39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 6 | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-13-2008 22:37 UTC-7

Jamal Kunbuz Eliminated in 33rd Place ($193,000)

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Action folded to Jamal Kunbuz and he moved all in from middle position for 1,020,000. Ylon Schwartz reraised all in and when action folded around the players showed:

Kunbuz: {A-Hearts}

Schwartz:

Kunbuz was quite dominated and needed considerable help to stay alive. The board ran out {10-Hearts}

and Kunbuz was our 33rd-place finisher. Ylon Schwartz is now sitting on a stack of about 2.6 million in chips.

07-13-2008 22:40 UTC-7

Clint Schafer Eliminated in 32nd Place ($193,000)

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Clint Schafer moved all in for 330,000 from the button and Tim Loecke insta-called.

Schafer: {K-Diamonds}

Loecke:

The flop came down {A-Spades}

, pairing Loecke's ace.

"Six of diamonds! One time!" cried Schafer's railbirds.

The turn was the {4-Hearts}

.

"OK, any six!" implored Schafer.

The river, though was the {3-Spades}

and Schafer's Main Event run was over. He'll take home $193,000 for his 32nd-place finish.

After the hand, Loecke was up to 2,550,000.

Tags: Clint Schafer Tim Loecke

07-13-2008 22:42 UTC-7

Garrett Beckman Eliminated in 31st Place ($193,000)

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Garrett Beckman opened the action with a preflop raise to 175,000 from under the gun. The action folded to Dennis Phillips who called in the cutoff. The blinds folded and the two players went heads up to a flop of {7-Hearts}

.

Both players checked and saw a turn of {9-Clubs}

. Beckman fired out a bet of 280,000 before Phillips made it 600,000 to go. Beckman moved all in and Phillips snap-called.

Beckman held {A-Clubs}

for overcards with the nut flush draw, but would need to hit as Phillips showed {Q-Hearts}

for the straight.

The river bricked the {4-Hearts}

and Beckman becomes our 31st-place finisher, good for a $193,000 payday.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Garrett Beckman

07-13-2008 22:50 UTC-7

Breaking News: Mike "The Mouth" Matusow Eliminated

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Details of the hand will be posted momentarily.

In the meantime, the remaining 29 players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

07-13-2008 22:55 UTC-7

Mike Matusow Eliminated in 30th Place ($193,000)

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And this one is gonna hurt for awhile. Paul Snead raised to 200,000 and Mike Matusow reraised to 660,000 from the big blind. Snead called, and they saw an {A-Diamonds}

flop. Both players checked, and when the {9-Hearts}

came on the turn Matusow bet 500,000. Snead moved all in, Matusow called, and that's when Mike learned that his {A-Hearts}

had been overtaken by Snead's {A-Clubs}

.

The

came on the river, and with that Mike Matusow's run in the Main Event came to an end.

07-13-2008 23:07 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Play resumes. Play will continue until the field reaches 27 players.

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

07-13-2008 23:15 UTC-7

Michelle Takes One From Kim

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Albert Kim opened with a raise under the gun to 225,000 and Tiffany Michelle made the call in middle position.

The table folded and the two saw a flop of {10-Spades}

. Kim checked and Michelle fired out 350,000. Kim made the call.

The turn was the {K-Clubs}

and Kim checked again to Michelle who bet out 500,000. Kim beat her into the pot to make the call.

The river of the {8-Hearts}

was checked down by both players. Michelle showed {K-Diamonds}

to take down the pot. She is now up to over 8.5 million chips.

Tags: Albert Kim Tiffany Michelle

07-13-2008 23:22 UTC-7

Aaron Gordon Triples Up

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Craig Marquis opened with a raise to 225,000 and David Rheem made the call. Aaron Gordon then moved all in for 755,000 in total with both opponents making the call.

With two live players, the board of {10-Spades}

was checked down, with Gordon showing {A-Clubs}

as the best hand! He triples up to about 2.7 million to stay alive!

Tags: Aaron Gordon Craig Marquis David Rheem

07-13-2008 23:27 UTC-7

Cristian Dragomir Eliminated in 29th Place ($193,000)

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Ivan Demidov raised to 225,000 from middle position and Joe Bishop called from the cutoff. When action got to Cristian Dragomir in the small blind, he moved all in for just over 1,500,000.

Demidov folded but Bishop called instantly. The players showed:

Bishop: {A-Spades}

Dragomir:

Dragomir was in bad shape and needed help from the community cards to stay alive. After multiple dramatic pauses for the sake of the television cameras, the board finished {Q-Hearts}

and Dragomir's hand was second-best. He was eliminated in 29th place and pushed his chips over to Bishop, who now sits on about 3,800,000 in chips.