

07-12-2008 22:16 UTC-7

Stephen Kenna Doubles Through Nicholas Sliwinski

[user40108]

Stephen Kenna pushed all in from early position for 126,000 total. Action folded around to Nicholas Sliwinski in the big blind and he called. The players showed:

Kenna: {A-Hearts}